{"id":592,"date":"2020-12-01T08:21:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=129797"},"modified":"2020-12-01T08:21:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:21:29","slug":"no-sikh-man-injured-during-farmers-protest-is-not-captain-pps-dhillon-retd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/01\/no-sikh-man-injured-during-farmers-protest-is-not-captain-pps-dhillon-retd\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Sikh man injured during farmers\u2019 protest is not Captain PPS Dhillon (Retd.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amidst the recent farmers\u2019 protest, Alt News has verified multiple claims where unrelated individuals were linked to the movement \u2014 Bilkis Bano<\/a> and Dr Rajkumari Bansal<\/a> \u2014 in an attempt to delegitimise the protest.<\/p>\n

Several Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> users have now posted a juxtaposed image of a Sikh man in military uniform and an elderly man whose eye is injured. If social media claims are to be believed, both men are the same person. \u201cCaptain PPS Dhillon from Sikh Regiment, Indian Army was thrashed after he raised his voice for farmers\u2019 rights,\u201d reads the viral message in an attempt to draw sympathies for the farmers\u2019 protest, unlike most other misinformation.<\/p>\n

Indian Youth Congress member Aakash Mahant (archived link<\/a>) and Facebook page \u2018Vinay Dubey fan club\u2019 (archived link<\/a>) promoted the claim. Their posts were shared close to 2,000 times.<\/p>\n

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Posted by Aakash Mahant<\/a> on Monday, 30 November 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted by Vinay Dubey fan club<\/a> on Monday, 30 November 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

It was also posted MP Congress IT cell member Shilpi Singh. Her tweet gained over 200 retweets. (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 SHILPI SINGH (@ShilpiSinghINC) November 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fact-check<\/h4>\n

Alt News rummaged Twitter and Facebook for context behind the two images and found that the two Sikh men are not the same person.<\/p>\n

Veteran\u2019s image<\/strong><\/p>\n

A veteran tipped us off on WhatsApp that this image was posted on Facebook by Captain PPS Dhillon (Retd.)\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

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Sukhwinder Singh Sarpanch Uboke had shared the photograph on Sikh Military History Forum<\/a> on November 29. As per his post, the officer in the image is his father Hon. Captain Pirthipal Singh Dhillon, who retired from 17 Sikh Regiment in 1993.<\/p>\n

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Uboke also posted another image of the cake cutting on his personal profile.<\/p>\n

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Today is my father\u2019s birthday
Hon. Captain pirthipal Singh Dhillon
Retired in 1993 , 17 sikh regiment
He is the part\u2026<\/p>\n

Posted by Sukhwinder Singh Sarpanch Uboke<\/a> on Sunday, 29 November 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The images were posted on the same day the veteran was claimed to have sustained injuries during farmers\u2019 protests. This itself suggests that the viral assertion is false.<\/p>\n

Farmer\u2019s image<\/strong><\/p>\n

Farmers\u2019 rights activist Ramandeep Singh Mann tweeted<\/a> this image on November 29. Mann told Alt News, \u201cI haven\u2019t been able to identify the farmer yet. Will update the moment I learn more details.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Ramandeep Singh Mann (@ramanmann1974) November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Twitter user @AMITKUM930<\/a> posted a short video of the farmer.<\/p>\n

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‘Shame’ is a small word for you !! Take back your farmers’ against Bill..
More power to our #Farmers<\/a>
” RESPECT FARMERS “#SupportFarmers<\/a> #IStandWithFarmers<\/a> #FarmersProtest<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LYmjscvW5N<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 AMIT KUMAR (@AMITKUM930) November 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the identity of the farmer is yet to be ascertained, he is certainly not Captain PPS Dhillon (Retd.). Their facial structure and beard do not match.<\/p>\n

It is noteworthy that the pictures began circulating with the false claim after journalist Tejinder Singh Sodhi had tweeted them. Sodhi, however, did not allege that the two individuals are the same. He clarified that his post only meant to bring attention to the differential treatment meted out to Sikhs as army men and as farmers.<\/p>\n

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Brig Sandy sir, it\u2019s unfortunate that you removed the retweet. Nowhere I am saying in the tweet that these two people are same, it\u2019s the RW propagandists who are calling every protesting farmer as a Khalistani, my postbwas to show an elderly Sikh as a soldier and as a farmer<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tejinder Singh Sodhi \"??\" \"??\" (@TejinderSsodhi) November 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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