What is the story behind this Viral jawan Image

the image of an Indian Jawan holding an automated gun and sitting on a chair went on viral on the social media for the last few days. Many have described it as a picture of the stern action taken by Indian jawans after receiving anti-mine on the journey, way to Amarnath. Many people share this picture on social media stating, “Indian Army jawans are fighting against the stone-pelters in Kashmir.” The picture has been shared millions of times on Facebook, Twitter and various social media till we write this. According to media reports, this photo was taken by Faisal Bashir, a resident of Kashmir’s Badgaon district. He took this picture on 2nd of August, 2019. Faisal is a student of Government Degree College in Anantnag district.

The picture was actually taken during an encounter between Indian militants and fighters at Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. Bashir went from Anantnag to Shopian to take a picture of this long-running encounter. Bashir said that by around 1:30 pm, the encounter was still going on. There was a gunshot. On the roads leading to the encounter area, the jawans were sittings holding a blockade.
According to Bashir, the image of the Indian soldier who went viral on social media was not at the encounter site, he was blockading the streets with the jawans. There was some opposition to the Kashmir encounter from the locals, and it was the jawan’s job to keep the Kashmiris away from the encountered ground.
Bashir said that when the photo was taken, a Jawan from the Special Operations Group sat in the middle of the street on a chair. The soldier had an automatic gun in his hand, showing that he was trying to keep the protesters away from the encounter site.

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