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Accidental fire falsely linked to farmer protest

A TikTok video of a cell tower on fire has been viral on social media for the past few days.

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Chennai

The video says, “Farmers vandalised 1,500 Jio cell towers in Punjab last week, venting anger against Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance which they believe will benefit from the farm laws.” Alt News performed a reverse image search and found a report from June 2017. It says the incident had occurred in Dehradun.

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