Water cannon video from Bihar, posted in July, falsely shared as police action at CJP protest in Delhi
Water cannon video from Bihar, posted in July, falsely shared as police action at CJP protest in Delhi
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A video of police using a water cannon on young protesters, shared as footage of the October 10 CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, has been traced to its original post. It was shared on Facebook on July 23 by user Rana Ranjit, who described it as Gen Z protesters in Bihar. The clip has no link to the Delhi protest.A video of police using a water cannon on young protesters, shared as footage of the October 10 CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, has been traced to its original post. It was shared on Facebook on July 23 by user Rana Ranjit, who described it as Gen Z protesters in Bihar. The clip has no link to the Delhi protest.
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On October 10, 2026, the X handle “Rama Devi Ganaparapu” shared a clip of a water cannon spraying a crowd of young men, with a mocking Telugu caption and hashtags such as #JantarMantar, #DelhiPolice and #cjpprotest, presenting it as police action against the Cockroach Janta Party protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Fact-checkers traced the same video to a Facebook post by verified user Rana Ranjit on July 23. The post carried the Hindi caption "बिहार के जेन-जी (Gen Z) का अलग लेवल का स्वैग है भाई!" (“Bihar’s Gen Z has a different level of swag, brother!”) and drew over 1,600 reactions. This shows the footage is from a protest in Bihar months before the October 10 demonstration in Delhi. It is one of many recycled clips, including videos from Bangladesh, Kolkata, Kashmir and Delhi Police recruitment drives, that have been used to misrepresent the recent protests, so a video’s original source should be checked before it is shared.
On October 10, 2026, the X handle “Rama Devi Ganaparapu” shared a clip of a water cannon spraying a crowd of young men, with a mocking Telugu caption and hashtags such as #JantarMantar, #DelhiPolice and #cjpprotest, presenting it as police action against the Cockroach Janta Party protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Fact-checkers traced the same video to a Facebook post by verified user Rana Ranjit on July 23. The post carried the Hindi caption "बिहार के जेन-जी (Gen Z) का अलग लेवल का स्वैग है भाई!" (“Bihar’s Gen Z has a different level of swag, brother!”) and drew over 1,600 reactions. This shows the footage is from a protest in Bihar months before the October 10 demonstration in Delhi. It is one of many recycled clips, including videos from Bangladesh, Kolkata, Kashmir and Delhi Police recruitment drives, that have been used to misrepresent the recent protests, so a video’s original source should be checked before it is shared.