evidence: In the wake of skyrocketing tomato prices across the country, a photo of a vegetable vendor in Varanasi who allegedly hired bouncers to prevent customers from touching and stealing tomatoes has gone viral on social media. A social media post that shares this picture credits PTI as the source of this information. Let’s check the veracity of this photo and its claim through this article. [...] We searched the internet with relevant keywords to learn more about the viral photo. This search led us to various news reports (here and here) that validated the part of the claim that a vegetable vendor in Varanasi hired bouncers to prevent confrontation at his stall in the context of rising tomato prices. But further research revealed that it’s just one side of the coin, and the story has more to it. [...] In their tweet, PTI said, ‘Earlier today, PTI tweeted a story about a vegetable vendor in Varanasi hiring bouncers in light of the high price of tomatoes. It has since come to our notice that the vendor is a worker of the Samajwadi Party, and his motive for giving us the information was questionable. We have, therefore, removed the tweet.’