{"id":120908,"date":"2022-06-23T18:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T12:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=120908"},"modified":"2022-06-23T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T12:32:46","slug":"farmer-protest-in-rajsthan-churu-video-shared-as-nupur-sharma-arrested-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/farmer-protest-in-rajsthan-churu-video-shared-as-nupur-sharma-arrested-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from farmers&#8217; protest shared as Nupur Sharma&#8217;s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has been &#8220;untraceable&#8221; since she issued her controversial public remarks on Prophet Muhammed. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/nupur-sharma-skips-police-summons-101655784103671.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skipped an appearance<\/a> at Narkeldanga police station in Kolkata on Monday and later sought four weeks&#8217; time.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, a video of a woman\u2019s arrest is making the rounds on social media with the claim that Sharma was arrested.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0928\u092c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0916\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0928\u0942\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0906\u0916\u093f\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u094b \u0939\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u092a\u0930 \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0926\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0926\u093e 15 \u092f\u093e 20 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0939\u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0917\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0930\u0942\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xU7JfWlSpu\">pic.twitter.com\/xU7JfWlSpu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abdul Rahman@)7900 (@RahmanR41753986) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahmanR41753986\/status\/1538942023125741569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>User Amjad Ali made the same claim while tweeting the video. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/2vV1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120909 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-1.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-1-251x300.jpeg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Facebook page named \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=338212001831396\">Digital TV<\/a>\u2018 also amplified the video with the same claim. At the time of writing, the video had amassed over 4.5 lakh views.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120910 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-2.jpeg 554w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-2-174x300.jpeg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News received several requests on its WhatsApp number +917600011160 to investigate the video. The viral visuals are being circulated on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nupur%20sharma%20arrested&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> with the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-120908 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\/farmer-protest-in-rajsthan-churu-video-shared-as-nupur-sharma-arrested-by-police\/screenshot-2022-06-21-154923-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-154923.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-154923.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-154923-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-154923-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/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\/farmer-protest-in-rajsthan-churu-video-shared-as-nupur-sharma-arrested-by-police\/screenshot-2022-06-21-155027\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-155027.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-155027.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-155027-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-155027-768x528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/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\/farmer-protest-in-rajsthan-churu-video-shared-as-nupur-sharma-arrested-by-police\/screenshot-2022-06-21-181706\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-181706.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-181706.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-21-181706-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search on Twitter to gather more information on the video. We found a tweet posted by Bhagwant Singh Rupal, a journalist from the Punjabi daily &#8216;Rozana Spokesman&#8217;. He wrote that the video does not feature Nupur Sharma but Bhumi Birmi, while tweeting a link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bhumi.birmi.9\/videos\/1228639677964950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original video<\/a> posted on Birmi&#8217;s Facebook profile on June 15.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She Is Not Nupur Sharma.. She Is Bhumi Birmi&#8230;. And This Video Is Old Too..<\/p>\n<p>Sharing Original Video Link:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4zFXaWFv3c\">https:\/\/t.co\/4zFXaWFv3c<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FactCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FactCheck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NupurSharma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NupurSharma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FactsMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FactsMatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fOCIBkkBuS\">https:\/\/t.co\/fOCIBkkBuS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bhagwant Singh Rupal (@iambhagwant16) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iambhagwant16\/status\/1539167355393409024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Upon further examination of her Facebook account, we found a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bhumi.birmi.9\/posts\/pfbid0BW2qWoRDqUKSzsXJMnAuNa5kW5XR66zz6BN3KzuyBiyQXpoRJu6kXjhZRXvJJx3Yl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more videos<\/a> posted on June 15 depicting scenes of clashes with the police.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120912 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-4.jpeg 645w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/word-image-120908-4-215x300.jpeg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In her Facebook introduction (intro), Birmi has described herself as the District President of the Women&#8217;s Wing of the Indian Farmers Union in Rajasthan\u2019s Churu district. Another Google search led us to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abplive.com\/states\/rajasthan\/churu-all-india-kisan-sabha-protest-farmers-jammed-highway-ann-2147642\">June 16 report by ABP News<\/a>. According to the article, farmers in Churu, Rajasthan were staging a dharna with a 20-point list of demands. Birmi also addressed the gathering at the dharna. On June 15, farmers held a fierce protest at the subdivision office of Churu&#8217;s Taranagar assembly constituency. Angry protesters also tried to break through the police barricades. According to ABP News, the women involved in the agitation were beaten by the female police officers with sticks.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to Bhumi Birmi, who confirmed that she was the woman in the viral video. She also verified that the video was taken during the June 15 demonstration at Taranagar, located in Rajasthan\u2019s Churu district.<\/p>\n<p>Scenes from the viral video appear in a video aired by \u2018First India News&#8217;. However, this one was recorded from another angle.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Churu \u0915\u0947 Taranagar \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u091d\u095c\u092a, SDM \u0911\u092b\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 | Rajasthan News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLRaSUG6LK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>To sum it up, a video of clashes in Rajasthan between farmer collectives and police was falsely shared as Nupur Sharma\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has been &#8220;untraceable&#8221; since she issued her controversial public remarks on Prophet Muhammed. She skipped an appearance at Narkeldanga police station in Kolkata on Monday and later sought four weeks&#8217; time. 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