An unidentified Hindi newspaper clipping is being circulated on social media to claim that slain Islamic terrorist Osama Bin Laden’s daughter Zoya is going to marry singer Pradeep Maurya next month.
As per the undated news clipping, Osama’s eldest daughter from his first wife, Zoya, met Gorakhpur-based Bhojpuri singer Maurya on social networking site Facebook. The duo developed feelings for each other and are now tying the knot next month.
The news clipping carries photos of a woman and a man and is being shared by several social media users.
★#ओसामा_बिन_लादेन की पुत्री #जोया_खान ने कहा है कि सभी हिंदू-मुस्लिम लड़कियां श्रेष्ठ बने,हिंदू लड़कों से शादी करके… https://t.co/KqoXWp27GW
— Dhananjay Patil🇮🇳 (@DJ007P) 1600920343000
इस्लाम खतरे में! ~ Osama’s daughter marrying a Hindu man. http://t.co/qjV2hHaFpU
— 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐧 (@ArkJaiswal) 1407501822000
TRUTH
The woman whose photo is being used to make this claim is Pakistani model Syra Yousuf. There are no credible reports of any daughter of Osama marrying a Hindu.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Cropping the relevant portion of the photo and running reverse-image search on them led us to the flipped version of the same photo. The results identify the woman as Pakistani model Syra Yousuf.
http://t.co/qqPbwwmX4N
— Syra yousuf (@YousufSyra) 1387753746000
Here are some more photos of Yousuf when we looked her up on Google images.
More photos of Yousuf can be checked on her Instagram profile.
Yousuf was married to Pakisani actor Shehroz Sabzwari for 8 years and separated from him in 2020. She hasn’t yet married again.
Reverse-image search on the photo of the man led us to the Facebook page of artist Pradeep Maurya.
There is not much information available about him and his current profession.
Moreover, Osama has 11 legitimate daughters and none of them is named Zoya. Further, we found no credible reports of any of his daughters marrying a Hindu or a Bhojpuri singer.
VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found that a photo of a Pakistani model Syra Yousuf is being used to falsely claim that Osama’s eldest daughter from first wife married a Bhojpuri singer.