{"id":24604,"date":"2021-02-03T11:23:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/?p=85785"},"modified":"2021-02-03T11:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:23:31","slug":"fact-check-sikh-man-who-brandished-sword-during-farmers-protest-brutally-thrashed-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/03\/fact-check-sikh-man-who-brandished-sword-during-farmers-protest-brutally-thrashed-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Sikh man who brandished sword during farmers\u2019 protest brutally thrashed by police?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A collage of two pictures is viral on social media. The first photo shows a Sikh man attacking a cop and the second picture is of an injured elderly person. It is being claimed that the person attacking the police was brutally thrashed later on.<\/p>\n

\n

\u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0932 \u0920\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0908 ????
\n\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u090f \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0924\u0947 ???<\/p>\n

Before After ??<\/p>\n

Posted by Vidyasagar Shukla<\/a> on\u00a0Thursday, 28 January 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The same has also been shared with the following Kannada text – #\u0c89\u0caa\u0c9a\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ca6_\u0ca8\u0c82\u0ca4\u0cb0.<\/p>\n

\n

#\u0c89\u0caa\u0c9a\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ca6_\u0ca8\u0c82\u0ca4\u0cb0…<\/p>\n

Posted by Ramesh Ramesh Tnr<\/a> on\u00a0Thursday, 28 January 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The collage is widely circulating on both Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\nClick to view slideshow.<\/a>\n

Fact-check<\/h4>\n

The first picture was shared on social media after the farmers’ tractor rally held in Delhi on January 26. The pictures depict the violence that ensued during the rally on Republic Day, according to a BBC report<\/a> that credits the picture to PTI photo journalist Ravi Choudhary.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

A post shared by Ravi Choudhary (@choudharyravi)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We located the second image with the help of Google reverse image search. Shiromani Akali Dal general secretary and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia had tweeted a set of pictures on December 27, 2020, including the viral photo of the injured Sikh man. His tweet said that farmers on their way to participate in the protests at Delhi border met with an accident near Khanna in Punjab.<\/p>\n

\n

\u0a2c\u0a40\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a30\u0a3e\u0a24 \u0a2a\u0a3f\u0a70\u0a21 \u0a35\u0a21\u0a3e\u0a32\u0a47 \u0a24\u0a4b\u0a02 \u0a26\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a32\u0a40 ‘\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a05\u0a70\u0a26\u0a4b\u0a32\u0a28’ ‘\u0a1a \u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e\u0a2e\u0a32 \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a23 \u0a1c\u0a3e \u0a30\u0a39\u0a47 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a2d\u0a30\u0a3e\u0a35\u0a3e\u0a02 \u0a26\u0a47 \u0a16\u0a70\u0a28\u0a3e \u0a28\u0a47\u0a5c\u0a47 \u0a10\u0a15\u0a38\u0a40\u0a21\u0a48\u0a02\u0a1f \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a23 \u0a26\u0a40 \u0a16\u0a3c\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a2e\u0a3f\u0a32\u0a40\u0964 \u0a2b\u0a4b\u0a28 ‘\u0a24\u0a47 \u0a09\u0a28\u0a4d\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a02 \u0a26\u0a3e \u0a39\u0a3e\u0a32 \u0a2a\u0a41\u0a71\u0a1b\u0a3f\u0a06 \u0a24\u0a3e\u0a02 \u0a2a\u0a24\u0a3e \u0a32\u0a71\u0a17\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a3f \u0a35\u0a3e\u0a39\u0a3f\u0a17\u0a41\u0a30\u0a42 \u0a26\u0a40 \u0a15\u0a4d\u0a30\u0a3f\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a38\u0a26\u0a15\u0a3e \u0a38\u0a3e\u0a30\u0a47 \u0a20\u0a40\u0a15-\u0a20\u0a40\u0a15 \u0a39\u0a28\u0964 \u0a05\u0a30\u0a26\u0a3e\u0a38 \u0a15\u0a30\u0a26\u0a3e \u0a39\u0a3e\u0a02 \u0a1c\u0a3c\u0a16\u0a2e\u0a40 \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a0f \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a2d\u0a30\u0a3e\u0a35\u0a3e\u0a02 \u0a28\u0a42\u0a70 \u0a05\u0a15\u0a3e\u0a32 \u0a2a\u0a41\u0a30\u0a16 \u0a1c\u0a32\u0a26 \u0a38\u0a3f\u0a39\u0a24\u0a2f\u0a3e\u0a2c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0964 pic.twitter.com\/9bjnzQyej8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bikram Majithia (@bsmajithia) December 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The incident was also reported by News18 Punjab<\/a> in a December 28, 2020 report. It said that farmers of Kirti Kisan Union, Wadala were going to participate in the demonstration when they met with a road accident. Kirti Kisan Union too had posted pictures of the accident.<\/p>\n

\n

\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a2f\u0a42\u0a28\u0a40\u0a05\u0a28 \u0a07\u0a15\u0a3e\u0a08 \u0a2a\u0a3f\u0a70\u0a21 \u0a35\u0a21\u0a3e\u0a32\u0a3e \u0a24\u0a4b\u0a02 \u0a26\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a32\u0a40 ‘\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a05\u0a70\u0a26\u0a4b\u0a32\u0a28’ ‘\u0a1a \u0a36\u0a3e\u0a2e\u0a32 \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a23 \u0a1c\u0a3e \u0a30\u0a39\u0a47 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a2d\u0a30\u0a3e\u0a35\u0a3e\u0a02 \u0a26\u0a3e \u0a1f\u0a30\u0a48\u0a15\u0a1f\u0a30 \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a07\u0a06 \u0a16\u0a70\u0a28\u0a3e \u0a28\u0a47\u0a5c\u0a47…<\/p>\n

Posted by \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a2f\u0a42\u0a28\u0a40\u0a05\u0a28 Kirti Kisan Union<\/a> on\u00a0Sunday, 27 December 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Therefore a picture of a Sikh man brandishing a sword at a cop during farmers’ protest in Delhi was juxtaposed with an image of a man injured in a road accident while on his way to attend the protest.<\/p>\n

The post Fact-check: Sikh man who brandished sword during farmers’ protest brutally thrashed by police?<\/a> appeared first on Alt News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

This post was originally published on Alt News<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A collage of two pictures is viral on social media. The first photo shows a Sikh man attacking a cop and the second picture is of an injured elderly person….<\/p>\n

The post Fact-check: Sikh man who brandished sword during farmers\u2019 protest brutally thrashed by police?<\/a> appeared first on Alt News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27256,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24604\/revisions\/27256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}