{"id":85901,"date":"2021-02-05T14:14:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T08:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=85901"},"modified":"2021-02-05T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T08:44:12","slug":"old-unrelated-images-shared-to-show-police-role-during-violence-in-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-unrelated-images-shared-to-show-police-role-during-violence-in-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image of cops holding stones in hand falsely linked to farmers&#8217; protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of a policeman holding stones in both hands has been viral on social media platforms for quite some time. Users claim that this is a scene from the farmer protests against the centre&#8217;s new farm bills. The months-long agitation turned violent in Delhi on January 26. Violent clashes broke out between the police and protesters during the farmers&#8217; Republic Day tractor rally. The Delhi Police used tear gas bullets and lathi-charge to disperse crowds. After this, on January 29, a group of people pelted stones at protesting farmers at the Singhu border. Those asking the farmers to clear the area identified as &#8216;locals&#8217;. Alt News found in its fact-check that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/bjp-workers-pose-as-locals-protesting-against-farmers-at-singhu-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BJP workers<\/a> and members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/media-reports-present-hindu-sena-backed-protest-as-locals-against-farmers-at-singhu-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindu Sena<\/a> were part of this group claiming to be locals.<\/p>\n<p>People are also sharing a second photo of a policeman with a stone in hand. &#8220;The pictures speak for themselves, this is what is happening in my country,&#8221; reads the accompanying claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/LcO8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948,<br \/>\n\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947..\u0964\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rsskegunde?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rsskegunde<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FarmersProtest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarmersProtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QZQz5xGR08\">pic.twitter.com\/QZQz5xGR08<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0928\u091c\u093c\u0930 \u092b\u093c\u0930\u0940\u0926\u0940 Nazar Faridi \u0646\u0638\u0631 \u0641\u0631\u06cc\u062f\u06cc (@NazarINCIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NazarINCIndia\/status\/1355796280509796354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many other Twitter users also shared this picture with the hashtags #farmersprotest and #rsskegunde (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%2C%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87&amp;src=recent_search_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS goons<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The image is being shared widely on Facebook as well. A Facebook page called &#8216;Jumla Vahi Sunayenge&#8217; posted the image. This post was shared by more than 1,200 users at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/A4V5W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-10.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/word-image-10-262x300.jpeg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search and found a high-quality version of the photograph on the Nirmalagiri College SFI Facebook page. The SFI (Students Federation of India) is a left-wing student organization aligned to the Communist Party of India. This photo was uploaded on August 23, 2013, without any description but along with pictures of demonstrations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/175806025768915\/photos\/a.699410893408423\/699411886741657\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/175806025768915\/photos\/a.699410893408423\/699411886741657\/?type=3\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nirmalagiri-College-SFI-175806025768915\/\">Nirmalagiri College SFI<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/175806025768915\/photos\/a.699410893408423\/699411886741657\/?type=3\">Friday, August 23, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>We contacted the Secretary and the President of the SFI unit of Nirmalagiri College. They were unable to provide more information about the photo. We did not find a high-quality version of the viral image anywhere else apart from this page. Since this picture was uploaded on August 23, 2013, it cannot be representative of the farmers&#8217; protest.<\/p>\n<p>We performed a reverse image of the first picture in which only one hand of a cop is visible, and came across some tweets from last year. Twitter user @single_life_000 posted a tweet on February 16, 2020, along with three pictures of a cop&#8217;s hand. The original Tamil caption read, &#8220;Police or sly people? #CAAProtest #Chennai #ChennaiBagh #ChennaiShaheenBagh #Chennaiagainst_CAA_NRC #ChennaiPolice # CAA_NRC_Protests #\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95_\u0bb0\u0b9c\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbf. A closer look at the photo shows that the policeman has a tattoo spelling out \u2018RSS\u2019 on his forearm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ta\">\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe? \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAAProtest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAAProtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chennai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chennai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChennaiBagh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChennaiBagh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChennaiShaheenBagh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChennaiShaheenBagh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chennaiagainst_CAA_NRC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chennaiagainst_CAA_NRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChennaiPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChennaiPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAA_NRC_Protests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAA_NRC_Protests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95_\u0bb0\u0b9c\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iSQ1wn06vG\">pic.twitter.com\/iSQ1wn06vG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UHD Tamil (@single_life_000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/single_life_000\/status\/1228754621830701067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Users are writing #rsskegunde (RSS goons) while sharing this picture. We were unable to gather more information on this photo. It is possible that &#8216;RSS&#8217; may represent the police officer&#8217;s initials. Nothing can be said with certainty except for the fact that the images are old hence unrelated to farmers&#8217; protest.<\/p>\n<p>The second photo went viral during the anti-CAA protests as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/dated-picture-of-cop-holding-stones-spun-as-police-violence-in-delhi-7023?infinitescroll=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boomlive<\/a> had fact-checked it in February 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of a policeman holding stones in both hands has been viral on social media platforms for quite some time. Users claim that this is a scene from the farmer protests against the centre&#8217;s new farm bills. The months-long agitation turned violent in Delhi on January 26. 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