{"id":77748,"date":"2020-10-13T21:38:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T16:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=77748"},"modified":"2020-10-13T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T16:08:42","slug":"congress-members-share-image-from-caa-protest-as-media-ob-van-recently-vandalised-in-lucknow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-members-share-image-from-caa-protest-as-media-ob-van-recently-vandalised-in-lucknow\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress members share image from CAA protest as media OB van recently vandalised in Lucknow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several social media users have shared an image of two outside-broadcasting (OB) vans severely vandalised. As per the claim, the image is from Lucknow. The accompanying text says that &#8220;<em>godi media&#8221; <\/em>(pro-government channels) were attacked. An OB van of CNN News18 can be identified in the image.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All happiness is on one side and the joy that godi media was attacked is on another side. Long live Lucknowites,&#8221; reads the text.<\/p>\n<p>(Transalted from \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0924\u0930\u092b \u0917\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0920\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0940 \u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0924\u0930\u092b, \u091c\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902)<\/p>\n<p>The image was posted by several Twitter users including Congress <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">national secretary and social media in-charge <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZakiyaKINC\/status\/1315707522062323712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zakiya Khan<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/41VwU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>) and Beerwah Congress media coordinator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AabidMagami\/status\/1315715271164792832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aabid Mir Magami<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/prWSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>). They gained over 400 retweets cumulatively.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-77748 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-members-share-image-from-caa-protest-as-media-ob-van-recently-vandalised-in-lucknow\/2020-10-13-17_22_35-6-zakiya-khan-%e2%9c%8b-on-twitter_-_%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%96%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95-%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%ab-%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%8b\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_22_35-6-Zakiya-Khan-\u270b-on-Twitter_-_\u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-\u0924\u0930\u092b-\u0917\u094b\u0926\u0940-\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u0915\u0940-\u0920\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0908-\u0915\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_22_35-6-Zakiya-Khan-\u270b-on-Twitter_-_\u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-\u0924\u0930\u092b-\u0917\u094b\u0926\u0940-\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u0915\u0940-\u0920\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0908-\u0915\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_22_35-6-Zakiya-Khan-\u270b-on-Twitter_-_\u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-\u0924\u0930\u092b-\u0917\u094b\u0926\u0940-\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u0915\u0940-\u0920\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0908-\u0915\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915--133x300.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-members-share-image-from-caa-protest-as-media-ob-van-recently-vandalised-in-lucknow\/2020-10-13-17_24_40-16-aabid-mir-magami-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%af-%d9%85%db%8c%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%a7%da%af%d8%a7%d9%85%db%8c-athlete-on-twitter_-_%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%96\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_24_40-16-Aabid-Mir-Magami-\u0639\u0627\u0628\u062f-\u0645\u06cc\u0631-\u0645\u0627\u06af\u0627\u0645\u06cc-Athlete-on-Twitter_-_\u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-\u0924\u0930\u092b-\u0917\u094b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_24_40-16-Aabid-Mir-Magami-\u0639\u0627\u0628\u062f-\u0645\u06cc\u0631-\u0645\u0627\u06af\u0627\u0645\u06cc-Athlete-on-Twitter_-_\u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-\u0924\u0930\u092b-\u0917\u094b.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_24_40-16-Aabid-Mir-Magami-\u0639\u0627\u0628\u062f-\u0645\u06cc\u0631-\u0645\u0627\u06af\u0627\u0645\u06cc-Athlete-on-Twitter_-_\u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u090f\u0915-\u0924\u0930\u092b-\u0917\u094b-141x300.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is noteworthy that violence was reported in Lucknow in the last week of September. The alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Hathras sparked protests by opposition parties. Congress and Bhim army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2020\/sep\/30\/congress-bhim-army-protest-in-lucknow-hathras-over-gang-rape-of-19-year-old-dalit-woman-2203966.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held demonstrations<\/a> in the state capital to demand stern action against the accused. UP Congress alleged that police charged party workers with batons as they proceeded toward the Chief Minister&#8217;s residence.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AB%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AB%2C%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%8A%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%F0%9F%98%82%20%F0%9F%98%82%20%F0%9F%98%82\">Facebook<\/a> users posted this image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77758\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_05_04-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_05_04-.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_05_04--300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_05_04--768x752.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Old image from anti-CAA protests in Lucknow<\/h4>\n<p>In order to gain context behind the viral image, Alt News performed a reverse image search using InVID&#8217;s browser extension on Bing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77761 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_46_10-WhatsApp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1885\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_46_10-WhatsApp.jpg 1885w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_46_10-WhatsApp-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_46_10-WhatsApp-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_46_10-WhatsApp-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_46_10-WhatsApp-1536x650.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1885px) 100vw, 1885px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found that the image was published in a December 2019 report by the Hindi news website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localheading.com\/lucknow-news\/lucknow-protest-media-attacked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Local Heading<\/a>. As per the report, <span data-dobid=\"hdw\">miscreants<\/span> attacked journalists and OB vehicles during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_48_26-\u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a_-CAA-\u0915\u0947-\u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u092a\u0930-\u0939\u092e\u0932\u093e-\u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940-\u0913\u092c\u0940-\u0935\u0948\u0928-\u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u0947-Local-Head.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_48_26-\u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a_-CAA-\u0915\u0947-\u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u092a\u0930-\u0939\u092e\u0932\u093e-\u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940-\u0913\u092c\u0940-\u0935\u0948\u0928-\u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u0947-Local-Head.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_48_26-\u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a_-CAA-\u0915\u0947-\u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u092a\u0930-\u0939\u092e\u0932\u093e-\u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940-\u0913\u092c\u0940-\u0935\u0948\u0928-\u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u0947-Local-Head-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-13-17_48_26-\u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a_-CAA-\u0915\u0947-\u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u092a\u0930-\u0939\u092e\u0932\u093e-\u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940-\u0913\u092c\u0940-\u0935\u0948\u0928-\u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u0947-Local-Head-768x882.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using this as a clue, we performed a keyword search on Google and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstoday.in\/current\/economy-politics\/anti-caa-protets-in-lucknow-protestors-burn-police-post-vehicles-20-detained\/story\/392324.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Times<\/a> article which carried an image of the identical News18 OB van. This image was tweeted by ANI. As per the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANINewsUP\/status\/1207609730660614145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>, &#8220;Lucknow: <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Protest against <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#CitizenshipAct<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> turns violent in Hazratganj. Protesters pelted stones, Police resorted to lathi charge. A media OB van has also been set ablaze.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lucknow: Protest against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CitizenshipAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CitizenshipAct<\/a> turns violent in Hazratganj. Protesters pelted stones, Police resorted to lathi charge. A media OB van has also been set ablaze. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1W8LVdwvov\">pic.twitter.com\/1W8LVdwvov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANINewsUP\/status\/1207609730660614145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>News18 reported about the vandalism in a December 19, 2019 broadcast where the anchor stated that stone pelting was happening outside Lucknow Press Club. The channel&#8217;s UP bureau chief Pranshu Mishra informed the anchor (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xr2g2-XU8JQ?t=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from 0:30 to 1:13<\/a>) that similar protests were being held across the city.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xr2g2-XU8JQ[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Congress IT cell members Zakiya Khan and Aabid Mir Magami shared an old image of a News18 OB van damaged during CAA protests as a recent incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several social media users have shared an image of two outside-broadcasting (OB) vans severely vandalised. As per the claim, the image is from Lucknow. The accompanying text says that &#8220;godi media&#8221; (pro-government channels) were attacked. An OB van of CNN News18 can be identified in the image. &#8220;All happiness is on one side and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":77772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-77748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/FI-1-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77748","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77748"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77782,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77748\/revisions\/77782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77748"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=77748"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=77748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}