“Photo of a farmer’s head injured during a recent lathicharge at farmers’ protest”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 Jul 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The photo is of Tinku, who is a cow protector and the injury happened in Gurugram while he was chasing cow smugglers. The photo has nothing to do with farmers’ protest. However, on 28 August 2021, around 10 people were injured as police allegedly lathicharged a group of farmers in Karnal, Haryana
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 July 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 September 2021, 35 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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