An image of a Sikh man without a moustache is being shared on social media with the claim that a Muslim man was posing as Sikh in the ongoing farmers’ protest.
Different twitter users quoted on Twitter platform questioning Where did the moustache of this Sardar ji disappear? In which one of the tweet gained over 3,000 retweets before it was deleted.
A parody account of Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami (@ArnabGofficial7) also tweeted this image.
Several users have also posted this same image.
Fact Check
During our research, we found that Facebook Harsit Gupta shared the post by above mentioned Facebook page ‘Ugra Hindutva’. In the comments of Gupta’s post, we found that a user had shared a link to a Facebook Live by the page ‘Hindustan LIVE Farhan Yahiya‘ from Singhu Border where the farmers’ protest is currently going on.
In the Facebook Live, shot on November 29, it is seen that the Sikh man is real sikh with a moustache. This means that that viral image is edited.
The screenshot has been taken from the 7:29 mark in the Live video.
In the Facebook Live, shot on November 29, it is seen that the Sikh man is real sikh with a moustache.
This means that that viral image is edited.
The screenshot has been taken from the 7:29 mark in the Live video.
Muslim man posing as Sikh in protest
