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He tweeted this image with the text, <em>&#8220;In the eyes of this devotee There is No Fear of brutality There is No fear of oppression This is the Power of Faith #Sabarimala #Ayyappa,&#8221;<\/em> suggesting that the subject of the image was perhaps a victim of brutality. At the time of writing this article, Mishra&#8217;s tweet was liked over 2,700 times and retweeted over 1,400 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21958 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/kapil-mishra-sabarimala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/kapil-mishra-sabarimala.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/kapil-mishra-sabarimala-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/kapil-mishra-sabarimala-267x420.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same image was earlier circulated by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/squintneon\/status\/1058262928716062721?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Squint Woke Neon (@squintneon) <\/em><\/a>and\u00a0Hindu Mahasabha activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/116139449212476\/photos\/a.116159032543851\/318429792316773\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamlesh Tiwari<\/a>\u00a0who tweeted &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;See the violent treatment of Kerala police on Lord Ayyappa devotees.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Both these posts drew a combined retweet count of nearly 1,300.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=318429812316771&amp;id=116139449212476\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=318429812316771&amp;id=116139449212476\"><p>\u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u0905\u092f\u092a\u094d\u092a\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u095b\u0941\u0932\u094d\u092e\u094b\u0902-\u0938\u093f\u0924\u092e \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f !!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u0915\u092e\u0932\u0947\u0936-\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940-116139449212476\/\">\u0915\u092e\u0932\u0947\u0936 \u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=318429812316771&amp;id=116139449212476\">Thursday, 1 November 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several other right-wing handles on both Twitter and Facebook circulated the image with the identical narrative of brutality on a Sabarimala devotee\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordsSlay\/status\/1058308168990642177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaalateetham\/status\/1058396738535383040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rashtradharaa\/photos\/a.990778914404050\/1152795008202439\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21960 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar-768x358.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar-1024x478.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar-696x325.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar-1068x498.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/sabar-900x420.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The image is of photo-shoot and NOT Sabarimala protest<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Journalist Bobins Abraham pointed out on Twitter that a photo-shoot of a man named Rajesh Kurup was being circulated on social media as the brutality of Kerala police on Ayyappa devotees.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNews<\/a> is created.<br \/>\nA staged photo shoot of a man called Rajesh Kurup (\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d1c\u0d47\u0d37\u0d4d \u0d15\u0d41\u0d31\u0d41\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4d \u0d36\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d40\u0d15\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d3f) by a photographer called Midhun Krishna Photography is now being circulated as police brutality on Ayyappa Devotees in Kerala. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SabarimalaProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SabarimalaProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ebnv8onTs7\">pic.twitter.com\/Ebnv8onTs7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobins Abraham (@BobinsAbraham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobinsAbraham\/status\/1058608303243190273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Abraham had posted another picture of Kurup where the photographer&#8217;s stamp &#8211; Midhun Krishna photography &#8211; is visible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21961 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/madhu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/madhu.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/madhu-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/madhu-291x420.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajesh.kurup.3701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajesh Kurup<\/a>\u00a0who confirmed to us that the pictures were part of a photo-shoot and that the one shared by Kapil Mishra was shot about four days ago.<\/p>\n<p>We also contacted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/midhunkrishnaphotography.mk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photographer<\/a>\u00a0of the second image, Midhun Krishna. He said that the stamp on the photograph was indeed his and the picture was shot on October 6. Sabarimala was opened to women for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/kerala-news\/sabarimala-temple-body-to-meet-soon-as-protests-grow-over-womens-entry-1932707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first time on October 17<\/a>, which hints that the image could not be a depiction of protests which started after the temple permitted women&#8217;s entry.<\/p>\n<p>Since protests against the entry of women in Sabarimala began, social media has been brimming with misinformation. Delhi MLA Kapil Mishra, prior to the aforementioned case, also spread the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-kerala-kapil-mishra-spreads-fake-news-about-a-sabarimala-devotee-dying-due-to-police-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake news about a devotee dying in police action<\/a>. In the past, numerous other false <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-unrelated-images-shared-to-claim-kerala-police-brutally-assaulted-sabarimala-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">images<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/kerala-protests-woman-injured-due-to-stone-pelting-social-media-falsely-claims-police-brutality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> were viral on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi MLA Kapil Mishra tweeted an image on November 2 in which a man can be seen holding an idol with the foot of a purported cop on his chest. 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