{"id":81523,"date":"2020-12-03T00:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=81523"},"modified":"2020-12-03T00:25:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:55:20","slug":"old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers&#8217; protests: Old image falsely viral as woman standing up against policemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a woman branding a lathi at policemen in riot gear has been linked to the farmers&#8217; protest and shared on social media. A parody Twitter account that goes by the username @Rofl_Kamra shared the image on November 28. The caption made a reference to actor Kangana Ranaut who played the role of Rani Lakshmibai in a movie. It termed her &#8216;fake&#8217; Jhansi Ki Rani and the woman in the photo as the real warrior queen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940 \u091d\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0905\u092c \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b \u0905\u0938\u0932\u0940 \u091d\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u091c\u094b \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u0942\u0926 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0948\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902&#8230;\u092e\u093e\u0901 \u0924\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0938\u0932\u093e\u092e&#8230;\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/glJq6ho0gi\">pic.twitter.com\/glJq6ho0gi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rofl Kamra 2.0 (@Rofl_Kamra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rofl_Kamra\/status\/1332674300868927491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lawyer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeepikaSRajawat\/status\/1333046424452390912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deepika Singh Rajawat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JharkhandYouthCongressOfficial\/photos\/3597860110257293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jharkhand Pradesh Youth Congress<\/a> also circulated the picture with similar message taking a dig at Ranaut.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-81523 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\/old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest\/scrnli_12_1_2020_4-32-35-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_4-32-35-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_4-32-35-PM.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_4-32-35-PM-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/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\/old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest\/scrnli_12_1_2020_1-01-26-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_1-01-26-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_1-01-26-PM.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_1-01-26-PM-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>National President of Tipu Sultan Party Prof Shaikh Sadeque tweeted the picture as well. Several other Twitter users circulated the image and among the prominent ones were <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/GjHpG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Rayaan41<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/gnDVY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@The_vinaydubey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/TSiyH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Kavita_Meena1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-81523 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-58-13-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-58-13-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-58-13-PM.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-58-13-PM-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-51-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-51-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-51-PM.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-51-PM-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-56-34-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-56-34-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-56-34-PM.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-56-34-PM-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-a-woman-wielding-lathi-at-cops-shared-as-recent-farmer-protest\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-12-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-12-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-12-PM.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/scrnli_12_1_2020_12-57-12-PM-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Old photograph<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse-image search on Bing led us to a Facebook page that had uploaded the picture in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hyderabadfunnyclub\/photos\/a.1729446423984987\/1760345530895076\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hyderabadfunnyclub\/photos\/a.1729446423984987\/1760345530895076\/?type=3\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hyderabadfunnyclub\/\">Hyderabad Funny Club<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hyderabadfunnyclub\/photos\/a.1729446423984987\/1760345530895076\/?type=3\">Saturday, 10 September 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Twitter user had shared the image in 2018 however without mentioning where it was shot. He used hashtags related to farmers&#8217; protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ml\">\u0d24\u0d4b\u0d7d\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d2e\u0d46\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d4d \u0d05\u0d31\u0d3f\u0d1e\u0d4d\u0d1e\u0d3f\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d05\u0d35\u0d7c \u0d2a\u0d4b\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d02 \u0d24\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d30\u0d41\u0d15\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d4d \u0d05\u0d35\u0d7c \u0d24\u0d4b\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d41\u0d2a\u0d4b\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d7d \u0d24\u0d4b\u0d7d\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d24\u0d4d \u0d28\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2e\u0d7e \u0d15\u0d42\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d4d. !!!\u0d05\u0d35\u0d7c \u0d24\u0d40\u0d7c\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24 \u0d35\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d7c\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d28\u0d4d \u0d28\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2e\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d46 \u0d35\u0d3f\u0d36\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4d \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d4d \u0d15\u0d42\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d4d \u0d05\u0d7c\u0d25\u0d02&#8230;.!!<br \/>\n\u0d07\u0d28\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d15\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d46\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d4d \u0d28\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d30\u0d41\u0d24\u0d4d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0d15\u0d7c\u0d37\u0d15\u0d38\u0d2e\u0d30\u0d02<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/withthem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#withthem<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/farmers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#farmers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Revolutions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Revolutions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NBuZC5Rs9F\">pic.twitter.com\/NBuZC5Rs9F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0d38\u0d3f\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d27\u0d3e\u0d7c\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d25\u0d4d (@AkhilVR45852462) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkhilVR45852462\/status\/1047785564710174720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Alt News could not establish further details about the image, it clearly does not represent an incident that took place in the ongoing farmers&#8217; protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a woman branding a lathi at policemen in riot gear has been linked to the farmers&#8217; protest and shared on social media. A parody Twitter account that goes by the username @Rofl_Kamra shared the image on November 28. The caption made a reference to actor Kangana Ranaut who played the role of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":81560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[691],"class_list":["post-81523","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\/12\/sketch1606821910990.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81523","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81523"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81564,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81523\/revisions\/81564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81523"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=81523"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=81523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}