{"id":47831,"date":"2019-10-03T21:53:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=47831"},"modified":"2019-10-03T21:53:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:23:22","slug":"old-photos-from-kashmir-shared-as-recent-to-portray-normalcy-in-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photos-from-kashmir-shared-as-recent-to-portray-normalcy-in-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photos from Kashmir shared as recent to portray normalcy in region"},"content":{"rendered":"

In August 2019, the Union government abrogated key provisions of Article 370, altering the status of Jammu & Kashmir. Since then, social media has witnessed relentless attempts to justify or criticize the move, often through misinformation. A set of photographs has been shared on social media to portray normalcy in Kashmir, nearly two months after the dramatic step of August 5.<\/p>\n

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3 Pictures clicked today from #Kashmir<\/a> as a reply to your fake tweets and Anti India Propaganda @arjunsethi81<\/a><\/p>\n

Have a nyc Day #JaiHind<\/a> @adgpi<\/a> @JmuKmrPolice<\/a> @crpfindia<\/a> @ZPHQJammu<\/a> @drmonika_langeh<\/a> @ashokepandit<\/a> @KhajuriaManu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GxFqAbCnof<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ashish Kohli \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@dograjournalist) October 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above post is by Ashish Kohli (@dograjournalist<\/em>) who is followed on Twitter by the Office of Nirmala Sitharaman. Kohli describes himself as a journalist who “Reports Border Conflicts and Terrorism from J&K”,<\/em> and his Twitter bio reads, “A Proud Jammu Citizen blocked by my former CM Mehbooba Mufti”<\/em>. He has tweeted three photographs which, he claims, have been clicked today (October 3). He calls these photographs a response to “fake tweets” <\/em>and “Anti India propaganda”.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

FACT CHECK: OLD PHOTOS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A comment<\/a> by a user on Kohli’s tweet suggested that the photographs are old. Based on this information, Alt News found that the photographs tweeted as recent, were indeed clicked earlier. Let us take a look at each of these pictures.<\/p>\n

PHOTO 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Alt News reverse-searched the above photograph and came across a tweet<\/a> from March 2019 by a journalist, Sameer Yasir. The same photo was tweeted on March 22, 2019, more than four months before the Central government’s move on Article 370.<\/p>\n

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Two militants died in Baramulla and no hartel (strike) today in the town. And it is a Friday! pic.twitter.com\/BB6yjhk1yR<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sameer Yasir (@sameeryasir) March 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PHOTO 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The above photograph had appeared in an article on Kashmir Life<\/em><\/a>, in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Alt News found that the above photograph had appeared in an article on Daily Excelsior<\/em><\/a>, a J&K daily, in November 2016. The report is from Srinagar.<\/p>\n

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Old photographs from Kashmir have been falsely shared as recent, in a bid to portray normalcy in the region, weeks after the revocation of key provisions of Article 370.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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