{"id":85782,"date":"2021-02-03T20:45:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T15:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=85782"},"modified":"2021-02-09T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:10:33","slug":"fake-story-claims-aaj-taks-navjyot-randhawa-harassed-by-muslim-man-in-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-story-claims-aaj-taks-navjyot-randhawa-harassed-by-muslim-man-in-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake story claims Aaj Tak&#8217;s Navjyot Randhawa harassed by Muslim man in farmers&#8217; protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the January 26 clashes during farmer&#8217;s tractor rally, there has been an organised effort to build a false narrative about the events that transpired.\u00a0Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%2C%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%2C%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A5%A4%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AA%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A5%A4&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">Twitter<\/a> users have now claimed that Aaj Tak anchor Navjyot Randhawa was attacked by a Muslim man pretending to be a Sikh during the Republic Day protest. 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of the anchor including Facebook page &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/tspFT\">\u0938\u094d\u0935\u092f\u0902\u0938\u0947\u0935\u0915<\/a>&#8216; (Svayamsevak) that has over lakh followers. It was also shared by Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/l7j2e\">Dilip Pandey<\/a>. Both posts gained over 900 interactions each.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85793 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-03-at-16.31.24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-03-at-16.31.24.png 545w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-03-at-16.31.24-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fake story<\/h4>\n<p>The woman in the photograph is indeed Aaj Tak anchor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/knavjyot\">Navjyot Randhawa<\/a>. However, the story widespread in her name is false.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to Randhawa who said, &#8220;The social media claim is baseless and false. Nothing mentioned in the viral text happened on January 26 with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thus a false story was cooked up that journalist Navjyot Randhawa was assaulted by a Muslim man during January 26 farmers&#8217; rally. Recently, a copy-paste campaign was generated for discrediting the ongoing movement. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-story-alleging-farmers-tried-to-run-over-journalist-with-tractor-widely-copy-pasted\/\">imposter account @NehakiNews<\/a> tweeted a fake story where she identified as a journalist and claimed that she was attacked and harassed by protestors. 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