{"id":112872,"date":"2022-03-02T20:05:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=112872"},"modified":"2022-03-02T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:35:20","slug":"two-unrelated-incidents-of-theft-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-communal-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/two-unrelated-incidents-of-theft-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-communal-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"False communal claim spun by linking two separate incidents of robbery in Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CCTV clip is circulating widely on social media. Captured on February 4, 2022, the footage features three people committing a robbery at a temple. It has been claimed that three men named Mohammad, Yusuf, and Rajak robbed the Mahadev Temple in Kutch. The message accompanying the video also instructs Hindus to \u2018wake up\u2019. Twitter user Santosh Mishra made a similar claim while tweeting the video. At the time of writing, the video had garnered over 8,000 views. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220228082517\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santosh08887690\/status\/1497486952203169792?t=Zdo2jsz6b0WbVI-hQPOq7w&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u091a\u094d\u091b \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0915\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0935 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u091a\u0930\u092e\u092a\u0902\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0942\u091f\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0936\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0932 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926, \u092f\u0941\u0938\u0942\u092b, \u0914\u0930 \u0930\u091c\u093e\u0915<br \/>\n\u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942, \u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b, \u091c\u092c \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u0915\u092c\u094d\u091c\u093c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947, \u0924\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0926\u0947\u0930 \u0939\u094b \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u0940, \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b..!!<br \/>\n\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\ude4f\u0939\u0930 \u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0935 \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9<br \/>\n\u0938\u0940\u0938\u0940\u091f\u0940\u0935\u0940 \u092b\u0941\u091f\u0947\u091c\ud83d\udc47<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1T0UFgkNTX\">pic.twitter.com\/1T0UFgkNTX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udea9\u0938\u0902\u0924\u094b\u0937 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u093e\ud83d\udea9\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0939\u093f\u0924 \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u094b\u092a\u0930\u093f \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@Santosh08887690) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santosh08887690\/status\/1497486952203169792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter user \u2018Vishwas Rajput\u2019 also tweeted the clip with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220228082659\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/RUDRA_VSR\/status\/1497608599022891011?t=Vy5sGdpFTWtpxNqWVkUx5Q&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u091a\u094d\u091b \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0915\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0935 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094b<\/p>\n<p>\u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u091a\u0930\u092e\u092a\u0902\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0942\u091f\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0936\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0932 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926, \u092f\u0941\u0938\u0942\u092b, \u0930\u091c\u093e\u0915<br \/>\n\u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942, \u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b, \u091c\u092c \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u0915\u092c\u094d\u091c\u093c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947, \u0924\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0926\u0947\u0930 \u0939\u094b \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u0940, \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u0938\u0940\u0938\u0940\u091f\u0940\u0935\u0940 \u092b\u0941\u091f\u0947\u091c\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b_\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942_\u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b<\/a> \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qrVivO7f7b\">pic.twitter.com\/qrVivO7f7b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0942\u0924 (\u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930) (@RUDRA_VSR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RUDRA_VSR\/status\/1497608599022891011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several users promoted the video and accompanying message on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0&amp;sde=AbrncOC9Eo4JY_OLJrNRxWbosfm1ezmJR0aX8OWKgLG1ilxgg98ELbozPbV_g85X9dPMRY0BVOKSo_9vqwB3JHXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%2C%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AB%2C%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The footage was also uploaded on YouTube as a robbery in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Co-7zPViNTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dahod, a city in Gujarat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found that two separate incidents of robberies in Gujarat were linked to manufacture a false, anti-Muslim claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Viral video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B5+%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82+%E0%AA%9A%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gujarati keyword search<\/a>, which led us to a few news reports. On February 6, 2022, \u2018MV news gujarati\u2019 reported that the video was filmed in the Gomteshwar Mahadev Temple in the Odav village located in Detroj. It states that the robbers stole approximately three kilos of silver. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZoAe7HI1nQ\/\">VTV Gujarati channel<\/a> also shared the video on its Instagram page, reporting that the incident occurred in a temple located in Ahmedabad\u2019s Detroj area.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0aa6\u0ac7\u0aa4\u0acd\u0ab0\u0acb\u0a9c \u0aa4\u0abe\u0ab2\u0ac1\u0a95\u0abe\u0aa8\u0abe \u0a93\u0aa2\u0ab5 \u0a97\u0abe\u0aae\u0ac7 \u0a97\u0acc\u0aa4\u0aae\u0ac7\u0ab6\u0acd\u0ab5\u0ab0 \u0aae\u0ab9\u0abe\u0aa6\u0ac7\u0ab5 \u0aae\u0a82\u0aa6\u0abf\u0ab0\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82 \u0a9a\u0acb\u0ab0\u0ac0\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4H7fuMc1BQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divyabhaskar.co.in\/local\/gujarat\/ahmedabad\/detroj\/news\/559-lakh-stolen-from-gautameshwar-mahadev-temple-in-odhav-of-detroj-129373368.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Divya Bhaskar<\/a>, the incident took place on February 4. The temple\u2019s priest filed a complaint in the matter at the Detroj Police Station. The police launched an investigation using the footage and found that items worth Rs 5.59 lakh were stolen. However, none of these reports contains information about any suspects or the individuals responsible for the looting.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to Detroj Police Station for more information on the case. Investigating officer BS Jha revealed, \u201cWe have examined the CCTV footage in its entirety, and questioned over 20 people. However, we have not been able to come up with the suspects&#8217; names until now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details of the Kutch robbery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The viral message states that the Makeshwar Mahadev Temple in Kutch was plundered. Upon further investigation, Alt News came across a February 18 article by <a href=\"https:\/\/kutchuday.in\/%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE-%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%87-%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80-%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B9%E0%AB%81\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kutch Uday<\/a> which mentions that a string of robberies carried out in temples in Kutch&#8217;s Anjar recently came to light. The investigating team arrested three individuals using the CCTV footage. They have been identified as follows:<\/p>\n<p>1) Ramnubhai Arjanbhai Kher<\/p>\n<p>2) Samandarkhan Chandkhan Pathan<\/p>\n<p>3) Kalpesh Prakashbhai Nat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RqieKlhuN7c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV9 Gujarati<\/a> also covered the robberies in Anjar in a video report. The premises of this temple are shown in the broadcast. However, they do not resemble the location seen in the viral clip.<\/p>\n<p>An article by <a href=\"https:\/\/gujarati.connectgujarat.com\/gujarat\/kutch-3-members-of-a-smuggling-gang-caught-stealing-temples-and-ashrams-1355258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gujarati Connection<\/a> contained a statement from SP Kutch (East) Aalok Kumar. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5sQwh32jfx8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the police<\/a>, six people were part of the gang that committed the robberies, of which three had already been arrested. They also identified Gopal Nat, who is currently absconding, as the mastermind of the operation. Therefore, only one of the three individuals nabbed by police in the Anjar incident is Muslim. However, it is being claimed on social media that all the suspects arrested in connection with the robbery are Muslim, which is completely false.<\/p>\n<p>SP Kutch (East) also tweeted a press release about the arrests made in Anjar. The press release informs that the gang looted a temple located inside the Shri Sandhya Giri Bapu Ashram. The gang looted silver items worth Rs 3,57,200.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"gu\">\u0aae\u0a82\u0aa6\u0abf\u0ab0 \u0a9a\u0acb\u0ab0\u0ac0 \u0a95\u0ab0\u0aa4\u0ac0 \u0a9c\u0ac0\u0ab2\u0acd\u0ab2\u0abe \u0aac\u0ab9\u0abe\u0ab0\u0aa8\u0ac0 \u0a97\u0ac7\u0a82\u0a97\u0aa8\u0abe \u0a86\u0ab0\u0acb\u0aaa\u0ac0\u0a93\u0aa8\u0ac7 \u0aaa\u0a95\u0aa1\u0ac0 \u0aae\u0a82\u0aa6\u0abf\u0ab0 \u0a9a\u0acb\u0ab0\u0ac0\u0a93\u0aa8\u0acb \u0aad\u0ac7\u0aa6 \u0a89\u0a95\u0ac7\u0ab2\u0ac0 \u0aae\u0ac1\u0aa6\u0acd\u0aa6\u0abe\u0aae\u0abe\u0ab2 \u0ab0\u0ac0\u0a95\u0ab5\u0ab0 \u0a95\u0ab0\u0aa4\u0ac0 \u0ab2\u0acb\u0a95\u0ab2 \u0a95\u0acd\u0ab0\u0abe\u0a87\u0aae \u0aac\u0acd\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aa8\u0acd\u0a9a \u0aaa\u0ac2\u0ab0\u0acd\u0ab5 \u0a95\u0a9a\u0acd\u0a9b-\u0a97\u0abe\u0a82\u0aa7\u0ac0\u0aa7\u0abe\u0aae&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GujaratPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GujaratPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dgpgujarat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dgpgujarat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kc39WfknK5\">pic.twitter.com\/Kc39WfknK5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SP East Kutch (@SP_EastKutch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SP_EastKutch\/status\/1494614222592155653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To sum it up, two separate robbery incidents in Ahmedabad and Kutch were given an anti-Muslim spin online. It was falsely claimed that Muslim culprits robbed a Hindu temple. The purported names of the accused are fictional and have no connection to those nabbed in the real case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CCTV clip is circulating widely on social media. Captured on February 4, 2022, the footage features three people committing a robbery at a temple. It has been claimed that three men named Mohammad, Yusuf, and Rajak robbed the Mahadev Temple in Kutch. The message accompanying the video also instructs Hindus to \u2018wake up\u2019. Twitter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":112879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-112872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>False communal claim spun by linking two separate incidents of robbery in Gujarat - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"False communal claim spun by linking two separate incidents of robbery in Gujarat - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A CCTV clip is circulating widely on social media. 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