A picture of an injured boy has surfaced on the internet with a claim that he was shot during the 2018 agitation against the SC/ST Act.
The picture is being shared with the caption,”ये सबूत हैं धोबी समाज का जो कहते है धोबी समाज संघर्ष नहीं करता ये शहीद होने वाला लड़का निखिल धोबी है गाजियाबाद का , जो 2 अप्रैल 2018 को sc st एक्ट को बचाने के लिए हुए आंदोलन में शहीद हुआ था। इस बच्चे की निडरता, वीरता हमारे समाज को साहस देती हैं और क्रांति का संदेश देता है #2अप्रैल2018″
(English Translation: This is the proof by Dhobi community to all those who say that the Dhobi community does not struggle. This martyr boy is Nikhil Dhobi from Ghaziabad, who was martyred on 2 April 2018 in the movement to save the SC-ST Act. This child’s fearlessness, bravery give courage to our society and a message of revolution #2April2018)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked it and found that the claims attached to the picture are false.
On putting the picture through Reverse Image Search, we found that it was a still from the movie Kingdom of Ants directed by Chawki Mejri which was first released in Tunisia in March 2012.
At 3:38 minute of the trailer of Kingdom of Ants, the boy can be seen. Which makes it clear that the claims attached with the picture are FALSE.
According to a report published by the Middle-East based news publication Al Bawaba, in 2012, “Mamlakat al-Naml (The Kingdom of Ants) is about a family struggling to survive on land being carved up piece by piece and a dream that is crushed night after night. The struggle is the family’s heirloom, just like ants inherit the daily scramble for means of survival.”
NewsMobile debunked the same image in 2019 and in February 2022 when it was being shared as a picture from Palestine and was being linked to the jat reservation respectively.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2019/04/04/fact-checked-here-is-the-truth-behind-this-viral-picture/
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2022/02/05/fact-check-movie-screengrab-viral-to-suggest-young-boy-shot-during-jat-reservation-agitation/
Hence, it is clear that a screengrab from a film is being shared with a false claim.
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