{"id":51318,"date":"2019-11-19T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T05:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51318"},"modified":"2019-11-19T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T05:59:14","slug":"43-year-old-student-protesting-fee-hike-jnu-masters-student-misidentified-in-viral-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/43-year-old-student-protesting-fee-hike-jnu-masters-student-misidentified-in-viral-image\/","title":{"rendered":"43-year-old student protesting fee hike? JNU master&#8217;s student misidentified in viral image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab of a Zee News broadcast, where a woman can be seen standing in a crowd, is being shared on social media. One Kanak Mishra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=423433295234066&amp;set=a.119182348992497&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> the image with a claim that the woman is a 43-year-old student at Jawaharlal Nehru University whose daughter is also studying in the same institute. The Facebook post has been shared more than 1,400 times at the time of writing this article. The post is being shared in the backdrop of a student protest against the fee hike at the university. According to media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/entry-exit-gates-at-4-major-metro-stations-in-central-delhi-shut-amid-protest-by-jnu-students-over-f-2134479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a>, the leaders of JNU Students&#8217; Union have gone for a meeting with the joint secretary of the Human Resource Department Ministry after a day-long protest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=423433335234062&amp;id=100027021983484\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=423433335234062&amp;id=100027021983484\"><p>\u092e\u094b\u0939\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e JNU \u0915\u0940 43 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0940 \u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0940<br \/>\n\u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0947\u091f\u0940 \u092e\u094b\u0928\u093e \u092d\u0940 12 \u0935\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 JNU \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0940 \u092a\u095c\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44 #muftkhori_Zindabad \ud83d\ude03\ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">\u0915\u0928\u0915 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0930<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=423433335234062&amp;id=100027021983484\">Sunday, 17 November 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many people on <a 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%20JNU%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%2043%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%2C%20%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%3B%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%20JNU%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> shared the image with a similar narrative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-18-20_26_48-\u092e\u094b\u0939\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e-JNU-\u0915\u0940-43-\u0938\u093e\u0932-\u0915\u0940-\u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e-\u0939\u0948-\u0914\u0930-\u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932-\u0915\u0940-\u092c\u093e\u0924-\u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u094b\u0928\u093e-\u092d\u0940-JNU-\u0915\u0940-\u0939\u0940.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-18-20_26_48-\u092e\u094b\u0939\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e-JNU-\u0915\u0940-43-\u0938\u093e\u0932-\u0915\u0940-\u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e-\u0939\u0948-\u0914\u0930-\u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932-\u0915\u0940-\u092c\u093e\u0924-\u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u094b\u0928\u093e-\u092d\u0940-JNU-\u0915\u0940-\u0939\u0940.png 503w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-18-20_26_48-\u092e\u094b\u0939\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e-JNU-\u0915\u0940-43-\u0938\u093e\u0932-\u0915\u0940-\u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e-\u0939\u0948-\u0914\u0930-\u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932-\u0915\u0940-\u092c\u093e\u0924-\u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u094b\u0928\u093e-\u092d\u0940-JNU-\u0915\u0940-\u0939\u0940-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>At 2:56 mins in the broadcast video posted below, one can see the same girl along with a group of protesters, hooting at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S-1tWaUdXJE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Zee News<\/em><\/a> reporter, as seen in the viral screengrab.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"DNA Analysis of JNU students misbehaviour with Zee News Reporters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-1tWaUdXJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>We reached out to Shambhavi Siddhi, the girl whose image from a broadcast is being shared on social media. In a conversation with Alt News, Shambhavi said, <em>&#8220;This is Shambhavi Siddhi, student of masters 2nd year, french literature!&#8221;, <\/em>and added that she is a 23-year-old student and not a 43-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a screengrab from a <em>Zee News<\/em> broadcast, where a woman protester was seen shouting slogans against the channel, is being shared with the false claim that she is a 43-year-old student at JNU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab of a Zee News broadcast, where a woman can be seen standing in a crowd, is being shared on social media. One Kanak Mishra posted the image with a claim that the woman is a 43-year-old student at Jawaharlal Nehru University whose daughter is also studying in the same institute. 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