{"id":206407,"date":"2024-06-11T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=206407"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:38:37","slug":"man-in-skullcap-attacking-hindus-of-ayodhya-in-viral-video-is-not-a-muslim-his-name-is-dhirendra-raghav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-in-skullcap-attacking-hindus-of-ayodhya-in-viral-video-is-not-a-muslim-his-name-is-dhirendra-raghav\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in skullcap attacking Hindus of Ayodhya in viral video is not a Muslim; his name is Dhirendra Raghav"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video has gone viral on social media, showing a man wearing a skullcap criticizing Hindus in Ayodhya for not voting for the BJP in the constituency of Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>BJP&#8217;s Faizabad candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/results.eci.gov.in\/PcResultGenJune2024\/candidateswise-S2454.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lallu Singh&#8217;s loss to Samajwadi Party&#8217;s Awadesh Prasad<\/a> by more than 50,000 votes has been a major talking point since Lok Sabha election results 2024 were declared on June 4.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the man, donning a kurta and a skullcap, can be seen addressing the Hindus of Ayodhya as &#8216;hypocrites&#8217;, before claiming that they are saved this time because of &#8216;Ram Bhakt Hindus&#8217;, who have stopped Congress from forming the government. He then goes on to say that had this not been the case, &#8216;Rahul (Gandhi) would have provided us with reservations. Instead of the temple, the mosque would have been rebuilt in Ayodhya.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He also claims that if any politician built a mosque in the same way that the Ram Mandir was built in Ayodhya, they would get unconditional support from Muslims and win over 450-500 seats. Lastly, he brands the Hindus of Ayodhya as &#8216;kaafir'(s) and expresses his disgust over their inability to vote for the BJP despite everything that Modi did for them.<\/p>\n<p>An X user (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/R9Bhau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@R9Bhau<\/a>) posted the viral video on June 5. It has amassed more than 7 Lakh views, and almost 22,000 likes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0938\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0906\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0917\u0932\u0947 \u0926\u094b \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u093f\u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f , \u092f\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TeJK4MB4Bf\">pic.twitter.com\/TeJK4MB4Bf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Narendra Modi Pariwar (@R9Bhau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R9Bhau\/status\/1798230174120784086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users on X like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Modified_Hindu9\/status\/1798421121668460933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Modified_Hindu9<\/a><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0and <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rs_rajender\/status\/1798217910260998290?t=DbQJLTO9ZYopa0qcX8YmuA&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rs_rajender<\/a> have <\/span>shared the video.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-206407 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\/man-in-skullcap-attacking-hindus-of-ayodhya-in-viral-video-is-not-a-muslim-his-name-is-dhirendra-raghav\/screenshot_4-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_4.png 398w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_4-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><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\/man-in-skullcap-attacking-hindus-of-ayodhya-in-viral-video-is-not-a-muslim-his-name-is-dhirendra-raghav\/screenshot_5-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_5.png 443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_5-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is also viral on Facebook, with the claim that this unidentified Muslim man was criticising Hindus for not voting for the BJP in Ayodhya.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-206407 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/man-in-skullcap-attacking-hindus-of-ayodhya-in-viral-video-is-not-a-muslim-his-name-is-dhirendra-raghav\/screenshot_2-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_2-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_2-2.png 590w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_2-2-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/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\/man-in-skullcap-attacking-hindus-of-ayodhya-in-viral-video-is-not-a-muslim-his-name-is-dhirendra-raghav\/screenshot_3-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_3-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_3-1.png 574w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_3-1-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We noticed an Instagram watermark on the viral video, which credits the clip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dhirendra_raghav_79\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Dhirendra_Raghav_79<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On searching for the profile on Instagram, we found that the verified account of Dhirendra Raghav has more than 48,000 followers. In his profile bio, Raghav describes himself as an &#8216;Artist&#8217;. Scrolling through his timeline, we found that he had made several other videos in support of the BJP. In the videos, he dons different avatars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-206413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-131022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-131022.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-131022-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-131022-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-131022-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the viral video, in which he is seen taking the guise of a Muslim man by wearing a skull cap, has however been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>We also found his Facebook profile. Here, too, he describes himself as an artist and also mentions that he is a resident of Agra, Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-206414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1345\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-aa.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-aa-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-aa-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-08-aa-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1345px) 100vw, 1345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hence, it is clear that the man attacking Hindus of Ayodhya and criticising them for failing to vote for the BJP is not a Muslim, but a content creator named Dhirendra Raghav, who plays different characters in videos that he uploads on his social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>We also noted that taking cognizance of the communal nature of the video, an Agra court had sent Dhirendra Raghav to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/uttar-pradesh\/agra-man-pretending-as-muslim-sent-to-judicial-custody-after-video-of-abusing-hindu-community-went-viral\/article68263884.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">judicial custody<\/a>, charging him with the malicious intent of inciting communal hatred.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prantik Ali is an intern at Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video has gone viral on social media, showing a man wearing a skullcap criticizing Hindus in Ayodhya for not voting for the BJP in the constituency of Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh. 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