{"id":117191,"date":"2022-05-02T19:14:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=117191"},"modified":"2022-05-02T19:14:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:44:32","slug":"false-claim-of-times-now-navbharat-and-bjp-spokespersons-targetting-ashok-gehlot-communal-profiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-times-now-navbharat-and-bjp-spokespersons-targetting-ashok-gehlot-communal-profiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu shops razed but ‘Zakir’ left untouched? Times Now Navbharat’s communal reportage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Communal clashes broke out<\/a> during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on April 16 in New Delhi\u2019s Jahangirpuri area. Following the violence, on April 20, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) bulldozed several houses and shops in Jahangirpuri alleging encroachment. A gate of a mosque was also razed in the demolition drive. Prior to this, three temples were among the structures razed in an “encroachment drive” in Rajasthan’s Alwar, where the Congress party is in power. News18, Republic Bharat and Aaj Tak published false reports claiming that the Alwar demolition was carried out to “avenge” the removal of the masjid’s gate. Alt News’s fact-check on the false reportage can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a show titled \u2018News Ki Pathshala\u2019, Times Now Navbharat similarly claimed that “Jahangirpuri\u2019s bulldozing was avenged in Rajasthan”. It is worth noting that the Alwar district administration carried out the demolition of \u201cencroachments\u201d on April 17 and 18, whereas the bulldozing was carried out in Jahangirpuri on April 20. Anchor Sushant Sinha claimed that Bhanwari Devi\u2019s home was razed down in Alwar, Rajasthan. However, no action was taken against the shop situated right next to it called \u2018Zakir Khan Mattress’. Sinha accused the administration of discrimination along communal lines.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DrWLxGBIOk8]<\/p>\n

A clip of Times Now Navbharat’s broadcast is widespread on social media. The viral clip starts after the 8:49 mark<\/a> in the broadcast. The channel has claimed that all the Hindu-owned shops surrounding \u2018Zakir Khan Mattress\u2019 were torn down. Bhanwar Pushpendra was reporting live from Alwar.<\/p>\n

Retweeting Times Now Navbharat, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya alleged “communal profiling and targeted action” by the Ashok Gehlot government. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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If this isn\u2019t communal profiling and targeted action by the Ashok Gehlot government, then what is? pic.twitter.com\/6JGgfSmoOB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alwar BJP MP Yogi Balaknath also tweeted the clip accusing the Congress-led government of unfairly siding with Muslims as it carried out the “anti-encroachment” demolition drive. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Yogi Balaknath (@MahantBalaknath) April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya also amplified the video and accompanying claim on his Facebook page. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Posted by Kailash Vijayvargiya<\/a> on Monday, April 25, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The video is circulating widely with the same claim on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2018Zakir Khan Mattress\u2019 board can be seen in Times Now Navbharat’s report. It contains three phone numbers. Alt News dialled the numbers and managed to get in touch with Zakir Khan. He explained that he is not the owner of the shop but merely a tenant. \u201cThe owner affixed a notice from 2007 outside the shop that states the District Collector’s orders as per which the shop is not an illegal construction. And this is why it was not razed down,” he said while expressing that false news on mainstream media outlets has immensely disturbed his mental state.<\/p>\n

The owner of the shop \u2018Zakir Khan Mattress\u2019 is a man named Manish Dixit who is a lawyer by profession. He said, \u201cThis is my ancestral property. In 2005, the authorities carried out a demolition drive to remove encroachments. Even at that time, the administration had bulldozed many shops. We had bought this land from the custodian department. I filed a suit in Rajgarh court and the court ruled that my shop would not be considered an encroachment. The court had ordered that no one could evict us from the property or demolish it. This decision is still in effect today.” Dixit also sent a copy of the 2007 court order to Alt News. It clearly states that the shop is not an “encroachment”. This order was issued on December 1, 2007.<\/p>\n