Old Video Shows Mob Attacking Police Falsely Linked To Farmers’ Protest 2024: Fact-Check

A video purporting to be from the ongoing farmers’ protest in 2024 shows a mob attacking cops and chasing them away.

Verified accounts on twitter, including @RealBababanaras tweeted “So called farmers carrying swords and carrying out deadly attacks on the police, think how much the police is tolerating ! #FarmersProtest” on Feb 17, 2024. The tweet has received an about 29.2k views on X.

So called farmers carrying swords and carrying out deadly attacks on the police, think how much the police is tolerating ! #FarmersProtest

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— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) February 17, 2024

Several other accounts, including @vijay_kathayat, @SaffronSwamyy, @highcourtallad, @sudhirchaudhary, @FrontalForce, @yati_Official1, @Basharatmir16, @theautonomynews, @TheINDOCOM515 made the same claim that the video shows a mob from the ongoing farmers protest in 2024 attacking the cops and chasing them away. The archive can be read from above.

What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact

In actuality, this is an outdated video from 2021. It is unrelated to the current farmers’ protest. So, the claim that the mob is attacking the cops and chasing them away is from ongoing farmers protest is actually not true at all.

The video was uploaded in Youtube on Jan 27, 2021.

Check out the Youtube Video:

D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Distorted

FACT: A video that shows a mob attacking cops and chasing away them is being circulated, claiming to be from the ongoing farmers' protest in 2024. Fact is that this is an old video from 2021. It has nothing to do with the ongoing farmers' protest.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/sTCqhBRj2j

— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) February 24, 2024

Intent:

Influencers circulate old videos as recent incidents to set their narrative over the ongoing farmers’ protest. A video that shows a mob attacking cops and chasing away them is being circulated, claiming to be from the ongoing farmers’ protest in 2024. This video is actually from 2021, so it’s outdated. Regarding the current farmers’ protest, it is unrelated.

Conclusion:

Claim : A video of a mob attacking cops and chasing them away is being circulated, claiming to be from the ongoing farmers’ protest in 2024.

Fact : Fact is that this is an old video from 2021. It has nothing to do with the ongoing farmers’ protest.

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