There’s a video circulating that purports to show a man using a sword to attack police in 2024 during the farmers’ protest.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @MithilaWaala tweeted “So called farmer attacking police with swords allowed on them for religious purposes Are they farmers??? Ask yourselves!!! #FarmerProtestInDelhi #FarmerProtest” on Feb 23, 2024. The tweet has received an about 88.9k views on X.
So called farmer attacking police with swords allowed on them for religious purposes
— Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala) February 23, 2024
Are they farmers??? Ask yourselves!!!#FarmerProtestInDelhi #FarmerProtest pic.twitter.com/L4SWHfsHA1
Several other accounts, including @raviagrawal3, @sanjoychakra, @forandbynation, @trollove1 made the same claim that man from the current ongoing farmers protest’ 24 attacked the police with a sword. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The video in question is an old clip from the Gurdwara Janam Asthan Baba Deep Singh in Pahuwind village, Tarn Taran district. It depicts a fight between Sikh youths and those who support the president of the shrine’s managing committee on the occasion of the Sikh warrior Baba Deep Singh’s birth anniversary in January 2024.The incident injured members of the Gurdwara managing committee as well as one policeman. The ongoing farmers’ protest is unrelated to it.
punjabisong_caption posted the video on Instagram on Jan 31, 2024.
We visited Hindustan Times, which published an article on this incident on Jan 29, 2024 with the headline “Clash at Tarn Taran gurdwara over removal of Bhindranwale’s poster”. We further went to english.jagran.com, which wrote about the same incident on Jan 29, 2024 with the heading “Tension Erupts In Punjab’s Tarn Taran After Video Showing ‘Removal’ Of Bhindranwale Poster Goes Viral”. navbharattimes posted about this on Jan 30, 2024 with the heading “Punjab News: भिंडरावाले का पोस्टर हटाने को लेकर तरन तारन में हंगामा, भीड़ ने किया गुरुद्वारा प्रबंधन कमेटी अध्यक्ष की कार पर हमला”.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a man attacking police with a sword is being circulated, claiming to be from the ongoing farmers' protest in 2024. The fact is that this is an old video from Gurdwara Janam Asthan Baba Deep Singh at Pahuwind village, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/l7AaM6SpDD
Intent:
Influencers are circulating old videos from different incidents, claiming to be from farmers’ protests, to set their agenda. A video that shows a man attacking police with a sword is being circulated, claiming to be from the ongoing farmers’ protest in 2024. The video footage presented here is from the Gurdwara Janam Asthan Baba Deep Singh in Pahuwind village, Tarn Taran district. It depicts a fight between Sikh youths and the president of the managing committee of the shrine, which took place on January 20, 2024, the birth anniversary of Sikh warrior Baba Deep Singh.The incident injured a policeman as well as members of the Gurdwara managing committee. It is unrelated to the current farmers’ protest.
Conclusion:
Claim : Videos purporting to be from the 2024 farmers’ protest are making the rounds, showing a man with a sword attacking the police.
Fact : The fact is that this is an old video from Gurdwara Janam Asthan Baba Deep Singh at Pahuwind village, in Tarn Taran district showing a clash between Sikh youths and supporters of the president of the managing committee of the shrine on the birth anniversary of Sikh warrior Baba Deep Singh in January 2024.One policeman and members of the Gurdwara managing committee were injured in the incident. It has nothing to do with the ongoing farmers’ protest.
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