Fact Check: Is govt planning to deploy paramilitary forces at Singhu border against protesting farmers?

Team Udayavani, Dec 17, 2020, 2:02 PM IST

A video is going viral on social media which shows a person claiming that the Government will deploy Paramilitary Forces at Singhu Border to carry out a major operation and will impose curfew in Punjab and Haryana afterwards.

In the video, Gurcharan Singh Babbar, who claims to be the editor-in-chief of three newspapers, is seen claiming that the government is planning a big operation against them in the coming days.

He also claims that the information about a top-secret plan of the government that intends to end the farmers’ protest.

However, PIB has claimed that the video is fake and that Babbar’s statements have no credibility.

In a tweet, PIB said, “It is being claimed in a video that the Government will deploy Paramilitary Forces at Singhu Border to carry out a major operation and will impose curfew in Punjab and Haryana afterwards. PIBFactCheck: The claims made in the video are FAKE”

It is being claimed in a video that the Government will deploy Paramilitary Forces at #SinghuBorder to carry out a major operation and will impose curfew in Punjab and Haryana afterwards. #PIBFactCheck: The claims made in the video are #FAKE. pic.twitter.com/2qOXFInX3X

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) December 16, 2020