A picture of a self-proclaimed leader and activist, Vinay Dubey, is going viral shared on social media with a claim that his mother married a Muslim man named Mahmood (his father) and gave him a Hindu name so that he can mislead Hindus.
Dubey was arrested for allegedly disseminating ‘false rumours’ that led to a mass gathering at Bandra station.

“#विनय दुबे की माँ ने #मुसलमान से शादी की थी,विनय दुबे के बाप का नाम “#महमूद” है!
इसका नाम विनय दुबे नाम #जानबूझकर रखा गया ,जिससे कि इसे हिन्दू ब्राह्माण #समझकर बहुत से हिन्दू भाई बहन #गुमराह हो जाये….
ये #जेहादियों का महत्वपूर्ण पैंतरा है हिन्दुत्व और देश को #क्षति पहुँचाने का!
विनय दुबे खान का पर्दाफाश जी न्यूज में कल सुधीर चौधरी ने अपनी DNA Report में कर दिया..
*तो ऐसे भी बहरूपिये की बातों में ना फँसे,इन गद्दार #बहरूपियों को #बेनकाब करें,अपने और नासमझ हिन्दू भाई बहनों को जाग्रत करें!*जय श्रSingh Jb Singh Bhaiya” the post read.
(Translation: Vinay Dubey’s mother married a Muslim, Vinay Dubey’s father’s name is “Mahmood”! He was named Vinay Dubey intentionally so that he can be considered as Hindu Brahmin and can mislead other Hindus. This is a maneuver of Jihadis to destroy Hinduism and the country. Sudhir Chaudhary exposed Vinay Dubey Khan exposed in his DNA Report yesterday. So do not believe such frauds, expose them. )

FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile fact-checked the above posts and found the claim to be FALSE.
NewsMobile went through Vinay Dubey’s social media account and came across a tweet where he has mentioned his father.
He retweeted a tweet by Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. In the tweet, dated April 10, Deshmukh said that Jatashankar Dubey, an auto driver from Airoli in Mumbai had donated Rs 25,000 towards the Maharashtra CM’s coronavirus relief fund.

आज ऐरोली, नवी मुंबई येथील रिक्षा चालक श्री जटाशंकर दुबे, (वय 56) यांनी त्यांच्या जीवनभराच्या बचतीतून ₹२५,००० इतक्या रकमेचा धनादेश मुख्यमंत्री सहायता निधी covid-19 करिता माझ्याकडे सुपूर्द केला.
जनतेची अशी साथच सरकारला या #WarOnCorona मध्ये बळ देते.
खूप खूप धन्यवाद! pic.twitter.com/06RoxIDCtz

— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) April 10, 2020

“I am proud of my dad. My father gave some money from the savings of his life to the Maharashtra government to fight against Corona,” Vinay wrote in his tweet.

💪मुझे गर्व है मेरे पिताजी पर💪
मेरे पिताजी ने महाराष्ट्रा सरकार को कोरोना से लडने के लिए अपने जिवन की सेविंग मे से कुछ राशी अनुदान किया !! गृहमंत्री @AnilDeshmukhNCP जी ने खुद मिलकर यह अनुदान स्विकारा !! धन्यवाद @OfficeofUT सहयोग के लिए आभार @MantralayaRoom टिम🙏@AUThackeray https://t.co/RuJctTnNGA

— Vinay Dubey Mumbai (@The_vinaydubey) April 10, 2020

On further investigation, we also found that Dubey contested the Lok Sabha polls 2019 from Kalyan as an independent candidate.

We found his affidavit on the website of Election commission, where his father’s name is Jatashankar Paramanand Dubey.

The above information proves that the claims made in the viral post are false.

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