Old Video of Water Tanker Running Over Women Shared as Recent One From Haryana

We found that the video is neither recent nor is it from Haryana.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is being incorrectly shared as a recent incident.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A distressing video which shows a tanker running over two women is going viral on the internet with a claim that the incident recently happened in Haryana.

What are users saying?: The post's caption targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that it shows the state government cracking down on female farmers in Haryana.

(Note: We have refrained from adding any archive links due to the distressing nature of the claim.)

The post was shared on 12 November.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

What's the truth?: The video could be traced back to January 2021, when a water tanker ran over a few women in Punjab's Amritsar during the protests against the then introduced farm laws.

What led us to the truth?: We performed a Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral video and found similar visuals published on the official X handle of BJP's Priti Gandhi.

• It was published on 28 January 2021 and its caption suggested that the incident took place during the 2020-2021 farmers' protest.

News reports: The Quint had published a report about the incident mentioning that it took place on 26 January, when a water tanker ran over some women in Amritsar's Vallah region.

• The incident resulted in the death of two women, and left three others injured.

• SHO Vellah Sanjeev Kumar, at that time, had identified that driver of the tanker as one Shuklal Singh. Kumar had added that an FIR was filed against the driver.

• Kumar had further said that the driver did not have any political affiliations.

The report was published on 29 January 2021.

(Source: The Quint/Screenshot)

• An NDTV report said that the incident took place when a group of around 50-60 women were on their way to the protest site in Vallah in solidary with the farmers' protest.

Conclusion: The video is old and is being falsely shared as a recent one.

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