An image of a man is being shared on social media with a claim that he posed as cop during the ongoing farmers’ protest against the three farm laws. The claim is being made as the man in the picture can be seen in riot gear without the police uniform.
A Facebook user shared the image with a Punjabi caption, “ਜੀਨਾਂ ਪੈਂਟਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਨਵੀ ਵਰਦੀ ਇਹ ਕਿਹੜੀ ਸਟੇਟ ਦੀ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਆ ? ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦਿਓ ।। ਸੇਅਰ ਕਰ ਵਰਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਮੋਟ ਕਰੋ”
(Translation: Jeans pants new uniform of which state police? Provide information Share and promote)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found it to be false.
We ran a Reverse Image Search of the picture and found several media reports, which clarified the man in riot gear is a cop. However, the image in question is from 2019 CAA protest and not recent as claimed in the viral message.
According to a report by The Print, dated December 17, 2019, the man in red T-shirt and blue jeans was actually a constable posted with the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS), South District in Delhi.
In December 2019, after the student protest at Jamia Millia Islamia University and the subsequent crackdown by the Delhi Police, many were claiming the man was an “RSS volunteer”.
However, the Delhi Police refuted this claim. “He is not Bharat Sharma. This is another lie that is being spread on social media to tarnish the image of Delhi Police. He is, in fact, a constable with the AATS in South district who was also deployed on the law and order duty in the area,” DCP (Central) M.S. Randhawa told The Print.
We found another article by The Free Press Journal, dated December 17, 2019, claiming the same.
Hence, from the above information, it is clear that the image being shared is OLD and not from the ongoing farmers’ protest.
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