{"id":121892,"date":"2022-07-06T19:46:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=121892"},"modified":"2022-07-06T19:46:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:16:02","slug":"false-communal-angle-viral-with-a-video-that-muslim-boys-offering-beer-shivling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-communal-angle-viral-with-a-video-that-muslim-boys-offering-beer-shivling\/","title":{"rendered":"No, youth pouring beer on Shivling in this video are not Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 26-second video of two men pouring beer on a Shivling has been circulating widely on social media. It is being claimed that the two are Muslims who committed this act to provoke Hindus.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter handle \u2018@VISHNUK35030487\u2019 tweeted the clip with this claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220701152406\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/vishnuk35030487\/status\/1540632791506767872?s=21&amp;t=5AEYBpvyh75m7u22Z7zjew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093f\u0935\u0932\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u093f\u092f\u0930 \u0921\u093e\u0932\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0913 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0935\u0928\u093e\u0913 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u0921\u093c\u0915\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u092f\u0939 \u0926\u094b \u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0925 \u091a\u0922\u093c \u0917\u090f \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0902\u092c\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0930\u094b\u092f\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u091a\u0902\u0921\u0940\u0917\u0922\u093c \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u092f\u0939 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNTAxq8zBN\">pic.twitter.com\/DNTAxq8zBN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VISHNU KUMAR MISHRA (@VISHNUK35030487) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VISHNUK35030487\/status\/1540632791506767872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several users promoted the video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%93%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%93%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search and came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tv9hindi.com\/trending\/viral-video-of-two-youths-in-chandigarh-anointing-a-shivling-with-beer-bajrang-dal-filed-a-complaint-against-him-au262-1307483.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by TV9 Bharatvarsh<\/a> dated June 25, 2022. The report said that the incident took place in Chandigarh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-121894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-1.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-1-300x237.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-1-768x607.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/chandigarh\/two-arrested-for-hurting-religious-sentiments-posting-video-7993095\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Indian Express<\/a> from June 27 states that the video was shot near the Ghaggar river in Panchkula. After it went viral on social media, police arrested the two accused, Dinesh Kumar and Naresh Kumar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-121895 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-2.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-2-300x111.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/word-image-121892-2-768x285.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The article quotes the police as saying that Dinesh Kumar had deleted the video from his phone even before he was arrested. The police added that Dinesh and Naresh had gone for a walk near the Ghaggar river. They were intoxicated when they came across a broken shivling and poured the beer over it as a joke while asking a minor to record them. A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amarujala.com\/chandigarh\/two-youths-arrested-for-pouring-beer-on-shivling-chandigarh-news-pkl454744080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amar Ujala<\/a> also identifies the accused as Dinesh and Naresh.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a few fact-checking websites, Chandigarh police clarified that the claim about the accused being Muslim is false. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/fact-check\/story\/fact-check-youths-offering-beer-shivling-hindus-not-muslims-ntc-1489971-2022-06-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.boomlive.in\/fact-check\/chandigarh-shivling-insulting-poured-beer-viral-video-fact-check-18351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, the two men seen pouring beer over a Shivling are not Muslims, but Hindus. A video of the incident was circulated online with a false communal claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 26-second video of two men pouring beer on a Shivling has been circulating widely on social media. It is being claimed that the two are Muslims who committed this act to provoke Hindus. Twitter handle \u2018@VISHNUK35030487\u2019 tweeted the clip with this claim. 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