A post accompanying a video showing a group of policemen destroying CCTV cameras is being widely shared on social media with a claim that the video shows visuals from the tractor rally organized by protesting farmers on Republic day. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Policemen destroying CCTV cameras during the tractor rally organized by protesting farmers on Republic day.
Fact: This video is captured during CAA protests. There are multiple similar videos available on YouTube which are almost a year old. Multiple news organizations reported this incident linking it to the CAA protests. This video has nothing to do with the tractor rally on Republic day. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
YouTube search with relevant keywords led us to multiple old videos similar to the one in the post. As per the description of these videos, the visuals show police destroying CCTV cameras in Delhi’s Khurej Khas during the CAA protests. These videos can be seen here and here. This establishes that the video is an old one and not related to the tractor rally.
Further Google search with relevant keywords led us to a February 2020 news article that reported the video. As reported in the news article, ‘when they spoke to some shopkeepers around the petrol pump seen in the video near Khureji Khas area they have confirmed that police have indeed destroyed the cctv cameras setup by them’.
In view of violent clashes between protesters and police during the tractor rally organized by the protesting farmers on Republic day, posts like these are being widely shared on social media platforms with misleading claims.
To sum it up, old video police destroying CCTV camera during CAA protests is passed as that from the farmers tractor rally on Republic day.
