A video purporting to be from the ongoing Farmers Protest 2024 is making the rounds, showing people serving meals to policemen while they sit on the road.
@phcubes tweeted “Farmers are at farmers protest. Police men are eating langar at protest side. As govt are not providing food assistance. But chomu andh bhakt on twitter are saying Farmers are attacking police doing violence. #FarmersProtests #FarmersProtest2024” on Feb 16, 2024.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This is an old video from 2020 showing police officers being fed food in langar in Karnal, Haryana. This is an old video that has nothing to do with the current farmer protests.
We visited ndtv, which published an article on this incident on Nov 28, 2020 with the headline “As Farmers, Police Face Off In Delhi, Haryana Religious Centre Feeds Cops”.
Check out the Youtube Video:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Distorted
FACT:A video that shows some people serving meals to policemen sitting on the road is being circulated,claiming to be from the ongoing #FarmersProtest2024 . This is an old video from Karnal, Haryana,where policemen were fed food in langar in 2020.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/5HW8vLlip1
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating old videos as recent to set their narrative over the ongoing farmers’ protest. A video that shows some people serving meals to policemen sitting on the road is being circulated,claiming to be from the ongoing Farmers Protest 2024. The old footage was taken in 2020 in Karnal, Haryana, where policemen were given food in langar. The protests being held by farmers are not the subject of this old video.
Conclusion:
Claim : There is a video circulating that purports to be from the Farmers Protest 2024 and shows people serving food to policemen who are sitting on the road.
Fact : This is an old video from Karnal, Haryana,where policemen were fed food in langar in 2020. This video is old and does not concern ongoing farmers’ protests.
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