No, Police Did Not Lathicharge Congress Workers for Saying ‘Pakistan Zindabad’

1. No, Police Did Not Lathicharge Congress Workers For Saying ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ No, Police Did Not Lathicharge Congress Workers For Saying ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ on Boom. An old video of a police crackdown on Congress workers in Chhattisgarh gets a Pakistani twist. No, Police Did Not Lathicharge Congress Workers For Saying ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ on Boom. An old video of a police crackdown on Congress workers in Chhattisgarh gets a Pakistani twist.

2. Fact Check on Fake News: A video showing police personnel lathicharge Indian National Congress (Congress) workers in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh in September last year is going viral on Facebook as Congress workers beaten up for chanting ‘Pakistan zindabad’ at a protest. The 29 second clip which shows police rain down blows on Congress workers as they are herded into a police van, is being shared by multiple Facebook users. Also Read in Hindi→ फफैकक्ट चचेक इइंडडियय Fact Check BOOM broke up the video into key frames and did reverse image search. The search showed that the video was from a police crackdown of a protest by Congress workers in Chhattisgarh on September 18, 2018. 52 party workers were arrested while seven suffered injuries according to a Press Trust of India report. Congress President Rahul Gandhi had also tweeted the video criticising then Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh. None of the news reports have any mention of Congress workers shouting ‘Pakistan zindabad’ as the reason for the crackdown. According to news reports Congress workers were protesting against the remarks of industries minister Amar Agrawal where he allegedly referred to the party as “kachra” or garbage. It is not clear what specifically triggered the crackdown by police…continue reading