{"id":86047,"date":"2021-02-08T15:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T09:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=86047"},"modified":"2024-02-17T19:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:12:40","slug":"old-video-falsely-shared-as-alcohol-distribution-during-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-shared-as-alcohol-distribution-during-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video falsely shared as alcohol distribution during farmers&#8217; protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of men being served liquor in plastic glasses by someone sitting in a car is doing the rounds on social media. In the opening few seconds of the video, a man wearing a turban is spotted. The video has been shared mocking the ongoing farmers&#8217; protest in and around Delhi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0930<br \/> \u092c\u094d\u0932\u0948\u0915\u092e\u0947\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u093f \u0939\u092e \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928, &quot;\u0905\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0926\u093e\u0924\u093e&quot; \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0915\u0940\u0915\u0924-<br \/>&quot;\u0936\u0930\u093e\u092c \u0926\u093e\u0930\u0942 \u0932\u0902\u0917\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926\ud83c\udf7b\ud83c\udf7a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FarmerProtest2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarmerProtest2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FarmersProtest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarmersProtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pUzZN45y5q\">pic.twitter.com\/pUzZN45y5q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Deepak Sharma (@SonOfBharat7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonOfBharat7\/status\/1758515891200049654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0918\u0941 \u092c\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0947 \u092d\u0942\u0916 \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915 \u091d\u0941\u0902\u0921\u093c\u0964 \ud83d\ude1c\ud83c\udf7e\ud83e\udd43\ud83c\udf56\ud83c\udf62 \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NlG9jAVRHx\">pic.twitter.com\/NlG9jAVRHx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VISHNU MISHRA (@VISHNUK35030487) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VISHNUK35030487\/status\/1758166241788002492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several users shared the video with similar claims or jibes at the protesting farmers. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanchit_gs\/status\/1758319047341445516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link I<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coolfunnytshirt\/status\/1758357389877956657\">Link II<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-86047 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-video-falsely-shared-as-alcohol-distribution-during-farmers-protest\/screenshot-2024-02-17-192340\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192340.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192340-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192340-768x749.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/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-video-falsely-shared-as-alcohol-distribution-during-farmers-protest\/screenshot-2024-02-17-192329\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192329.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192329.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192329-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192329-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-17-192329-768x769.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Same Video was Viral in 2021<\/h4>\n<p>Twitter user Renuka Jain <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/33C6E\">tweeted<\/a> this video in February 2021. It gained over 7,000 views. <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=%40RenukaJain6\">Jain has posted misinformation on multiple occasions<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Farmers protests.<\/p>\n<p>Free liquor distribution <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QXh9sQWATi\">pic.twitter.com\/QXh9sQWATi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RenukaJain6\/status\/1358046454321881088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Similarly, Indian Film and Television Directors&#8217; Association president <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/NyQOD\">Ashoke Pandit<\/a> and BJP supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/1qa10\">Arun Pudur<\/a> also posted the viral text that insinuated the video is from farmers&#8217; protest.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-86047 gallery-columns-1 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-video-falsely-shared-as-alcohol-distribution-during-farmers-protest\/2021-02-07-23_52_49-1-ashoke-pandit-on-twitter_-_was-looking-out-for-yogendrayadav-rest-the-vid\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-07-23_52_49-1-Ashoke-Pandit-on-Twitter_-_Was-looking-out-for-YogendraYadav-.-Rest-the-vid.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-07-23_52_49-1-Ashoke-Pandit-on-Twitter_-_Was-looking-out-for-YogendraYadav-.-Rest-the-vid.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-07-23_52_49-1-Ashoke-Pandit-on-Twitter_-_Was-looking-out-for-YogendraYadav-.-Rest-the-vid-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/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-video-falsely-shared-as-alcohol-distribution-during-farmers-protest\/2021-02-07-23_52_36-1-arun-pudur-on-twitter_-_langar__-https___t-co_fz29dyjrb9_-_-twitter\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-07-23_52_36-1-Arun-Pudur-on-Twitter_-_Langar__-https___t.co_Fz29dyJRB9_-_-Twitter.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-07-23_52_36-1-Arun-Pudur-on-Twitter_-_Langar__-https___t.co_Fz29dyJRB9_-_-Twitter.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-07-23_52_36-1-Arun-Pudur-on-Twitter_-_Langar__-https___t.co_Fz29dyJRB9_-_-Twitter-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Hindutva supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210207184013if_\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=3464363053668169&amp;id=100002835253156\">Chaudhry Dheren<\/a>, who has 10,000 followers on Facebook, posted the video and wrote, &#8220;This is the reason why the farmers left home and gathered at Sindhu-Shambhu border&#8221;. This video was shared close to 500 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86095 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-08-00_14_59-4-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"726\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-08-00_14_59-4-Facebook.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-08-00_14_59-4-Facebook-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found at least two posts that indicated the video dated back to at least April 2020. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=2525394491048609\">1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fbP1HHaAlxM&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>According to YouTube channel Radar Pk, the video shows alcohol distribution during the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fbP1HHaAlxM[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>During COVID-19 lockdown alcohol stores were shut for 40 days. Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/covid-19-lockdown-200-jump-in-calls-from-drug-users-alcoholics\/articleshow\/75335478.cms\">The Times of India<\/a> reported that distress calls by alcoholics and drug addicts on national helpline spiked by 200 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The Outlook uploaded a video in April 2020 of a Hyderabad-based man distributing free alcohol during the lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3m2al_0S758[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>Thus a video that could be traced back to at least April 2020 went viral in 2021 with the false claim that it showed farm laws protesters crowding around a car distributing free liquor. The video has gone viral again in February 2024 when the farmers have resumed their stir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of men being served liquor in plastic glasses by someone sitting in a car is doing the rounds on social media. In the opening few seconds of the video, a man wearing a turban is spotted. The video has been shared mocking the ongoing farmers&#8217; protest in and around Delhi. 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