{"id":25090,"date":"2019-01-05T17:10:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T11:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=25090"},"modified":"2019-01-05T17:10:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T11:40:39","slug":"kapil-sibal-slapped-outside-court-premises-no-he-was-accidentally-hit-by-a-microphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/kapil-sibal-slapped-outside-court-premises-no-he-was-accidentally-hit-by-a-microphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapil Sibal slapped outside court premises? No, he was accidentally hit by a microphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u0915\u0932 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u092a\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0924\u0932\u092c 1 \u0925\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0921\u093c \u091c\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e. \u0907\u0938 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u092f\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0916\u092c\u0930\u0940 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u090f\u0917\u0940 (Yesterday after the verdict on Ram Mandir, somebody slapped Kapil Sibal outside the court. This video is proof. Media will not show you such wonderful news- translated).<\/em>\u00a0A video of Congress leader and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal has been shared widely on Facebook and Twitter along with the message that he was slapped outside the court premises when he was speaking to media persons.<\/p>\n<p>The video varies in length from 9 seconds to 17 seconds, and Sibal can be seen grimacing in pain with his hand on his face.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0932 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u092a\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0924\u0932\u092c 1 \u0925\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0921\u093c \u091c\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e. \u0907\u0938 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u092f\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>\u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0916\u092c\u0930\u0940 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u090f\u0917\u0940 \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f Follow \u0915\u0930\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajanandbjp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rajanandbjp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qa7NCefbN0\">pic.twitter.com\/qa7NCefbN0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raj anand \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rajanandbjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajanandbjp\/status\/1081414839388393478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above tweet, posted in the morning of January 5, has garnered over 800 retweets. Several pro-BJP social media users have gleefully shared the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shivraj.S.Fans.Club\/videos\/385918892144384\/\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shivraj.S.Fans.Club\/videos\/385918892144384\/\"><p>\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0925\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0921\u093c \u091c\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shivraj.S.Fans.Club\/\">Shivraj Singh Chouhan Fans Clube<\/a> on Saturday, January 5, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above post is by a Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shivraj.S.Fans.Club\/videos\/385918892144384\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shivraj Singh Chouhan Fans Clube<\/em><\/a>. Here, it has been viewed over 14000 times so far and shared over 500 times. The video has also been shared by another Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unitehindus\/videos\/475909456270206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mission Modi 2019<\/em><\/a>. It has also been posted on the group <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/NARENDRAMODI31\/permalink\/3306349722721970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Support Narendra Modi<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News found that the first tweet with this claim was by a user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sharma__Mamta\/status\/1081226331059175424?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamta Sharma<\/a>. On Facebook, a user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100000046987235\/posts\/2286282234716654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manish Sharma<\/a> was among the earliest to share it. The video has spread like wildfire on social media platforms with several pages, groups and individual users posting it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01-696x839.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01-1068x1288.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01-348x420.jpg 348w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190105-170034_01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>NOT A SLAP, HIT BY MICROPHONE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A close look at the video reveals that Sibal was not slapped by anyone. He was in fact hit by a microphone held by one of the media persons assembled at the spot. Posted below is a slow motion version of the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kapil Sibal hit by a mike - slow motion\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/309611964?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"400\" height=\"220\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It can be seen clearly in the above video that Sibal is accidentally hit on his face with a microphone. The exact frame in which this incident occurs is posted below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25094\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic-1024x539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic-696x367.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic-1068x563.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic-797x420.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sibal_mic.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cursory glance is enough to suggest that there is no question of Sibal being slapped, but probably not so for those who have shared the video fervently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0915\u0932 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u092a\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0924\u0932\u092c 1 \u0925\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0921\u093c \u091c\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e. \u0907\u0938 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u092f\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0916\u092c\u0930\u0940 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u090f\u0917\u0940 (Yesterday after the verdict on Ram Mandir, somebody slapped Kapil Sibal outside the court. 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