{"id":116969,"date":"2022-04-27T17:45:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T12:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=116969"},"modified":"2022-04-27T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T12:15:36","slug":"police-eyewitnesses-refute-stones-were-pelted-from-mosque-during-shobha-yatra-in-nellore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/police-eyewitnesses-refute-stones-were-pelted-from-mosque-during-shobha-yatra-in-nellore\/","title":{"rendered":"Police, eyewitnesses refute stones were pelted from mosque during Shobha Yatra in Nellore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A massive Hanuman Shobha Yatra took place in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on April 24.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116972\" style=\"width: 1599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116972 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-5.54.00-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1599\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-5.54.00-PM.jpeg 1599w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-5.54.00-PM-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-5.54.00-PM-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-5.54.00-PM-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-5.54.00-PM-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1599px) 100vw, 1599px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Umar Ahmed @Umar_learner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 css-bfa6kz r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Sunil Deodhar, <\/span><\/span>National Secretary BJP Andhra Pradesh, said Muslims threw stones and beer bottles from an illegal mosque during the procession. He then asked for <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/article\/1022607\/how-the-bulldozer-has-destroyed-any-hope-muslims-might-have-in-indias-institutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bulldozer &#8220;justice&#8221;<\/a> referring to the demolition of property of Muslims in several parts of the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alarming Situation witnessed by Hindus yest\u2019day in Nellore when stone pelting happened from Illegal mosque on \u2018Hanuman Sobha Yatra\u2019 also beer bottle was thrown on idol!<br \/>\nShame !<br \/>\nMr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ysjagan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ysjagan<\/a> How long are you going to test the patience of Hindus?<br \/>\nAP need <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/buldozerjustice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#buldozerjustice<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HMOIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbcsUPj1QB\">pic.twitter.com\/RbcsUPj1QB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunil Deodhar (@Sunil_Deodhar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sunil_Deodhar\/status\/1518622157013610496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Others who made this claim include <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sunil_Deodhar\/status\/1518622157013610496?t=3NIiisUJhNlo2h9TkuBrog&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Y Satya Kumar<\/a>, BJP national secretary, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pronamotweets\/status\/1518841841600278529?t=_NHO7TdSTaNzTZM4V216yQ&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Pronamotweets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In an another shameful incident stones and beer bottles were thrown from mosque during \u2018Hanuman Shobha Yatra\u2019 at Nellore, AP. Jihadis are running riots in Andhra Pradesh scout free and the state govt under Jagan continues not just to tolerate them, but even encourage them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dk54TWKFDZ\">pic.twitter.com\/dk54TWKFDZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Y. Satya Kumar (@satyakumar_y) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satyakumar_y\/status\/1518829744602578944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/stones-hurled-hanuman-sobha-yatra-andhra-pradesh-nellore-bjp-ap-bulldozer-justice-1941911-2022-04-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Today<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/india\/bjp-leaders-claim-stones-hurled-at-shobha-yatra-in-andhras-nellore-call-for-bulldozer-justice-5054113.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesnownews.com\/india\/bjp-alleges-stones-beer-bottles-hurled-at-hanuman-shobha-yatra-in-andhras-nellore-says-state-needs-bulldozer-justice-article-91089932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times Now<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1562929943918762\/posts\/3252605304951209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpIndia<\/a> published news reports based on <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 css-bfa6kz r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Deodhar<\/span><\/span>&#8216;s tweet.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-116969 gallery-columns-2 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\/police-eyewitnesses-refute-stones-were-pelted-from-mosque-during-shobha-yatra-in-nellore\/2022-04-26-19_32_04-element-1-_-notes-to-self\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_04-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_04-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_04-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/police-eyewitnesses-refute-stones-were-pelted-from-mosque-during-shobha-yatra-in-nellore\/2022-04-26-19_32_32-bjp-leaders-claim-stones-hurled-at-shobha-yatra-in-andhras-nellore-call-for-b\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_32-BJP-Leaders-Claim-Stones-Hurled-at-Shobha-Yatra-in-Andhras-Nellore-Call-for-B.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_32-BJP-Leaders-Claim-Stones-Hurled-at-Shobha-Yatra-in-Andhras-Nellore-Call-for-B.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_32-BJP-Leaders-Claim-Stones-Hurled-at-Shobha-Yatra-in-Andhras-Nellore-Call-for-B-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_32-BJP-Leaders-Claim-Stones-Hurled-at-Shobha-Yatra-in-Andhras-Nellore-Call-for-B-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_32_32-BJP-Leaders-Claim-Stones-Hurled-at-Shobha-Yatra-in-Andhras-Nellore-Call-for-B-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/police-eyewitnesses-refute-stones-were-pelted-from-mosque-during-shobha-yatra-in-nellore\/2022-04-26-19_33_16-element-1-_-notes-to-self\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1263\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_16-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_16-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self.jpg 1263w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_16-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_16-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_16-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1263px) 100vw, 1263px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/police-eyewitnesses-refute-stones-were-pelted-from-mosque-during-shobha-yatra-in-nellore\/2022-04-26-19_33_32-element-1-_-notes-to-self\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_32-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_32-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_33_32-Element-1-_-Notes-To-Self-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Nellore SP and eyewitnesses, including ABVP member, refute the claim<\/h4>\n<p>The Sobha Yatra&#8217;s scale was unprecedented, as per Nellore-based citizen journalist Umar Ahmed. Alt News connected with him on Twitter. He informed the procession was from MGM Mall to RSR School. The mosque in question is Masjid Al Quddus, situated in between the route.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-116981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_40_55-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1377\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_40_55-.jpg 1377w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_40_55--300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_40_55--1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-26-19_40_55--768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1377px) 100vw, 1377px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahmed was at the mosque for over 30 minutes when heated exchanges were made between the two communities. But he said, &#8220;No stone and beer bottles were thrown.&#8221; He also gave a video statement that has been provided below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Testimony from Nellore-based Umar Ahmed who was covering Shoba Yatra\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/703344619?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to a member from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, who attended the rally on foot. The ABVP member refuted Sunil Deodhar&#8217;s claim on the condition of anonymity and said, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 css-bfa6kz r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">There was only sloganeering from the mosque. No violence took place.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a video statement, Nellore SP CH Vijaya Rao said, &#8220;[sic] At one point, they [procession] crossed the mosque. The DJ sounds were a little louder and bike sounds were also made by youth&#8230; and chanting the slogan of Jai Shree Ram. At the same time, youths inside the mosque raised &#8216;Allah Hu Akbar&#8217; and showed some signs. Except that there is no throwing of stones or no clashes or no throwing bottles has happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CH Vijaya Rao, Nellore SP&#039;s bite on the Nellore Shoba Yatra allegations\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/703295144?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"848\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>YSRCP MLA Abbayya Chaudhary seemingly made a <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/703297843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contradictory statement<\/a> as compared to the one given by the SP. It is worth noting that he was not present during the Sobha Yatra nor is he an MLA of Nellore. He hails from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telugubulletin.com\/assembly-meeting-started-on-the-third-day-tdp-mlas-created-ruckus-54407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denduluru<\/a> of West Godavari district.<\/p>\n<p>He said that some people tried to throw stones and disrupt the yatra. He added that Nellore police intervened and no communal incident took place. Alt News spoke with Chaudhary and he said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know the full details of the incident. However, during the beginning of the procession, some drunkards tried to pelt stones. I was informed by the police. This incident didn&#8217;t take near the mosque.&#8221; Readers should note neither police statements nor news reports support his account.<\/p>\n<p>After BJP&#8217;s <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 css-bfa6kz r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Sunil Deodhar claimed stones and beer bottles were thrown from a mosque at a Shobha Yatra in Nellore, news organisations carried stories on his tweet. Nellore SP and two eyewitnesses, one including from ABVP, refute this claim.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive Hanuman Shobha Yatra took place in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on April 24. Sunil Deodhar, National Secretary BJP Andhra Pradesh, said Muslims threw stones and beer bottles from an illegal mosque during the procession. He then asked for bulldozer &#8220;justice&#8221; referring to the demolition of property of Muslims in several parts of the country. 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