{"id":106783,"date":"2021-11-10T16:09:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=106783"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:39:48","slug":"mirzapur-vindhyavasini-temple-brawl-between-priests-old-incident-shared-with-false-communal-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mirzapur-vindhyavasini-temple-brawl-between-priests-old-incident-shared-with-false-communal-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image of injured Hindu priest shared with false claim of an attack by Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of a gravely injured man, claimed to be priest Amit Pandey of the Vindhyachal Temple in Mirzapur, is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vineetsharma_77\/status\/1455198057130184707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. It has been alleged that he was attacked by a group of Muslims who tried to kill him. Alt News has blurred a portion of the image due to its graphic content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106784 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-9.jpeg 599w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-9-208x300.jpeg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several users shared the image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vineetsharma_77\/status\/1455198057130184707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Facebook<\/a> with the same claim. One of them remarked that this was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=116328417502302&amp;id=100073754322983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an attack on Hindu culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-106783 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\/mirzapur-vindhyavasini-temple-brawl-between-priests-old-incident-shared-with-false-communal-angle\/2021-11-09-17_12_08-2021-11-09-15_44_23-1-facebook-brave\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-09-17_12_08-2021-11-09-15_44_23-1-Facebook-Brave.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-09-21_14_37-21-Sanni-on-Twitter_-_\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\udc47-\u0907\u0938-\u092c\u0915\u094d\u0924-\u090f\u0915-\u092c\u0921\u093c\u0940-\u0916\u092c\u0930-\u0906-\u0930\u0939\u0940-\u0939\u0947-\u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924-\u0939\u0940-\u0926\u0941\u0903\u0916-\u0915\u0940-\u092c\u093e-164x300.jpeg 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Old incident, false communal spin<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We noticed that a user tagged Mirzapur police to bring the alleged attack to their attention. Replying to the tweet, Mirzapur police&#8217;s handle stated this was an old case and action had already been taken.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0902\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u0932 \u092a\u0930 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0943\u0924 \u0915\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u092f\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mirzapur Police (@mirzapurpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirzapurpolice\/status\/1454470490089685000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News discovered that the image was <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200705064024\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirzapurpolice\/status\/1279665518950051841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circulated earlier in June 2020<\/a> with the same claim of a Muslim mob attacking a Hindu priest. Mirzapur police had debunked it back then too, stating that the image was taken after a brawl at the Vindhyachal Temple between two parties from the Panda community. The police also warned that strict action would be taken against individuals spreading the false claim. Though this post was deleted later, its archived version can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200705064024\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirzapurpolice\/status\/1279665518950051841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106786 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-10.jpeg 645w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/word-image-10-189x300.jpeg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to Mirzapur police for more information. Mirzapur ASP (City) Sanjay Kumar confirmed that this was a scuffle between priests. He reiterated there was no communal angle to the incident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/fact-check\/story\/fact-check-feud-between-priests-in-vindhyavasini-temple-mirzapur-police-communal-angel-afwa-ntc-1353128-2021-11-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaj Tak<\/a> spoke to Amit Pandey&#8217;s brother Sumit who said the incident had taken place on June 28, 2020. Pandey was suddenly attacked by a group of priests from the temple when he arrived at night to perform prayers. Sumit clarified that the information about the attackers being Muslim was purely a rumour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of a gravely injured man, claimed to be priest Amit Pandey of the Vindhyachal Temple in Mirzapur, is viral on Twitter. It has been alleged that he was attacked by a group of Muslims who tried to kill him. Alt News has blurred a portion of the image due to its graphic content. 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