{"id":397,"date":"2020-11-30T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=129057"},"modified":"2020-11-30T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:40:05","slug":"old-photo-from-anti-caa-protest-shared-as-hathras-bhabhi-at-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/11\/30\/old-photo-from-anti-caa-protest-shared-as-hathras-bhabhi-at-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo from anti-CAA protest shared as \u2018Hathras Bhabhi\u2019 at farmers\u2019 protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHathras bhabhi has become a farmer today,\u201d wrote National Vice President of BJYM, Santosh Ranjan Rai, claiming that the woman in red in the photograph is Jabalpur-based doctor Rajkumari Bansal who was seen at the residence of the Hathras victim\u2019s family. Dr Bansal was accused of being a Naxalite and tutoring the family to give statements to the press. She had denied the allegations, claiming her visit was for humanitarian reasons and her sole motive was to help them.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Santosh Ranjan Rai (@SantoshRanjan_) November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BJYM Indore leader Gaurav Tiwari also alluded the same in his tweet.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Gaurav Tiwari (@gauravtiwarirau) November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The picture was tweeted by BJP supporter Shefali Vaidya as well. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Is this true? https:\/\/t.co\/EJVqPyCOQs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shefali Vaidya. (@ShefVaidya) November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The claim is currently viral on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unrelated image<\/h4>\n

A keyword search led us to the full image shared on a blog<\/a> on September 25. This itself debunks the claim that the photograph is related to the ongoing farmers\u2019 protest that began a month later.<\/p>\n

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The full image shows several shops in the background which helped us geolocate the area where the photograph was taken.<\/p>\n

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  1. A board of a Raymond store.<\/li>\n
  2. Peter England.<\/li>\n
  3. Panache Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd.<\/li>\n
  4. Four windows on the building.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These are all located at Kalindi Kunj road in Delhi\u2019s Shaheen Bagh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    (Note: The Google Maps photo used in the montage below was uploaded in 2017 when the board of Panache Exhibitions used to be blue.)<\/p>\n

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    A makeshift green-coloured tent is also visible in the picture. Alt News contacted Manish Jain from Factory Price Shop<\/a> located in the same lane. He informed, \u201cThere are no makeshifts tents in Shaheen bagh right now. After COVID-19, the police isn\u2019t permitting anyone to protest at the site. The last protest was during CAA-NRC agitation in February.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Several Sikh farmers had gathered in Shaheen Bagh<\/a> during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. They were mostly from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan). The yellow-green coloured flag seen in the picture is the BKU flag.<\/p>\n

    An old tweet posted by activist Umar Khalid<\/a> on February 5 shows Sikh protesters sitting with BKU flags at the same location in Shaheen Bagh where the viral image was shot. <\/p>\n

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    A photograph from anti-CAA protests in February was therefore misrepresented as \u2018Hathras Naxal Bhabhi\u2019 taking part in the farmers\u2019 protest. It may be reiterated that Dr Rajkumari Bansal from Jabalpur was accused of posing as the Hathras rape victim\u2019s family member, a claim that she had denied.<\/p>\n

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

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