{"id":72598,"date":"2020-08-07T22:28:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72598"},"modified":"2020-08-08T00:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T18:45:50","slug":"2018-image-of-a-man-disrespecting-indian-flag-in-bihar-shared-as-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2018-image-of-a-man-disrespecting-indian-flag-in-bihar-shared-as-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image from Bihar shared as man in Kolkata standing on Indian national flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of a man standing on the Indian national is floating on social media the past few days. The person has the Pakistani flag wrapped around him and a gun in his hands. The accompanying message suggests that he hails from Kolkata. The message also asks people to share the image as much as possible so that the man is soon arrested. Alt News has received several verification requests for the photograph on its official mobile application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72599 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/app.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/app.png 819w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/app-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/app-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On June 28, one Santosh Vyas tweeted, &#8220;\u092f\u0939 \u0915\u094b\u0932\u0915\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u0947\u0936\u0924\u0932\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0902\u0924\u094b\u0937\u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964\u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947 (He is a resident of Santoshpur in Maheshtala, Kolkata. Make this so viral that the man is arrested.)&#8221; Santosh identifies as BJP Madhya Pradesh state executive member on his Twitter bio. By the time this article was written, his tweet garnered over 3,600 retweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939 \u0915\u094b\u0932\u0915\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u0947\u0936\u0924\u0932\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0902\u0924\u094b\u0937\u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964\u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947&#8230;!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sdd1bQtFEV\">pic.twitter.com\/Sdd1bQtFEV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr.Santosh vyas&#8230;\ud83c\udf36\ud83c\udf36 (@DrSantoshvyas1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSantoshvyas1\/status\/1277083970711089152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Facebook user shared this picture on a group called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=162343748868832&amp;set=a.108390240930850&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Yogi ji ki Adalat (Must add 100 Yogi fans)&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72600 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u092f-\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936-\u0938\u093f\u0939-added-a-new-photo..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u092f-\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936-\u0938\u093f\u0939-added-a-new-photo..jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/\u091c\u092f-\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936-\u0938\u093f\u0939-added-a-new-photo.-143x300.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The picture has also been shared with the claim that the man is Ashutosh Shukla of Kanpur.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72601 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a8305ed1-9d56-4035-be70-9cd96512b645.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a8305ed1-9d56-4035-be70-9cd96512b645.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/a8305ed1-9d56-4035-be70-9cd96512b645-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse image search led us to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siwanonline.com\/pakistani-flag-wearing-insult-to-insult-national-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> published on the local website &#8216;Siwan Online&#8217; on August 30, 2018. The article identifies the man as Sajid Hussain, a resident of Jasoli of Panchrukhi police station area, Siwan City, Bihar.<\/p>\n<p>Through a keyword search on YouTube, we found a video uploaded on August 31, 2018, which carries a statement of SP Naveen Chandra Jha. According to the police officer, a complaint was lodged at Panchmukhi police station and accused Mohammad Sajid Hussain was arrested. A case was registered against him for insulting the national flag. The SP added that cops were unable to find information about the gun in Hussain&#8217;s possession.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u092b\u0947\u0938\u092c\u0941\u0915 \u092a\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f \u0924\u093f\u0930\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u092a\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936\u0926\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0939\u0940  \u092f\u0942\u0935\u0915 \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930.\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d2u-kQSllgY?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>On 30 August 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prabhatkhabar.com\/state\/bihar\/siwan\/1200029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prabhat Khabar<\/a> published a report on the incident. This report too identifies the accused as Sajid Hussain from Siwan City, Bihar. Punjab Kesari shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yWjOcAVLz4A&amp;feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video report<\/a> about the case on August 31, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, a photograph of a man stepping on the Indian national flag has been shared with the false claim that he hails from Kolkata, West Bengal. The picture is related to a two-year-old case from Bihar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of a man standing on the Indian national is floating on social media the past few days. The person has the Pakistani flag wrapped around him and a gun in his hands. The accompanying message suggests that he hails from Kolkata. 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