The image, which is part of an ongoing protest by farmers, shows a man who appears to be a farmer and has been injured by a Pellet gun.
@ShyamMeeraSingh tweeted “It is becoming difficult to even see this picture. This picture is of a boy injured in the farmers’ movement.” on Feb 24, 2024. The tweet has received an about more than 4k views on X.
Several other accounts, including @saraaltafkhan, @AdnanAliKhan555 made the same claim that the photo from the ongoing farmers protest is shared along with the assertion that the person hurt by the pellet gun is a farmer. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that the current farmers’ protest has nothing to do with this old photo from Kashmir, where Mohammad Imran Parray was injured in 2016 after being struck by pellets during a protest. It was captured by Fayaz Wani.
We visited The New Indian Express, which published an article on this incident on September 24, 2016 with the headline “Multiple surgeries and decisions later, pellet victims stare at darker future”.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT:An image that features a person injured by a Pellet gun is shared with the claim that he is a farmer, and the picture belongs to an ongoing farmer protest. Fact is that this is an old image from Kashmir where Mohammad Imran Parray was wounded (1/2) pic.twitter.com/wOaLrcf6yK
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating old images from Kashmir claiming to be from ongoing protests to set their propaganda. An image that features a person injured by a Pellet gun is shared with the claim that he is a farmer, and the picture belongs to an ongoing farmer protest. This old photo, which was taken in Kashmir in 2016, shows that Mohammad Imran Parray was injured by pellets during a protest; it has nothing to do with the current farmers’ protest. Fayaz Wani took the picture.
Conclusion:
Claim : One picture, part of an ongoing protest by farmers, shows a man injured by a Pellet gun. It is shared with the assertion that the man is a farmer.
Fact : Fact is that this is an old image from Kashmir where Mohammad Imran Parray was wounded after being hit by pellets during a protest in 2016, it has nothing to do with the ongoing farmers’ protest. The image was taken by Fayaz Wani.
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