The violence of the Republic Day in Delhi by protesting farmers was the point of discussion on and off social media. Authorities raided rioters who broke barricades, damaged vehicles and attacked police officers after some farmers’ unions withdrew from the routes indicated for their tractor march.
Meanwhile, a photo of Dr Kafeel Khan on a tractor is widely circulated on social media with the claim that he was part of the tractor march on January 26 in Delhi. Khan was an accused in the Gorakhpur child death case.
A Facebook page called “BJP West Bengal” posted the picture with a caption in Bengali translated to: “He is Dr. Kafeel Khan, known for the Uterar Pradesh infant death case. He went to the farmers’ protest after went on a tractor in Delhi It looks like he’s a farmer too, except he’s a doctor. ‘
Posted by BJP West Bengal on Wednesday January 27, 2021
This is not the official Facebook page of Bengal BJP. The archived version of the viral post can be seen here.
The verified Twitter handle of filmmaker Ashoke Pandit also shared the photo and wrote a caption in Hindi that translated to: “Meet Kafeel Khan, the oxygen thief from Gorakhpur. Today he is spreading violence in Delhi as a farmer.”
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– Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) 27 January 2021
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found the allegation to be false with the photo. This is a screenshot of a video that Khan posted on social media, where he gave tutorials on basic mechanisms of a tractor. On January 26, Khan was in Jaipur at a Republic Day program. He has not visited Delhi in the past month.
AFWA investigation
Using a combination of InVID and reverse image search, AFWA found that the photo spread on social media was actually a screenshot of a video that Khan posted on his photo. Twitter handle and YouTube channel.
The video in which he gave tutorials on the basic mechanism of a tractor was posted on the morning of January 26 by Khan. The background of the video indicates that it was shot in a village. No other tractor could be seen in the background.
To further confirm the incident, we contacted Khan directly. The pediatrician said he was currently in Jaipur and had not visited Delhi in the past month. “The video was shot in Langareeyawas in Jaipur district,” he said.
According to Khan, the video was shot on January 25, a day before the tractor pulled up. And on January 26, he was at the Shaheen Institution in Jhotwara in Jaipur and hoisted the Tricolor. In fact, he tweeted again two videos on his Twitter handle on January 26, where he saw him observe Republic Day.
AFWA then contacted Shoyeb Khan, the principal of Shaheen Institution, who admitted that Khan was at his school on January 26th. Therefore, it is proved that Khan on Republic Day was not part of the tractor march in Delhi.
(With input from Arpit Basu in New Delhi)
ClaimThis photo of dr. Kafeel Khan, an accused in the Gorakhpur child death case, was taken on Republic Day during the tractor march in Delhi.ClosureThis is a screenshot of a video that Khan posted on social media, where he gave tutorials on the basic mechanisms of a tractor. On January 26, he was in Jaipur and participated in a Republic Day program organized by a school. Khan has not visited Delhi in the past month.
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- 1 Crow: Half true
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