{"id":6611,"date":"2017-11-28T21:08:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2017-11-28T21:08:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:38:31","slug":"one-time-police-nothing-detention-donkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/one-time-police-nothing-detention-donkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"One more time, UP Police had nothing to do with the detention of donkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media erupted in laughter yesterday after ANI reported<\/a> that Uttar Pradesh police released a herd of donkeys from a jail. The donkeys had been detained for destroying expensive plants outside the jail. The offbeat story spread like wildfire and many media outlets tweeted about it. UP police was the butt of many jokes for the entire day. Everyone had a good laugh on seeing the ANI video which showed a herd of donkeys making their way out of jail. The story however took an interesting twist when it turned out that UP Police had nothing to do with the arrests.<\/p>\n

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#WATCH<\/a> Police release a herd of donkeys from district jail in UP's Jalaun. They had been detained for destroying plants outside jail pic.twitter.com\/RkV8Hng0k2<\/a><\/p>\n

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sequence of events \u2013 multiple clarifications by the police<\/h3>\n

Following the ANI story, the news was first shared by Times of India<\/a> and they repeated the ANI headline \u201cPolice release a herd of donkeys from Urai district jail. They had been detained for destroying plants outside jail and were released after four days (ANI)\u201d<\/em>. This was followed by India Today who tweeted<\/a> that the \u201cDonkeys spend 4 days in UP police custody for eating expensive plants at Jalaun jail\u201d<\/em> <\/a> This was followed by many others including Financial Express, NDTV, Quint and Zee TV.<\/p>\n

\"Uttar<\/p>\n

In their eagerness to break the story, the point that everyone missed was that UP Police and UP Prisons are two separate departments under Home Ministry. UP Police had become a target of ridicule even though the detention of the donkeys had nothing to do with them.<\/p>\n

When social media took to mocking UP Police, they tweeted to clarify their position. In response to a tweet by Rahul Kanwal, saying<\/a>, \u201cHappens only in India. Cop even gives a statement on camera to confirm that he jailed a bunch of donkeys! Donkeys spend 4 days in UP police custody for eating expensive plants at Jalaun jail\u201d,<\/em> they responded with the following tweet:<\/p>\n

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Dear all Please do not attribute this to @Uppolice<\/a>. We have nothing to do with this.@rahulkanwal<\/a> #Uppolice<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/IB3eG0mJ8K<\/a><\/p>\n

— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After a couple of hours when Kanwal shared the news in Hindi, they clarified once again that they had nothing to do with the news.<\/p>\n

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\u0907\u0938 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0915\u093e @Uppolice<\/a> \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0938\u0930\u094b\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0964#Uppolice<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/DtYRrBv66G<\/a><\/p>\n

— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n