Did a policeman get beaten up while enforcing corona lockdown?
Some photos are circulating
on the Internet showing a man thrashing a cop on the road. It is being claimed
that this is the result of police atrocities on people during the lockdown.
Users are also requesting policemen to understand the helplessness of citizens.
The photos are three years
old and have nothing to do with the coronavirus lockdown.
Amid the 21-day nationwide
lockdown due to Covid-19, several videos and images have surfaced on social
media showing policemen thrashing civilians to force them inside.
Now, some photos are
circulating on the Internet showing a man thrashing a cop on the road. It is
being claimed that this is the result of police atrocities on people during the
lockdown. Users are also requesting policemen to understand the helplessness of
citizens.
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| policeman get beaten up while enforcing corona lockdown |
Anti Fake News War Room
(AFWA) has found the viral post to be misleading. The photos are three years
old and have nothing to do with the coronavirus lockdown.
Among others, Facebook user
"Devendra Shukla Amethi" shared the misleading post, which has been
further shared more than 350 times till the filing of this story.
Using a reverse search, we
found that the viral pictures were used in a "Daily Mail" article in
June 2017. The report says these pictures were taken when an angry mob rioted
and attacked police officers after a teenage schoolgirl was allegedly raped in
a hospital in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
We also found these pictures
in a report by "The Sun" with the same information.
Therefore, it's clear that
three-year-old pictures are being passed off on social media as scuffle between
police and civilians during the ongoing lockdown.
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