Old Photo Of Man Assaulted By Police Revived And Linked To Farmers Protest

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BOOM had debunked the claim in January 2021 in the aftermath of the Republic Day tractor rally when it was viral with a similar claim. BOOM found that the images are from 2019, when a father and son were brutally thrashed by Delhi police, after a scuffle broke out over parking a vehicle. According to Sikh Siyasat and Tribune India reports from June 17, 2019, the incident is from Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area, where a scuffle broke out between a commercial vehicle driver and cops of Delhi after the latter grazed past a police van. The cops reportedly thrashed the driver and his son, who had threatened them with a sword. Disturbing footage showing the auto driver being beaten with a stick, kicked and thrashed went viral. Dilli Tak also carried an interview of Sarabjit Singh who was beaten.