Amidst the ongoing farmers’ protests, a picture of protesters sitting on a jeep with the Mercedes logo is circulating on social media. Many users claim that it is from the ongoing farmers’ agitation, suggesting that protesters own expensive cars like the Mercedes Benz, which costs over ₹4 crore.
A Facebook user posted the viral image with a caption: THIS IS MY DEVELOPING INDIA: A group of poor farmers arrived in a ₹4 crore Mercedes to block the road.
#FarmerProtest2024.
You can check the post here. Other similar posts can be seen here, here, and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be misleading.
On putting the picture through Reverse Image Search, the NM team found a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), dated December 23, 2020, with a similar claim. Additionally, we found another X post from 2020, which had the same image.
You can check the post here.
Digging further, our team discovered the car owner’s Instagram handle, featuring the same image. We also found another post similar to the viral picture with a text: ਇਹ ਬੀਜੇਪੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਲੇ ਮੇਰੀਆਂ 2020 ਵਾਲੇ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ ਦੀਆਂ ਫੋਟੋਆਂ ਵਿਚ ਹੀ ਉਲਝੇ ਪਏ ਆ ਹਜੇ। (English translation: These BJP people have come to get involved in my 2020 Kisan Andolan photos.)
You can check the post here.
Thus, it is confirmed that the viral image of farmers protesting against three farm bills in 2020 fictitiously linked to the 2024 farmers’ protest.
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