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This video is shared with the text, &#8220;Nazir Mohammed an SDPI worker, dressed as a Sardarji in farmers strike in Hariyaana is arrested this morning,&#8221; against the backdrop of protests led by farmers from Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook user Naresh Shenoy posted this video on November 30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nareshshenoym\/videos\/788672618655595\/\" data-show-text=\"false\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/nareshshenoym\/videos\/788672618655595\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nazir Mohammed an SDPI worker, dressed as a Sardarji in farmers strike in Hariyaana is arrested this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nareshshenoym\/\">Naresh Shenoy<\/a> on Monday, 30 November 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mx_EventTile mx_EventTile_verified\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mx_EventTile\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"mx_EventTile_line\"><span class=\"mx_MTextBody mx_EventTile_content\"><span class=\"mx_EventTile_body\" dir=\"auto\">Editor in chief of Kannada daily Vishwani News, Vishweshwar Bhat, also tweeted the video but later took it down. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/pPO37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Vishweshwar-Bhat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Vishweshwar-Bhat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Vishweshwar-Bhat.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Vishweshwar-Bhat-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>BJP supporter Renuka Jain, who is followed by Prime Minister Modi, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/JZTIu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took down her tweet<\/a> promoting similar misinformation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81422 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/download-2020-12-01T132119.125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/download-2020-12-01T132119.125.png 299w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/download-2020-12-01T132119.125-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several Facebook users have posted the viral video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81352 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_20201130-154741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_20201130-154741.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_20201130-154741-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video was also shared on Twitter with the claim that the man is from the Popular Front of India (PFI).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nazir Mohammed a Popular Front extremist was caught by police as he was participating in Farmers agitation in disguised as a sikh <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Q54fiT3m7\">pic.twitter.com\/0Q54fiT3m7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sandeep pandey (@butterf23893966) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/butterf23893966\/status\/1333304857063612416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Nearly a decade old unrelated clip<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Last year, the same video was shared with the claim that the man was a Muslim impersonating as a member of the Sikh community. Alt News debunked the clip in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2011-viral-with-false-claim-that-muslim-man-wore-sikh-turban-during-anti-caa-protest\/\">December<\/a> and found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sikhnet.com\/news\/united-sikhs-files-criminal-complaint-against-punjab-police-removal-sikhs-turban\">Sikhnet.com<\/a> reported that the incident took place on March 28, 2011, near PCA Stadium, Mohali, Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>The report said, \u201cA Sikh youth, participating in a peaceful sit-in staged by retrenched rural veterinary pharmacists and employees, was pulled aside by police officials and his Turban was forcibly removed without cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81356 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-30-at-16.32.37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-30-at-16.32.37.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-30-at-16.32.37-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2020-11-30-at-16.32.37-768x718.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Non-profit organisation United Sikhs filed a criminal complaint before the Mohali Judicial Magistrate against Punjab police for removing a Sikh youth\u2019s turban. They also wrote letters to the then Prime Minister, CJI, NHRC, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The last week of March 2011 saw <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/Members-of-zila-parishad-rural-veterinary-pharmacists-and-class-IV-employees-union-of-rural-veterinary-association-working-on-contractual-basis-on-Tuesday-held-a-protest-demands-for-theregularization-of-their-jobs-Disgruntled-over-the-apathetic-attitude-of-the-state-government-they-held-a-protest-at-Vikas-Bhawan-in-sector-62-in-Mohali-\/articleshow\/7765489.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protests by retrenched rural veterinary pharmacists<\/a> in Mohali to demand regularization of their jobs. The agitation turned violent on March 28 when protestors violated prohibitory orders and gathered near PCA stadium.\u00a0\u201cSeveral vehicles were damaged as the police resorted to canecharge, firing teargas shells and using water cannons to disperse the stone-pelting mob,\u201d\u00a0reported\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.indianexpress.com\/news\/violent-protest-puts-security-apparatus-at-pca-to-test\/768665\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The same video of a cop apprehending a Sikh youth and removing his turban was uploaded on YouTube on March 29, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JP3s-1cTsbc[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>Thus a 2011 video that was debunked in 2019 was shared again with the claim it shows Nazir Mohammed from Social Democratic Party of India pretending to a Sikh farmer in Haryana during farmers&#8217; protests. This was yet another attempt to delegitimise the movement. Earlier, a Muslim man&#8217;s photographs from Facebook were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-predating-farmer-protests-viral-as-muslim-man-disguised-as-sikh-farmer-during-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">misused<\/a> to claim he dressed up as a Sikh man to participate in the protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Facebook users have posted a video of policemen apprehending a man and removing his Sikh turban. This video is shared with the text, &#8220;Nazir Mohammed an SDPI worker, dressed as a Sardarji in farmers strike in Hariyaana is arrested this morning,&#8221; against the backdrop of protests led by farmers from Punjab. 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