Old video of Sikhs distributing food at railway station shared as a recent one
A video is going viral on social media shows that some Sikh men running after trains to hand over food to the passengers at a railway station. It has been claimed that the men are providing food to starving migrants who are boarding trains.
The video is being shared with the caption: “One of the best videos you will see today, which shows humanity exists in these difficult times. Sikhs in rural India run after a moving train filled with starving migrants to give them food.”
The tweet has been liked by 23000users and retweeted over 5000 times.
One of the best videos you will see today, which shows humanity exists in these difficult times. Sikhs in rural India run after a moving train filled with starving migrants to give them food. ❤️❤️😭😭 pic.twitter.com/CPhRXyd6Q8
— Asjad Nazir (@asjadnazir) May 21, 2020
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Using screenshots of the video on Google reverse image search that led us to the report by Navbharat times Dated November 14, 2019, posted the same video.
With the keywords search on Twitter, we also found that General Secretary BJP Delhi & Former-Mayor, North Delhi, posted the same video on his official Twitter handle on Guru Nanak Jayanti in 2019.
दुनिया में सिखों जैसी सेवा कोई नही कर सकता,,, नमन है हमें हमारे सिख बंधुओ पर 🙏🙏🙏🙏 वाहेगुरू#GuruNanakJayanti #Gurunanakji #GuruNanak550@TajinderBagga @mssirsa pic.twitter.com/q3Zyq0gQLQ
— Ravinder Gupta (@guptaravinder71) November 13, 2019
This confirms that the video is old as it was already on the internet much before the pandemic.
