Old images from 2019 when a father and son duo were brutally thrashed by Delhi police after a scuffle broke out over parking a vehicle is being falsely linked to the violence that erupted in Delhi on Republic day during farmers' tractor rally.
The tractor rallies organised in Delhi on January 26 by farmers against the three farm laws had turned violent, resulting in clashes between protesters and police.
In this context, a picture is getting viral on social media in which a person can be seen falling on the ground and some policemen around him are seen holding sticks in their hands. The person has a blue turban and it seems that there was a clash between the person and the police. The picture is being linked to the farmer movement and the tractor rally held in Delhi on 26 January.
A Twitter user name Bashir Chaudhary shared the picture using the caption "This picture will shake the foundations of #India #JaagPunjabiJaag #IndianRepublicBlackDay #TractorMarchDelhi #KisanTractorRally #FarmersProtest"
In our investigation, we found that the viral claim is false that this photo is of a violent clash between police and farmer agitators in Delhi on 26 January. This picture is from May 2013, when Sikh community members scuffle with policemen as they shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration against the acquittal of Congress politician Sajjan Kumar
After doing a reverse image search on Google, we found this picture on the website of Getty Images. According to the information given below the image "Sikh community members scuffle with policemen as they shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration against the acquittal of Congress politician Sajjan Kumar, in New Delhi on May 5, 2013". At that time Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress leader who was convicted of anti-Sikh riots in 1984, was acquitted by the court. The Sikh community had protested in Delhi, expressing displeasure over this.
we also found a news report according to which, a group of Sikhs attempted to march towards Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence to protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar before starting their march towards the PM's 7, Race Course Road residence, but were stopped by police near the Parliament Street police station. Shouting slogans against Congress leaders, some of the protesters had a scuffle with the police. Around 50 protesters who tried to break through the barricades were detained by the officers.
However, in 2018, Congress leader Sajjan Kumar sentenced to life in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by Delhi High Court.
In conclusion, we found that the viral claim is false that this photo is of a violent clash between police and farmer agitators in Delhi on 26 January. This picture is from May 2013, when Sikh community members scuffle with policemen as they shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration against the acquittal of Congress politician Sajjan Kumar
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