After participants from the July 20 march in Delhi put up videos on social media saying that police were carrying batons with nails fixed on them during the crackdown on protesters, Delhi police called the claims misleading and false. Two videos surfaced on social media showing such batons and protesters confronting police officers about their use. Delhi Police asserted that the videos of baton with nails were not related to the July 20 protest. 

One such video was posted by a user named Ashwini Soni (@Ramraajya).

FAKE NEWS ALERTThe videos circulating on social media alleging that police used batons fitted with nails during yesterday's protest are false and misleading. These videos are not related to yesterday's protest.Citizens are advised not to spread unverified information and to…— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) July 21, 2026

FAKE NEWS ALERTThe videos circulating on social media alleging that police used batons fitted with nails during yesterday's protest are false and misleading. These videos are not related to yesterday's protest.Citizens are advised not to spread unverified information and to…

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Union government, too, put out a fact check quoting the Delhi Police post. 

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