Matheus Ferrero, the Brazilian photographer whose image went viral on social media following Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi’s "vote chori" (vote theft) allegations concerning the Haryana elections, has deleted his Instagram account after a surge of online attention and subsequent harassment.

Ferrero, from Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais, Brazil, had taken the photograph of a woman in 2017 and shared it online with her consent. The image, titled “Woman Wearing Blue Denim Jacket”, was uploaded to stock photography sites such as Unsplash and Pexels, where it was freely available for download. It has since been downloaded more than 400,000 times and widely used by various publications.

The photo became the centre of a political storm after Gandhi shared it, alleging large-scale electora

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