Viral image of bullet piercing a cooking utensil is not from farmers’ protest.

This image is from Bangladesh and is unrelated to the ongoing farmers’ protest.

Farmer unions started their protest march to Delhi to force the Union government to meet their demands on 13 February. Pictures and videos from farmers’ protest venues are widely circulated through social media. 

In this scenario an image of a cooking utensil pierced by a bullet is going viral on social media claiming it to be from the farmers’ protest. 

The caption of the image states,“Bullet fired by the Modi govt to suppress the farmers’ protest in Delhi have missed and pierced the vessel. Let’s rally against the govt that shoots and kills the farmers who grow rice for the country! Let’s carry forward a non-compromising struggle #farmersprotests2024”

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Fact Check-

We began our investigation by conducting a reverse image search on Google, whose results led us to news reports from Bangladesh containing the same image. This image was published on 24onbd.com on 7 February, 2024. We translated and read the website page. The report states, that during a heavy gunfire and shelling incident in ‘Teknaf’ at the Bangladesh border, a bullet struck a cooking utensil. This reveals that the viral image predates the farmers protest and is unrelated to the same. The riots on the Bangladesh border were due to the internal unrest in Myanmar. Conflict between military rulers and rebels has intensified in Myanmar. 

The Myanmar Army has been continuously attacking by throwing missiles and mortars. This has increased the tension along the Bangladesh border. Missiles and shells fired by the Myanmar army are falling across the border into Bangladeshi villages. “Many people have been affected by this.” 

Upon further search, we came across a report shared by Dhaka Mail on 7 February. This report also carried the same image and stated that clashes were reported between Myanmar’s rebel groups and the ruling military establishment near the Bangladesh border. 

Thus, the viral image was proved to have circulated in the news even before the farmers’ demonstration began in Delhi. It has been proven that this image was published in the Bengali media as evidence of damage caused by the Myanmar army’s attack on the Bangladesh border.

Conclusion-

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False. The viral image of bullet piercing a cooking utensil is not from farmers’ protest. This picture is from Bangladesh and is unrelated to the ongoing farmers’ protest.