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      2016 Video Of Delhi Police Detaining Shehla Rashid Shared As Recent

      BOOM found that the video was from October 2016, during a protest after the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed.

      By - Anmol Alphonso |
      Published -  22 Aug 2019 6:06 PM IST
    • Boomlive

      Dehli-Police-arrested-Kashmiri-leader-and-Former-JNU-president-Shehla-Rashid

      An old video of Shehla Rashid being detained by the Delhi Police is being shared on social media with the false claim that she has been arrested recently.

      In the the video one can spot Rashid being dragged by lady police constables as she shouts, "Find Najeeb" as she is being taken away.

      Rashid arrested fb post
      Facebook post

      Click here to view the post and here for an archive.

      The video was shared by a Facebook page named Jammu Kashmir TV with the caption, "Dehli Police arrested Kashmiri leader and Former JNU president Shehla Rashid. Shehla Rashid, and gen. sect. Jammu Kashmir People's Movement arrested for speaking up against repression and brutal practices of BJP government in Kashmir."

      The post had gained around 11 thousand views and was shared by 1,306 users.

      The page later updated its caption to say that the video was old.

      Rashid who is part of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement political (JKPM) party has been in the news recently after she had alleged on Twitter that Indian Army personnel tortured four men in Shopian district of Kashmir. A charge, the Indian Army denied.

      Indian Army: Allegations levelled by Shehla Rashid are baseless and rejected. Such unverified & fake news are spread by inimical elements and organisations to incite unsuspecting population. pic.twitter.com/m6CPzSXZmJ

      — ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2019

      Viral on Twitter

      Dehli Police arrested Kashmiri leader and Former JNU president Shehla Rashid.@Shehla_Rashid
      Shehla Rashid, and gen. sect Jammu Kashmir People's Movement arrested for speaking up against repression and brutal practices of BJP government in Kashmir@peaceforchange @VichlayZaraye pic.twitter.com/3brkpWEW3C

      — Ch Asif Hayat (@ChAsifHayat1) August 22, 2019

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      BOOM Reports

      FACT-CHECK

      Najeeb Ahmed who's name one can hear Rashid shouting in the video was a first-year MSC Biotechnology student in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), who went missing on October 15, 2016.

      Several users on Facebook pointed out that the video is old and it is from protests organised after the disappearance of Ahmed.

      We searched with the keywords 'Shehla Rashid arrested' and 'Najeeb protest' and found the same video uploaded by The Indian Express on YouTube on October 21, 2016.

      According to a PTI report republished by The Times of India, JNU students had staged a protest outside the Home Ministry alleging inaction by government agencies in tracing Ahmed.

      TOI article JNU students detained
      Times of India article on the incident

      Additionally there are no news reports of Rashid being arrested, and we checked her timeline and found that she has been active on Twitter on August 22, 2019.

      Rashid twitter
      Rashind Twitter timeline

      Tags

      Article 370fake newsfeaturedIndian ArmyJammu and KashmirJammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM)Jammu Kashmir TVJawaharlal Nehru UniversityJNUNajeeb Ahmednajeeb jnuShehla RashidShopianDelhi PoliceOld Videos
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      Claim :   Dehli Police Arrested Kashmiri Leader And Former JNU President Shehla Rashid
      Claimed By :  Facebook Posts
      Fact Check :  FALSE
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