{"id":78926,"date":"2020-10-27T14:37:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=78926"},"modified":"2020-10-27T14:37:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:07:55","slug":"unrelated-video-viral-as-kodagu-district-collector-felicitated-for-leading-fight-against-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/unrelated-video-viral-as-kodagu-district-collector-felicitated-for-leading-fight-against-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrelated video viral as Kodagu &#8216;district collector&#8217; felicitated for leading fight against COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a young woman walking amongst a group of people bowing to her, touching her feet and offering flowers is doing the rounds on social media. It has been shared with the claim, &#8220;She was a nurse in Trivandrum Medical College. She completed IAS &amp; posted as Disrict Collector in Kudagu. Becos of her nursing experience, she cud help Kudagu District to totally come out of Covid. ANEES KANMANI JOY- She is getting a special treat from the PPL of Kodagu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She was Nurse in Trivandrum Medical College.<br \/>\nShe completed IAS, and posted as Disrict Collector in Kudagu.<br \/>\nBecause of her nursing experience, she could help Kudagu District to totally come out of Covid.<br \/>\nShe is getting a special treat and honour from the people of Kodagu. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QN3yxQpaPM\">pic.twitter.com\/QN3yxQpaPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raju Y V (@rajuyv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajuyv\/status\/1320677751246835712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is also widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=She%20was%20Nurse%20in%20Trivandrum%20Medical%20College.%20%20She%20completed%20IAS%2C%20and%20posted%20as%20Disrict%20Collecto&amp;f=AbpXD8rYSCWXvWRP_5t7aMEekYgqjdruRTtaNHl7GxAghHiuLPuLoAozD67RV1lyyuFiTW7Hak7RlFEEmXB8Zaz_uqoqLcsJ4B_fy3UUELzWgm-lksjd_DLU6j8VljhjpBFTz2RqVLf8S6m-Vntr8uTGEywLT5JcBT3Y5GSrEVVooHYQSXpbTXVmCKxR_OM5hgUDKDL4o7YrXoSdGNZxobG3Po-b9G8Qs9gQnuE_qP2nEn2wkB3gsCduZxysp7IKi0w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78927 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/14b956f8-5fbb-4c70-b2a8-8bdd69cb593d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/14b956f8-5fbb-4c70-b2a8-8bdd69cb593d.png 504w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/14b956f8-5fbb-4c70-b2a8-8bdd69cb593d-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/unrelated-video-shared-as-hathras-victim-being-facilitated-for-academic-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked this video earlier this month<\/a> when viral messages claimed it&#8217;s an old clip of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly tortured and gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras. We broke the video into multiple keyframes and reverse searched them on different search engines such as Bing, Yandex and Google. One of the searches on Yandex revealed that the same video was uploaded by a YouTube user MD Adil Fayaz on February 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/SSyoutube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1821\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/SSyoutube.jpg 1821w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/SSyoutube-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/SSyoutube-1024x309.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/SSyoutube-768x232.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/SSyoutube-1536x463.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1821px) 100vw, 1821px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found that MD Adil Fayaz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=272483637237159&amp;set=a.134506091034915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">felicitated<\/a> by an online marketing company called &#8220;Safe Shop&#8221;. Alt News got in touch with Adil Fayaz who informed that the woman is a senior associate with Safe Shop. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/unrelated-video-of-woman-being-felicitated-viral-with-hathras-twist-10041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boomlive<\/a> also spoke with officials at Safe Shop, Hyderabad and confirmed the same. The video is from 2019 or early 2020, the officials informed.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that in a statement given to <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/hathras-case-victim-death-protests-up-police-6690171\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a>, the Hathras victim&#8217;s mother said that she was pulled out of school in class 5.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, an old and unrelated video was shared as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shethepeople.tv\/news\/ias-annies-kanmani-joy-covid-19-fight-karnatakas-kodagu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annies Kanmani Joy<\/a>, Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu district who led the COVID fight in her jurisdiction, being felicitated. Joy was a professional nurse before her selection as an IAS officer in 2012. Furthermore, the claim that Kodagu is COVID free is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/newsscroll\/karnataka-reports-3130-fresh-covid19-cases42-deaths\/1964692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">untrue<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a young woman walking amongst a group of people bowing to her, touching her feet and offering flowers is doing the rounds on social media. It has been shared with the claim, &#8220;She was a nurse in Trivandrum Medical College. She completed IAS &amp; posted as Disrict Collector in Kudagu. 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