{"id":45799,"date":"2019-09-10T18:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=45799"},"modified":"2019-09-10T18:33:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:03:30","slug":"old-video-from-karnataka-shared-as-assault-on-traffic-police-over-steep-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-from-karnataka-shared-as-assault-on-traffic-police-over-steep-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video from Karnataka shared as assault on traffic police over steep penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2014 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u094d\u0935\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u093e \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f (@sadhvi006) September 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The video clip is 45 seconds long, and shows a man wearing a blue shirt assaulting two traffic police personnel. He hits one of the policemen on the head, with what appears to be a clay utensil, following which the policeman can be seen bleeding. The other cop too is then attacked by this person who body-slams him on the road. The video, apart from being shared on Twitter<\/a>, has been posted by several users on Facebook<\/a> with the same text.<\/p>\n

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FACT CHECK<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To ascertain the origin of the video, Alt News used the key words ‘traffic policemen attacked’<\/a> on Google, and found a link to a report by Times Now,<\/em> dated October 10, 2018.<\/p>\n

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INCIDENT FROM 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On opening the article, we found that it pertained to the very incident which has been depicted in the viral video. A screenshot of the video had been published by Times Now<\/em><\/a> along with the report, which stated that the man was allegedly drunk and according to eyewitnesses, assaulted the policemen after he was stopped for not wearing a helmet. \"\"<\/p>\n

While Times Now mentioned Bengaluru as the scene of this incident, we also found a report by NDTV<\/em><\/a> which stated that it had occurred at Davangere in Karnataka. The same was reported by ANI<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Alt News also found a video report by News18 Telugu<\/em><\/a> regarding the same incident.<\/p>\n

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#WATCH<\/a>: A man who was allegedly drunk assaulted two traffic policemen in Karnataka’s Davangere earlier today. Police arrested the man and a case has been registered against him. pic.twitter.com\/kahGksU0A7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It may be noted that while this incident did reportedly pertain to a traffic violation, it is an old video from Karnataka, dating back to October 2018, and is not related to the recently amended traffic regulations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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