A photograph showing Congress leader Shashi Tharoor with All India Students' Association (AISA) National President Neha Bora is being widely shared on social media.An archived version of this post can be seen here.The Quint also received a query to verify this image on its WhatsApp tipline.(Archives of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, and here.) But...?: The image was edited using AI. The original photo shows Bora with YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.No, Photo Doesn’t Show Bangladeshi Nationals Who Were Executed in Saudi ArabiaHow do we know?: A reverse image search on the image showed us that there were no credible sources sharing it on the internet.However, one result led us to an Instagram post which showed the student leader with YouTuber Dhruv Rathee. View this post on Instagram We went through both their social media accounts and found that the image was first shared on 14 October, as a collaboration on Instagram. View this post on Instagram The photograph was also shared in a report by Times of India, which had published a report about the two interacting.While Tharoor and Bora have met, with the former sharing photos of the two together, the viral image in the claim is an edited one.Enjoyed meeting @neha_aisa at the INDIA bloc’s #MarchForDemocracy on Monday. I have great respect for her manifest courage — the courage of her convictions. She also takes better selfies than most! pic.twitter.com/wbRsTF5xPu— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 14, 2026Is it AI?: We ran the viral photo through AI-generated content detectors, namely Hive Moderation and Sightengine, both of which confirmed that the image was created or manipulated using AI. (Swipe).Hive showed almost full confidence in the image being an AI-generated one.Sightengine gave the image a 99 percent chance of being an AI-generated one.Google's SynthID detector found that the viral image had been created or edited using OpenAI's generative AI tools.The image was made or altered using OpenAI's tools.Conclusion: An AI-manipulated image is being shared to claim that it shows Neha Bora with Shashi Tharoor.This Video Doesn’t Show a Van Full of Police Uniforms at Jantar Mantar in Delhi(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9540511818 , or e-mail it to us at webqoof@thequint.com and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.)