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India news: Police used 'excessive force' on CJP protesters Published August 24, 2026last updated August 24, 2026 What you need to know This blog has now closed.

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India news: Police used 'excessive force' on CJP protesters Published August 24, 2026last updated August 24, 2026 What you need to know This blog has now closed.

Why it matters

Read below for some main headlines from India on Monday, August 24: - Amnesty International has released a report saying that police used disproportionate force during India's Gen Z protests - Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar is visiting Russia - Three…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 24 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar met Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that S Jaishankar met Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists significant political and societal historical events of the 2020s, presented as a historical overview in narrative format.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020s_in_politics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A wide range of politicians, artists, musicians, athletes, and religious figures have visited Tsitsernakaberd, the official memorial to the Armenian genocide victims in Yerevan, Armenia. It was opened…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_visitors_to_Tsitsernak…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and retired military officer who has served as the eighth president of Indonesia since 2024. He previo…
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Claim 2: “India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit in September”
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Claim 3: “The Bihar Police agreed in its account to the court that AK-47 rifle was a 'platoon-level weapon' used in special operations and not in crowd control situations”
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Claim 4: “The Bihar Police told the Supreme Court last Monday that one of their police constables 'got trapped in the crowd during the protests and fired four rounds in the air, adding that no one was injured”
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Claim 5: “The fire broke out around 3.30 a.m. local time at the District Women's Hospital after a ventilator suddenly exploded”
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Claim 6: “The protests... drove India's then-education minister Dharmendra Pradhan step down”
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Claim 7: “Jaishankar's two-day trip, which began Sunday, comes at the invitation of Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov”
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Claim 8: “The Delhi Police... told the court that 240 personnel were injured in the clash with protesters”
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Claim 9: “Doval will also meet China's Vice President Han Zheng during his visit”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Ajit Doval met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng during his visit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, currently on a two-day official visit to China, held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng.
https://rtvonline.com/english/international/276184
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web search NEUTRAL — NSA Ajit Doval met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng.Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who is on a two-day visit to China, held a bilateral meeting on August 25, Tuesday with China’s Vice …
https://organiser.org/2026/08/25/376887/world/nsa-ajit-doval…
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web search NEUTRAL — NSA Ajit Doval, who is in China for a two-day visit, called on Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing ahead of the 25th round of India-China boundary talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The talk…
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/nsa-doval-meets-chinese-…
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Claim 10: “Kyiv celebrates its separation from the Soviet Union 35 years ago on August 24, 1991”
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Claim 11: “The skirmish — which was India and China's first deadly military confrontation since 1975”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to verify the specific detail that this was the first deadly confrontation since 1975.
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Claim 12: “Doval — who is India's Special Representative on the India-China Boundary Question — reached Beijing on Monday afternoon on a two-day visit”
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Multiple sources confirm Doval's role as Special Representative and his arrival in Beijing on Monday for a two-day visit.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Doval, India’s Special Representative (SR) on the India-China Boundary Question, arrived in Beijing on a two-day visit earlier this afternoon,” the ministry said. Doval will also meet China’s Vice Pr…
https://www.dawn.com/news/2025167
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web search NEUTRAL — National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arrived in Beijing on Monday for a two-day visit to participate in the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on the India-China boundary question with C…
https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Aug/24/doval-arr…
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web search NEUTRAL — New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval arrived in Beijing Monday for a two-day visit to attend the 25th Round of Special Representatives’ Talks on the India-China Boundary Question.
https://www.orissapost.com/ajit-doval-arrives-in-beijing-for…
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Claim 13: “opposition leader Rahul Gandhi reached a Delhi Police station with a 19-year-old protester who said he was wounded by pellets during the July 20 march”
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Claim 14: “Indian police used excessive force — including pellet-firing shotguns, tear gas launchers, grenades, batons and electric shock devices — in their clampdown of July's youth-driven Cockroach protests”
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Claim 15: “39 infants were admitted to the unit when the blaze started”
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Claim 16: “Three babies have died in a hospital fire in Maharashtra”
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Multiple independent sources (India Today, Google News, and other web reports) confirm that three infants died in a fire at the District Women’s Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three infants die in Amravati hospital fire despite staff efforts, says Maharashtra health minister.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three infants died while 36 others were rescued in the early hours of Monday after a ventilator explosion triggered a fire in the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the District Women’s Hospital in A…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-amrava…
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web search NEUTRAL — A massive fire tragedy at Maharashtra's Amravati District Women's Hospital resulted in the death of three infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The fire broke out at around 3:30 AM, alle…
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/3-infants-die-in-nicu-…
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Claim 17: “Three newborn babies died in an early morning fire at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a government hospital in Amravati in India's western Maharashtra on Monday”
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Claim 18: “Amnesty International has released a report saying that police used disproportionate force during India's Gen Z protests”
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Web search results returned irrelevant adult content, and Wikipedia entries discuss Gen Z protests in Nepal and Bangladesh, but no evidence was found regarding an Amnesty International report on Gen Z protests specifically in India.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In September 2025, large-scale anti-corruption protests and demonstrations took place all across Nepal, predominantly organized by Generation Z students and young citizens. Known as the "Gen Z Revolu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_Gen_Z_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gen Z protests are a series of youth-led protests and riots that have occurred in some parts of the world during the 2020s. The protests in Bangladesh in 2024 are widely cited as the first success…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Z_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the early 2020s, as part of the worldwide Gen Z protests, a series of mostly Generation Z-led anti-government protests and uprisings have spread across Asia – most notably in South and Southeast…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Z_protests_in_Asia
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Claim 19: “India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has arrived in China ahead of talks scheduled for Tuesday on the disputed India-China border in the Himalayas”
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Multiple news sources (India Today, Dawn, and others) confirm Ajit Doval's arrival in Beijing for border talks scheduled for Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Security Council (NSC) (IAST: Rāṣṭrīya Surakṣā Pariṣad) of India is an executive government body tasked with advising the Prime Minister of India on matters of national security and forei…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Ind…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ajit Kumar Doval (born 20 January 1945) is an Indian bureaucrat, spymaster and retired police and intelligence officer who has been serving as the longest tenured National Security Advisor of India (N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Doval
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Security Advisor (NSA) is the senior official on the National Security Council of the Republic of India, and the chief advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India on national s…
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Claim 20: “Tensions flared in India's longstanding border contention with China in 2020 when troops from both sides clashed in the Galwan valley, leaving 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead”
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No evidence was provided in the search results for this specific claim, although it is a known historical event. Based strictly on the provided evidence, it is insufficient.
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Claim 21: “Amnesty International said that it had verified two videos filmed during the Cockroach movement protests in the eastern state of Bihar's Siwan on July 24, where a police officer is using an AK-type assault rifle against protesters”
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Claim 22: “The protests, which were led by the viral satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), were sparked by the leak of question papers for a highly-competitive national medical college entrance exam”
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Claim 23: “the BRICS Summit in New Delhi which kicks off on September 12”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm the 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi starting September 12, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021 BRICS summit is the thirteenth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 18th BRICS Summit was held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India from 12–13 September 2026 under India's 2026 BRICS chairship. It brought together delegations from the BRICS members, partner coun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_BRICS_summit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012 BRICS summit was the fourth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_BRICS_summit
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Claim 24: “Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar is visiting Russia”
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The claim is corroborated by TASS and multiple web search results indicating S Jaishankar's visit to Russia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India, officially the Republic of India, has full diplomatic relations with 201 states, including Palestine, the Holy See, Niue and the Cook Islands. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the gove…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is a diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of the Republic of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the hea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian retired diplomat who currently serves as the Minister of External Affairs of India since 2019. He is the longest-serving minister for exter…
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