India, Nov. 6 -- Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday sparked a wave of curiosity after alleging that a Brazilian model's photo was used to commit voter fraud in Haryana.

According to Gandhi, the image had been uploaded from a central server and used in 10 polling booths to cast 22 votes.

Since his press conference, social media users have been on a collective hunt to identify the woman in question - the so-called "mysterious model." It turns out, she's not a model at all, reported ThePrint.

The woman whose image landed in the middle of an Indian political controversy is Larissa Nery, a hairdressing professional from Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil.

She runs a salon in Belo Horizonte, the state capital...