{"id":60432,"date":"2020-03-06T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=60432"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T09:42:07","slug":"police-lathicharge-video-on-anti-caa-protestors-in-up-shared-as-delhi-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/police-lathicharge-video-on-anti-caa-protestors-in-up-shared-as-delhi-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of UP police lathicharge on anti-CAA protesters shared as Delhi police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent communal violence in northeast Delhi has given rise to a plethora of misinformation circulated via images and videos. A 25-second clip of police lathi-charging a large crowd of Muslims has been shared by several people, many of whom seem to be celebrating the police excess. &#8220;Cleaning drive has been started in Delhi. #DelhiRiots (\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u092b\u093e\u0908 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0928 \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0926\u0947 \u0938\u091f\u093e \u0938\u091f. #DelhiRiots).&#8221; wrote Rahul Awasthi, who self-identifies as social media in-charge of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), while sharing the clip on both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irahulawasthi\/videos\/3326953434029130\/?t=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u092b\u093e\u0908 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0928 \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942<br \/>\n\u0926\u0947 \u0938\u091f\u093e \u0938\u0924.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DelhiRiots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DelhiRiots<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gTgehxDNBm\">pic.twitter.com\/gTgehxDNBm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rahul Awasthi (@irahulawasthi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irahulawasthi\/status\/1232575877134704640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News broke down the video into multiple keyframes and reverse-searched each of them on Google. One such keyframe (highlighted below) threw up relevant search results.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60433 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/delhi-police-lathicharge-key-frame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"925\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/delhi-police-lathicharge-key-frame.jpg 925w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/delhi-police-lathicharge-key-frame-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/delhi-police-lathicharge-key-frame-768x653.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were redirected to two-month-old links which meant that the video cannot depict police excess during the recent communal riots in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60434 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_14_42-Google-Search.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_14_42-Google-Search.png 751w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_14_42-Google-Search-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Facebook page \u2018Rana JD\u2019 shared the video on December 25, 2019, with the hashtag #SHAMEONINDIA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60435 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_28_20-1-Watch-Discover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1381\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_28_20-1-Watch-Discover.jpg 1381w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_28_20-1-Watch-Discover-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_28_20-1-Watch-Discover-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_28_20-1-Watch-Discover-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_28_20-1-Watch-Discover-990x591.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/2020-03-04-19_28_20-1-Watch-Discover-1320x789.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1381px) 100vw, 1381px\" \/> A subsequent keyword search on Youtube led us to a longer version of the clip shared by the channel &#8216;SPN News&#8217; on December 20, 2019. According to the channel, the police lathi-charge was during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Bulandshahr.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#SPNNews, \u092c\u0941\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0936\u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0920\u0940\u091a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932,\u0909\u0920 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0938\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u0964\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IjkGBgU9Mjw?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><\/p>\n<p>After the Citizenship Bill was passed in the Parliament, several districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Bulandshahr, witnessed violent protests. According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/thewirehindi.com\/105544\/anti-caa-protest-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report in <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/thewirehindi.com\/105544\/anti-caa-protest-deaths\/\">The Wire<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>at least 18 civilians lost their lives in the clashes.<\/p>\n<p>A video of police lathi-charge during anti-CAA protests in UP&#8217;s Bulanshahr has been circulated online as Delhi police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent communal violence in northeast Delhi has given rise to a plethora of misinformation circulated via images and videos. A 25-second clip of police lathi-charging a large crowd of Muslims has been shared by several people, many of whom seem to be celebrating the police excess. &#8220;Cleaning drive has been started in Delhi. #DelhiRiots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":60436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[133],"class_list":["post-60432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Custom-dimensions-1200x628-px-4-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60438,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60432\/revisions\/60438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60432"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=60432"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=60432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}