Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
Claim
Haryana youths support police action against protesting farmers, calling them Khalistanis.
The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.
Fact
Newschecker ran a reverse image search of keyframes of the video, which led us to this Youtube video, dated December 25, 2019, from Hello Uttarakhand News. The headline, translated from Hindi, read, “CAA, NRC clash: Slogans raised ‘Delhi Police lath bajao, we are with you’, video goes viral”, indicating that it was not related to the ongoing farmer protests. Another Youtube video, dated December 27, 2019, can be seen here, where we learnt that a rally was taken out in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Haryana.
Similar videos can be seen here and here, confirming the viral video predates the current farmers’ stir. A Lokmat report, dated December 27, 2019, sharing the video, states that a rally was taken out in support of CAA in Haryana.
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Result: False
Sources
Youtube video, Hello Uttarakhand News, December 25, 2019
Lokmat report, December 27, 2019
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Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
