{"id":20796,"date":"2018-10-12T18:36:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=20796"},"modified":"2018-10-12T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T13:06:09","slug":"viral-2010-image-of-crowded-train-shared-as-migrants-fleeing-gujarat-in-recent-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-2010-image-of-crowded-train-shared-as-migrants-fleeing-gujarat-in-recent-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral: 2010 image of crowded train shared as migrants fleeing Gujarat in recent violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<em>\u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u092d\u093e\u091c\u0928 1947 \u092f\u093e\u0926 \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u093e (People from UP and Bihar feeling Gujarat. A reminder of India Pakistan separation in 1947).&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0An image of a crowded local train was circulated by Facebook page\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/FOcF9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Headline<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on October 8 with the aforementioned caption. At the time of writing this article, the post was shared nearly 12,000 times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Theheadlins\/photos\/a.113378252684672\/288429285179567\/?type=3\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Theheadlins\/photos\/a.113378252684672\/288429285179567\/?type=3\"><p>\u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917..<br \/>\n\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u092d\u093e\u091c\u0928 1947 \u092f\u093e\u0926 \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u093e<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Theheadlins\/\">The Headline<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Theheadlins\/photos\/a.113378252684672\/288429285179567\/?type=3\">Monday, 8 October 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>From the profile of an individual user named\u00a0<span class=\"fwn fcg\"><span class=\"fwb fcg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swaranjitsingh.sarao\/posts\/1096522420513463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swaranjit Singh Sarao<\/a>, the same image was shared with an identical caption. It has over 11,000 shares.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The photograph was also circulated from Facebook pages\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rahulgandhifanc\/photos\/a.445924132490518\/606217603127836\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi FC<\/a>\u00a0<\/em> and<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/priyankagandhiindian\/photos\/a.1030766227075553\/1311697725649067\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priyanka Gandhi &#8211; Future Of India<\/a><\/em>, drawing a combined share count of almost 12,000. The post was widespread both on Facebook and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8+1947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viral image falsely attributed to migrants fleeing Gujarat\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/294757204?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"490\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Earliest instance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News traced one of the earliest instances of this image shared with an identical narrative from the Twitter handle\u00a0<span class=\"FullNameGroup\">\u092a\u093f\u0902\u0915\u0942 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e\u200f\u00a0<em>(@shuklapiku)<\/em> on October 8 at 6:55 pm. This individual is followed by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal&#8217;s Office and BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Singh Bagga.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917..<br \/>\n\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u092d\u093e\u091c\u0928 1947 \u092f\u093e\u0926 \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 \u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936 \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0941\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0932\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u092a\u0932\u093e \u091d\u093e\u0930 \u0932\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0948 \u0909\u0928\u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u091b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0902 &#8230;\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940, \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930, \u090f\u092e\u092a\u0940, \u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948,.\u091c\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u094b\u0937\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0938\u091c\u093e \u0926\u094b&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K8PnMvXa1y\">pic.twitter.com\/K8PnMvXa1y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092a\u093f\u0902\u0915\u0942 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e (@shuklapinku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shuklapinku\/status\/1049289795699007488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Subsequently, it was circulated by several individuals on Twitter, including a user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShilpiSinghINC\/status\/1050241103079731200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shilpi Singh<\/a> who identifies herself as the State Vice President (IT and Social Media) of Congress MP. Another individual <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/preeti_chobey\/status\/1050246782133854208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preeti Chobey<\/a> who identifies herself as National Executive Member of Samajwadi Party also shared the photo.<\/p>\n<p>The official Twitter handle of Chattisgarh Youth Congress circulated the picture as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0917\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0932 \u0928\u0947, \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u092b\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0928\u093f\u092d\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e,<br \/>\n\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u091b\u0921\u093c\u0947, \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u093e\u092a\u093f\u0938 \u0918\u0930 \u092a\u0902\u0939\u0941\u091a\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<br \/>\n\u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 1947 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u093f\u092d\u093e\u091c\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093e ,\u0909\u0928\u0915\u094b 2018 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u093f\u092d\u093e\u091c\u0928 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QbHOcEXh0\">pic.twitter.com\/2QbHOcEXh0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CG Youth Congress (@IYCChhattisgarh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IYCChhattisgarh\/status\/1050247293687885825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Image from 2010<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News reverse searched the image on Google and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-19920055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2012 report by <em>BBC<\/em><\/a> which had used the same photograph, attributing it to\u00a0<em>Reuters.\u00a0<\/em>On searching for the picture on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZRCLFZ3L&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1366&amp;RH=626&amp;PN=2&amp;POPUPPN=71&amp;POPUPIID=2C04080PN9TIH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Reuters Images<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em>we found that it was taken in Uttar Pradesh in 2010. The media outlet captioned it as,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Hindu devotees travel on a crowded passenger train to take part in the &#8220;Guru Purnima&#8221; festival in Goverdhan town near the northern Indian city of Mathura July 24, 2010.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20802 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1309\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters.png 1309w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters-696x267.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters-1068x410.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/reuters-1095x420.png 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1309px) 100vw, 1309px\" \/>In the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/gujarat-rape-police-migrants-bihar-up-5390840\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacks on migrants<\/a> from the Hindi speaking belt in several districts of Gujarat following the arrest of a Bihar native for allegedly raping a 14-month-old girl, several images and videos attributed to migrants fleeing the state were viral on social media. Earlier, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/unrelated-video-from-west-bengal-shared-on-social-media-as-migrants-fleeing-gujarat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unrelated video<\/a> from West Bengal was shared using the identical narrative.\u00a0Social media users are advised to refrain from furthering\u00a0the circulation of such imagery without self-verification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u092d\u093e\u091c\u0928 1947 \u092f\u093e\u0926 \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u093e (People from UP and Bihar feeling Gujarat. A reminder of India Pakistan separation in 1947).&#8221;\u00a0An image of a crowded local train was circulated by Facebook page\u00a0The Headline\u00a0on October 8 with the aforementioned caption. At the time of writing this article, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":20811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-20796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/riot.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20796"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20812,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796\/revisions\/20812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20796"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=20796"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=20796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}