{"id":100554,"date":"2021-08-17T19:20:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T13:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=100554"},"modified":"2021-08-17T19:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T13:51:49","slug":"two-year-old-video-from-tamilnadu-shared-with-false-claim-that-muslims-in-kerala-demolished-bhimrao-ambedkars-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/two-year-old-video-from-tamilnadu-shared-with-false-claim-that-muslims-in-kerala-demolished-bhimrao-ambedkars-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video from Tamil Nadu falsely viral as Muslims vandalised Ambedkar&#8217;s statue in Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a video of an Ambedkar statue being desecrated has been circulating widely on social media platforms. It is being claimed that Muslims in Kerala were responsible for damaging the statue of Bhimrao Ambedkar with their swords. Users sharing the clip are asking, &#8220;Where are those people who shout the slogans of &#8216;Jai Bhim&#8217; and &#8216;Jai Meem&#8217;?&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/XZzkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">*\u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0916\u0941\u0932\u0947\u0906\u092e \u0924\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u0921\u0949 \u092d\u0940\u092e\u0930\u093e\u0935 \u0905\u0902\u092c\u0947\u0921\u0915\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u092e\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0916\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e* \ud83d\ude21<br \/>\n*\u091c\u092f \u092d\u0940\u092e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u092f \u092e\u0940\u092e \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0916\u093e\u092e\u094b\u0936 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902?*<\/p>\n<p>\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aimim_Sai_Kumar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Aimim_Sai_Kumar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dr_Uditraj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dr_Uditraj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cvol0tUHy4\">pic.twitter.com\/Cvol0tUHy4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jagat Darak HINDU\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@jagat_darak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jagat_darak\/status\/1426017761566674948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several users on Facebook also posted the link with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndsangam\/posts\/4245216135571857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogita.rajput.56232938\/posts\/250633110212113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100052226645677\/posts\/358937229190496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/679194702180300\/posts\/3825532154213190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-100554 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/two-year-old-video-from-tamilnadu-shared-with-false-claim-that-muslims-in-kerala-demolished-bhimrao-ambedkars-statue\/1-101\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-5.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-5.jpeg 690w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-5-277x300.jpeg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/two-year-old-video-from-tamilnadu-shared-with-false-claim-that-muslims-in-kerala-demolished-bhimrao-ambedkars-statue\/2-91\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-4.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-4-275x300.jpeg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/two-year-old-video-from-tamilnadu-shared-with-false-claim-that-muslims-in-kerala-demolished-bhimrao-ambedkars-statue\/3-78\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-4.jpeg 686w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-4-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/two-year-old-video-from-tamilnadu-shared-with-false-claim-that-muslims-in-kerala-demolished-bhimrao-ambedkars-statue\/4-67\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-3.jpeg 690w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-3-257x300.jpeg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A reverse image search of a still from the video led us to a few news reports from August 2019. They reveal that the video is originally from Tamil Nadu where a statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was vandalized after a clash between two groups. A video report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mQ-pP8PPi88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Press Journal<\/a> dated August 26, 2019, contains some scenes from the viral video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-29.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-29.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-29-300x156.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-29-768x400.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the clash was between two caste groups.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twenty-eight people have been arrested after clashes broke out between two caste groups in Vedaranyam town in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday and a statue of BR Ambedkar was vandalised. The statue has now been replaced by a new bronze one.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQd573g59W\">https:\/\/t.co\/qQd573g59W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Express Chennai (@ie_chennai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ie_chennai\/status\/1165954477486006273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thus, a video showing the aftermath of a caste-related clash that took place in Tamil Nadu two years ago was falsely shared as recent while targeting the Muslim community of Kerala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a video of an Ambedkar statue being desecrated has been circulating widely on social media platforms. It is being claimed that Muslims in Kerala were responsible for damaging the statue of Bhimrao Ambedkar with their swords. 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