‘Injured in clash with cow smugglers, not in Karnal’, says ‘farmer’ whose photo went viral

Sanjay Yadav

Gurugram, August 30

A local Gau Rakshak injured in a clash with cow smugglers has moved cybercrime cell against alleged misuse of his pictures on social media as that of an injured farmer.

The photo, according to him, was shared by a local leader and allegedly retweeted by many senior Congress leaders.

As per the complaint filed by Gau Rakshak Tinku, a resident of Kadarpur village, yesterday his colleague Monu Manesar alias Mohit Yadav told him that a photo of his injured head with multiple stitches has gone viral on social media.

In a clash with cow smugglers, Tinku was injured on August 26 and had got around 80 stitches on his head. An FIR was registered at Sector 65 police station.

“I was shocked to see that a man on his twitter profile — ‘Imran Pratapgarhi’ @ShayarImran used my photo for political advantage. He had claimed that it was photo of a farmer who was injured near Karnal during the clash between police and farmers. While around 17,000 people liked and retweeted the post, some senior Congress leaders also shared the same on Facebook. It’s an attempt to incite violence,” Tinku said in his complaint.

He also submitted proofs of Twitter, Facebook posts which have now been deleted.

“We have not received any complaint yet. If a complaint is received action will be taken as per the law,” said inspector Vipin Kumar, SHO of cybercrime police station.