{"id":118013,"date":"2022-05-11T13:46:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=118013"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:46:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:16:34","slug":"fact-check-did-a-rajasthan-cop-fake-his-head-injury-during-clashes-on-eid-in-jodhpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-a-rajasthan-cop-fake-his-head-injury-during-clashes-on-eid-in-jodhpur\/","title":{"rendered":"No, ASI Dhannaram did not &#8220;fake&#8221; injuries sustained during violence on Eid in Jodhpur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Violence broke out in Jodhpur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/india\/rajasthan\/story\/97-arrested-in-riots-on-day-of-eid-in-jodhpur-ntc-1457316-2022-05-03\">on the intervening night of May 2 and 3<\/a> after a group of BJP supporters forcibly removed Eid flags and loudspeakers. Following this, on the morning of Eid, members of the Muslim community sloganeered and pelted stones. A few police officers were also injured in the violence. Internet services were later suspended and a curfew was imposed in the area. 97 people have been arrested in this case so far.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, a video of a policeman is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the policeman, seen in the video tying a blood-stained handkerchief on his head, was pretending to be injured.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook user Mufi Mohd. Zubair Qasmi also amplified the video and viral claim along with a newspaper clipping. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220509115310\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmuftimohdzubairqasmi%2Fposts%2F544330720600628%3F__cft__%255B0%255D%3DAZVnD-AquH6s8ww6hm3G8pRrwbFfjLsRF-NXmCU2xButjIPjBW0UYuxXDoH4kOvTb-5bQY1-J6tdATERU0IhoVoUVqSt5IBtUhpk-ixgBoEJNCNZZ0yIgwAR8A4QqGGWeopJX26Qy-v5J_3pG5L1YENs%26__tn__%3D%252CO%252CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/muftimohdzubairqasmi\/posts\/544330720600628\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/muftimohdzubairqasmi\/posts\/544330720600628\"><p>\u091c\u094b\u0927\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0938\u093e \u092e\u093e\u092e\u0932\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0916\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b \u091b\u092a\u093e \u0939\u0948,,,<br \/>\n\u0906\u0907\u092f\u0947 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0958\u0940\u0958\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u0930\u0941-\u092c-\u0930\u0941 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948,,,,\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0948\u0930\u0947\u091f\u093f\u0935 \u0938\u0947\u091f \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/muftimohdzubairqasmi\">Mufti Mohd Zubair Qasmi<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/muftimohdzubairqasmi\/posts\/544330720600628\">Thursday, May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Several Twitter users<\/a> promoted the video and accompanying claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091c\u093f\u0938 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u0940 \u0909\u0938 \u0915\u094b<br \/>\n\u0917\u094c\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0928\u093e \u0905\u0916\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u093c\u094b\u091f\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u0906\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948..<br \/>\n\u0914\u0930 \u0907\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0927\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u094b \u0915\u094b<br \/>\n\u091c\u0947\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0902\u0926 \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u0906\u0917\u0947 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u094b \u091c\u0930\u0942\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8o2hNo7FdD\">pic.twitter.com\/8o2hNo7FdD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd3b\ud835\udd2f\ud835\udd35.\ud835\udd38\ud835\udd2a\ud835\udd2a\ud835\udd1e\u211d \ud835\udd42\ud835\udd25\ud835\udd1e\ud835\udd2b\ud83d\udc26 (@AK___Bhai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AK___Bhai\/status\/1522423365243334657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.crowdtangle.com\/search?platform=facebook&amp;postTypes=&amp;producerTypes=3,1&amp;q=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88&amp;sortBy=most_shared&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;timeframe=7days\">Crowdtangle<\/a>, Alt News discovered that the footage and accompanying claim were circulated on a number of Facebook pages and groups.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-118013 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-a-rajasthan-cop-fake-his-head-injury-during-clashes-on-eid-in-jodhpur\/2022-05-09-17_26_11-crowdtangle\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_26_11-CrowdTangle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_26_11-CrowdTangle.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_26_11-CrowdTangle-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-a-rajasthan-cop-fake-his-head-injury-during-clashes-on-eid-in-jodhpur\/2022-05-09-17_25_51-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1097\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_25_51.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_25_51.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_25_51-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_25_51-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_25_51-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1097px) 100vw, 1097px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Rewatching the video frame by frame, we noticed the injury on the policeman\u2019s forehead. Furthermore, blood was trickling down the back of his hand.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-118013 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-a-rajasthan-cop-fake-his-head-injury-during-clashes-on-eid-in-jodhpur\/2022-05-09-17_29_22-facebook-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_29_22-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_29_22-Facebook.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_29_22-Facebook-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-a-rajasthan-cop-fake-his-head-injury-during-clashes-on-eid-in-jodhpur\/2022-05-09-17_29_04-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_29_04-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_29_04-Facebook.jpg 946w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_29_04-Facebook-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/2022-05-09-17_29_04-Facebook-768x611.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Jodhpur Police took to Twitter to condemn the viral claims on social media. As per the tweet, ASI Dhannaram suffered a head injury during the violence at Jalori Gate. An FIR was also lodged over the incident at the Sardarpura Police Station.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jodhpur?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jodhpur<\/a><br \/>\nASI \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0927\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0930\u0940 \u0917\u0947\u091f \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0940 \u091a\u094b\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0915 \u0916\u092c\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e\u0908&#8230;<br \/>\n\u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0940 \u0925\u0940 ASI \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093f\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u094b\u091f \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0925 \u0914\u0930 \u0930\u0941\u092e\u093e\u0932 \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0916\u0942\u0928&#8230;<br \/>\n\u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u091a\u094b\u091f\u093f\u0932 ASI \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0930\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0921\u093f\u0915\u0932 \u0935 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0930\u0926\u093e\u0930\u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e \u092e\u0947 \u0926\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0908 F.I.R. &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AvoidFakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AvoidFakeNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LKtJxm0Xki\">pic.twitter.com\/LKtJxm0Xki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jodhpur Police (@CP_Jodhpur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CP_Jodhpur\/status\/1522434579944345600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News contacted Sardarpura Police Station and was able to speak with ASI Dhannaram. He informed that he was on duty on the day of Eid and following the prayers, a group of miscreants began throwing stones during which he got injured. He used a handkerchief to wipe away the blood. He later tied the same handkerchief around his head. ASI Dhannaram also sent us a picture of the wound.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118016 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-6.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-6-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-6-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-6-768x1365.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a video of ASI Dhannaram, a police officer injured in the Jodhpur violence, was circulated with a misleading claim that he was faking his injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violence broke out in Jodhpur on the intervening night of May 2 and 3 after a group of BJP supporters forcibly removed Eid flags and loudspeakers. Following this, on the morning of Eid, members of the Muslim community sloganeered and pelted stones. A few police officers were also injured in the violence. Internet services were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":118022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-118013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/compare-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118029,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118013\/revisions\/118029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118013"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=118013"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=118013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}