{"id":81728,"date":"2020-12-05T18:05:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T12:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=81728"},"modified":"2020-12-05T18:05:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T12:35:56","slug":"old-images-of-shaheen-bagh-shared-as-fake-farmers-join-recent-farmer-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-images-of-shaheen-bagh-shared-as-fake-farmers-join-recent-farmer-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh shared with &#8216;fake farmers&#8217; claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A collage of two images is being circulated on social media and linked to the ongoing farmers&#8217; protests. The post claims that Shaheen Bagh protestors have joined the farmers&#8217; movement. Twitter user @rahulpassi shared the collage and wrote, &#8220;Gangadhar is actually Shaktimaan.&#8221; His tweet has received 1,900 likes and more than 500 retweets as of this writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZP4A8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0917\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0927\u0930 \u0939\u0940 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwATuDGpUy\">pic.twitter.com\/xwATuDGpUy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 (\u092c\u0935\u093e\u0938\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0907\u0932\u093e\u091c \u091f\u094d\u0935\u0940\u091f \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948)\ud83d\ude44 (@rahulpassi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rahulpassi\/status\/1334061097293254656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitter user @AnjaliDevi72 also tweeted the viral images. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QOwcy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u091a&#8217; \u092c\u094b\u0932\u093e, \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0913.?\ud83d\ude44<br \/>\n&#8216;\u0917\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0927\u0930&#8217; \u0939\u0940 &#8216;\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092e\u093e\u0928&#8217; \u0939\u0948.? \ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hjUSciKDvm\">pic.twitter.com\/hjUSciKDvm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0905\u0902\u091c\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0940{TAF}{JSR}\ud83d\udcaf% FB. (@AnjaliDevi72) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnjaliDevi72\/status\/1334108077755228161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The photos are being shared widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE&amp;f=AbqpdK0xGB_zrcncu5XIqEFAF-VbD09s5qFJiCmjtoRfdkiImf9kE8pf0j10lPJQG1EjAIR7xYEfqPJ4hpnxAmHQMzhDo9NrjWmj98DXSZM2eIjCqyOADLceenrxzyFuti5tQoin8YmsnOU4PK97oJk60GYXuFTLmmJK32Iudq5XQWeYkzylPah7L1tqNk6_Jopsc5HbvTHts0tiB4N-p060byGnLQjlU6V14nZoAz1ccL8vbOyngghAzQVP7mHqkWLohxqz9xMS8M_NUfioosEjwLjafxcG37jC1ZDDG-ERuC1auhc8XNjW-5k7ydBp3R5bHE0dHDAF_eouWFbc3YuN2sWy-_33XWFyeW5KrILIHt5qSgoSt5o1AIksCopvxkG7RUMkrodwmTscdNQrERfY84jIafI5OIKkXEbRHIdNwkaD4aGy44PNm0ZA5sN1x9U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Facebook<\/a> as well. A Twitter user tagged Alt News asking about the truth behind the collage. We also received <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSR1826\/status\/1334563083990126592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several requests<\/a> to fact-check the images on our WhatsApp number.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-81728 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-images-of-shaheen-bagh-shared-as-fake-farmers-join-recent-farmer-protest\/2020-12-04-16_14_50-compressed\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-04-16_14_50-compressed.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-04-16_14_50-compressed.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-04-16_14_50-compressed-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-04-16_14_50-compressed-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-04-16_14_50-compressed-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/><\/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-images-of-shaheen-bagh-shared-as-fake-farmers-join-recent-farmer-protest\/screen-shot-2020-12-04-at-12-57-43-pm-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-04-at-12.57.43-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-04-at-12.57.43-PM.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-04-at-12.57.43-PM-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Both the photographs are actually from anti-CAA demonstrations. Alt News had published a fact-check report on the bottom image when it was viral with a false &#8216;Hathras Wali Bhabhi&#8217; claim. We found that the picture was taken at Shaheen Bagh during anti-CAA protests.<\/p>\n<p>A keyword search on Google had led us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tanharahi.page\/2020\/09\/kisaan-karphyoo-sadakon-par-ut-10d3gE.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a> where the image was uploaded on September 25. This proved that it cannot be related to the ongoing farmers&#8217; protests.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81732 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-1.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-1-300x233.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our detailed fact-checking pinning the location where the picture was shot can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/old-photo-from-anti-caa-protest-shared-as-hathras-bhabhi-at-farmers-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the image on top was also shot during anti-CAA protests. &#8216;Shaheen Bagh&#8217; can be seen written on the board behind the crowd. Apart from this, &#8220;THE PEOPLE OF INDIA REJECT CAA NPR NRC&#8221; appears on another banner in the background. BKU-Bharti Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan had uploaded the image on March 3.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bkuektaugrahan\/posts\/814417469077398\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bkuektaugrahan\/posts\/814417469077398\"><p>5 \u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a30\u0a1a \u0a26\u0a40 \u0a32\u0a41\u0a27\u0a3f\u0a06\u0a23\u0a3e \u0a30\u0a48\u0a32\u0a40 \u0a39\u0a41\u0a23 9 \u0a28\u0a42\u0a70 \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a35\u0a47\u0a17\u0a40<\/p>\n<p>5 \u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a30\u0a1a \u0a28\u0a42\u0a70 \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a23 \u0a28\u0a3e\u0a17\u0a30\u0a3f\u0a15\u0a24\u0a3e \u0a39\u0a71\u0a15\u0a3e\u0a02 \u0a09\u0a71\u0a24\u0a47 \u0a39\u0a2e\u0a32\u0a47 \u0a16\u0a3f\u0a32\u0a3e\u0a2b \u0a38\u0a70\u0a18\u0a30\u0a36\u0a36\u0a40\u0a32 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28, \u0a2e\u0a5b\u0a26\u0a42\u0a30, \u0a28\u0a4c\u0a1c\u0a35\u0a3e\u0a28,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bkuektaugrahan\/\">BKU-Bharti Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan \/ \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a30\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a02\u0a28 \u0a2f\u0a41\u0a28\u0a40\u0a05\u0a28 \u0a0f\u0a15\u0a24\u0a3e \u0a09\u0a17\u0a30\u0a3e\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a02<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bkuektaugrahan\/posts\/814417469077398\">Tuesday, March 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Therefore, old photos taken during anti-CAA demonstrations at Shaheen Bagh were falsely circulated with the claim that these participants joined the farmers&#8217; protest too. It has been alleged that along with farmers, many outsiders have now become a part of the protests motivated by politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collage of two images is being circulated on social media and linked to the ongoing farmers&#8217; protests. The post claims that Shaheen Bagh protestors have joined the farmers&#8217; movement. Twitter user @rahulpassi shared the collage and wrote, &#8220;Gangadhar is actually Shaktimaan.&#8221; His tweet has received 1,900 likes and more than 500 retweets as of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":81766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-81728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","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\/FAKE-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81728","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\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81768,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81728\/revisions\/81768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81728"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=81728"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=81728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}