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The Hindi headline in the viral image shows a purported statement by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath which reads, &#8220;Thakurs are hot-headed, they can make mistakes.&#8221; A Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four Thakur men in Hathras last month. The purported quote attempts to show the CM&#8217;s support to the accused. It is noteworthy that the alleged rape has sparked massive outrage in the country but there are also reports of hundreds of people from the Thakur community staging a counter-protest <a href=\"http:\/\/thewirehindi.com\/142012\/hathras-gangrape-near-victims-village-thakurs-protest-in-support-of-accused\/\">in support of the accused<\/a> and demanding justice for them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=208391377295180&amp;id=100043729574644\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=208391377295180&amp;id=100043729574644\"><p>\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0930\u0938 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0919\u093e \u0935\u093e\u0939\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0924 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e<br \/>\n\u0905\u0938\u094d\u0938\u0940 \u0918\u093e\u091f \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u0919\u0915\u0940 \u091b\u0947\u0919 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0932\u0919\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u0938 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0925\u0940 \u0932\u0919\u0915\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u094b \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0924\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/\u0938\u0948\u092b\u0930\u093e\u0928-\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947\u0936-\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939\/100043729574644\">\u0938\u0948\u092b\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947\u0936 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=208391377295180&amp;id=100043729574644\">Saturday, 3 October 2020<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The screengrab is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%25E\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"595\" class=\"wp-image-77217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/aaj-tak-fake.jpeg\" alt=\"aaj tak fake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/aaj-tak-fake.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/aaj-tak-fake-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/aaj-tak-fake-768x564.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congress leader Udit Raj also attributed the statement to Adityanath however, sans the Aaj Tak screenshot. He later took down his tweet (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/EyaFx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-77233 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/udit-raj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/udit-raj.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/udit-raj-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/udit-raj-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><strong>Morphed graphic<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A closer look at this screengrab shows that the font used on the Breaking News template looks different from the text on the bottom. The background colour behind the headline is also different. There are certain formatting issues which would otherwise not be present in a genuine broadcast. For example, there is no space after the comma or the colon in the headline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"496\" class=\"wp-image-77218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/screengrab.jpg?resize=719%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-4.jpeg 719w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-4-300x207.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a Google search does not throw any news reports claiming that Adityanath made the statement in question.<\/p>\n<p>Aaj Tak&#8217;s fact-check wing had examined the screenshot and concluded that it was fake. The channel revealed that the viral image was made using a Breaking News graphic aired on the evening of October 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aajtak\/status\/1312050818875445250\">Aaj Tak had tweeted a video<\/a> of the genuine news update containing the unedited screenshot. This appears at the 56-second mark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"246\" class=\"wp-image-77219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/2.jpeg?resize=810%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-3.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-3-300x91.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-3-768x233.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, social media claims that Yogi Adityanath gave a statement in support of the accused in the Hathras case is false. This is not the first instance where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/fake-abp-news-graphic-plates-on-kangana-ranaut-and-reopening-of-schools-viral\/\">screenshots of news broadcasts were edited<\/a> to spread misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alleged screenshot from a broadcast by news channel Aaj Tak has been making the rounds on social media the last few days. The Hindi headline in the viral image shows a purported statement by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath which reads, &#8220;Thakurs are hot-headed, they can make mistakes.&#8221; A Dalit woman was allegedly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":77232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[133],"class_list":["post-77216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hathras case: Morphed Aaj Tak graphic portrays Yogi Adityanath supporting Thakur community - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hathras case: Morphed Aaj Tak graphic portrays Yogi Adityanath supporting Thakur community - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An alleged screenshot from a broadcast by news channel Aaj Tak has been making the rounds on social media the last few days. 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