Unrelated Image of Bullet Piercing a Utensil Falsely Linked to Farmers' Protests

This image is from Bangladesh and is unrelated to the farmers' protests happening near Delhi, India.

Fact-check: An unrelated image from Bangladesh showing a bullet piercing a utensil is being linked to the ongoing farmers' protests in India.

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A photo showing a bullet pierced into a utensil is going viral on the internet where the users are linking it to the ongoing farmers' protests happening near Delhi and in Haryana.

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What's the truth?: This image is unrelated to the ongoing farmers' protests.

• This image is from Bangladesh and was taken near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, when gunshots were allegedly fired by rebels in Myanmar.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a Google reverse image search on the viral image which led us to a report shared by Dhaka Mail on 7 February.

• The report carried the same image and stated that clashes weere reported between Myanmar's rebel groups and the ruling military establishment near the Bangladesh border.

• It also mentions that gunshots were heard in Bangladesh's districts namely Bandarbar and Cox's Bazar.

The report carried the same image.

(Source:Dhaka MailI/screenshot)

• Another report by Daily Naya Diganta and Sangbad, shared on 16 February, mentioned that locals in Shahparir Dwip, an island in Chattogram's Teknaf, near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, "heard intense shelling and gunshots over a period of three to four hours."

• It further carried a statement from a local who stated that bullets were shot in the kitchen of some of the homes located on the border of ​​Bangladesh.

We spoke with a Bangladeshi reporter: We reached out to Shahed siddique, Head of Input, independent television, Dhaka who confirmed to us that this image is from Bangladesh.

What's happening between Myanmar and Bangladesh?: According to Bangladesh’s foreign minister, around 340 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police and soldiers fled into Bangladesh during fighting with an ethnic minority army.

• Bangladesh’s border agency had also revealed earlier this week that some Myanmar troops had entered during fighting with the Arakan Army in Myanmar’s Rakhine state bordering Bangladesh.

• The alliance of ethnic minority armies in Myanmar have also launched an offensive against the military government in 2023.

Update about the farmers' protest: The farmers have paused their 'Dilli Chalo' march until February 29 and are holding several events at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders.

• On Saturday, a candlelight march was also organised at the protest site to mourn the death of a young farmer.

• As per farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, 'Dilli Chalo' march will continue to camp at the Punjab-Haryana border until all their demands are met.

Conclusion: An old and unrelated image from Bangladesh showing a bullet piercing a utensil is being linked to the ongoing farmers' protests in India.

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