{"id":85347,"date":"2021-01-29T15:03:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T09:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=85347"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T09:33:57","slug":"old-picture-of-sikh-man-beatun-up-shared-as-police-brutality-on-protesting-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-picture-of-sikh-man-beatun-up-shared-as-police-brutality-on-protesting-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of injured Sikh man from 2019 falsely shared as police brutality during farmers&#8217; protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a now-deleted tweet, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala had shared an image of a Sikh man with bruises and wounds across his back. He claimed that it showed a farmer who had been beaten with lathis while protesting. A screenshot of the tweet can be found below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85348 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-58.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"1120\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another Twitter user Chaudhary Rohit Singh Yadav tweeted the photo with #BoycottBJP. His post had racked up more than 450 retweets at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210127160919\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeingRohitYadav\/status\/1354420027835863044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0916\u0941\u0932 \u0915\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0924\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u091c\u0941\u0932\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u093e\u0932\u092b\u0924,<br \/>\n\u0924\u0941\u092e \u0907\u0938 \u0935\u0915\u093c\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0936\u0939\u0902\u0936\u093e\u0939 \u0939\u094b, \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottBJP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottBJP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JoTasY9CrI\">pic.twitter.com\/JoTasY9CrI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chaudhary Rohit Singh Yadav (@BeingRohitYadav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeingRohitYadav\/status\/1354420027835863044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users have been sharing this image on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=Silence%20is%20the%20death%20of%20Democracy!&amp;f=Abrqyx9qMF38suWWGKYc_1a9dIoxlqDgah-7qPM1pLdCr_bu701EvepuLCDHjwg2ZfiwpbozaL4mcbU1zBcceAjv5U-77nBc1ERMk8Y4JqA8RJbtnyyGnP4F5jiPKy4zf-HAmsmPhLbuDVc9Nr3JuphC0gkL0VkpUlziWmKHY_oEFQ&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> with the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-85347 gallery-columns-3 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-picture-of-sikh-man-beatun-up-shared-as-police-brutality-on-protesting-farmer\/1-52\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1-4.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1-4-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/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-picture-of-sikh-man-beatun-up-shared-as-police-brutality-on-protesting-farmer\/2-41\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2-5.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2-5-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/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-picture-of-sikh-man-beatun-up-shared-as-police-brutality-on-protesting-farmer\/3-36\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/3-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/3-4.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/3-4-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/179651172751679\/posts\/357532101630251\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reverse image search<\/a> on Google, which led us to the same image shared on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/179651172751679\/posts\/357532101630251\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> dated June 17, 2019. The post read that in a terrible incident, this man was beaten so brutally by the Delhi police that it left deep gashes on his body.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-17.png 424w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-17-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/delhi-news\/2-delhi-police-cops-suspended-for-unprofessional-behaviour-in-delhis-mukherjee-nagar-incident-2074944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NDTV article<\/a> dated June 25, 2019, a fight broke out between a few policemen and a Sikh tempo driver in \u200b\u200bDelhi&#8217;s Mukherjee Nagar area on July 16. The man got into a physical altercation with the police officers. In a few viral videos of the clash, a Sikh man can be seen running after the cops with a sword. In another set of visuals, a few policemen are beating the man with lathis. While investigating the case, the Delhi Police sacked two officers. <a href=\"https:\/\/punjabi.abplive.com\/news\/india\/sgpc-writes-letter-to-home-secretariat-regarding-man-and-his-son-brutally-beaten-by-delhi-police-481303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABP Manjha<\/a> shared these photos in its report covering the scuffle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/india\/delhi\/story\/delhi-mukherjee-nagar-police-dismissed-two-constable-670619-2019-07-24#:~:text=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0,%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaj Tak<\/a> reported that auto driver Sarabjit attacked a group of policemen with a sword, after which they beat him and his son. Members of the Sikh community began protesting after a video of the skirmish went viral. In what turned out to be a cross-case, two FIRs were filed in the matter, the first by Sarabjit, and the second by the accused. Aaj Tak\u2019s video report on the incident can be found below.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"\u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u092c\u0947\u0939\u0930\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938, \u092e\u093e\u092e\u0942\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u092a\u0930 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u092a\u093f\u091f\u093e\u0908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IsU1aC-nWJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/delhi\/delhi-ncr\/news\/sarabjeet-has-already-registered-cases-of-assault-01573043.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Bhaskar<\/a> story stated that Sarabjit had been involved in another assault case earlier as well. He was ultimately released with a warning.<\/p>\n<p>A Sikh man was beaten brutally after getting into a scuffle with police officers in Delhi&#8217;s Mukherjee Nagar area in 2019. A picture of the man&#8217;s injuries was recently being circulated online in connection with police brutality towards protesting farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a now-deleted tweet, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala had shared an image of a Sikh man with bruises and wounds across his back. He claimed that it showed a farmer who had been beaten with lathis while protesting. A screenshot of the tweet can be found below. Another Twitter user Chaudhary Rohit Singh Yadav [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":85354,"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-85347","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\/2021\/01\/FAKE-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85347","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=85347"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85412,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85347\/revisions\/85412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85347"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=85347"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=85347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}