

{"id":292472,"date":"2024-12-06T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T06:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=292472"},"modified":"2024-12-06T14:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T09:01:49","slug":"islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A video showing individuals dismantling an idol of the Hindu deity Maa Kali was recently viral on social media. Many sharing the video have claimed that the incident took place in Bangladesh, where Islamic fundamentalists allegedly destroyed the idol and killed the devotees present at the temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/G8Yy6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zee News<\/a> aired the video and claimed in its report that the footage was recorded by Islamic fundamentalists in Bangladesh who attacked the temple and broke the idol. The channel added that the footage was evidence that religious violence against Hindus in Bangladesh was rampant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zee News running fake news about attack on Hindu goddess Kali temple in Bangladesh\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1035504688?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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mouthpiece of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Organiser Weekly, shared the video on social media. They claimed that the footage was from Bangladesh, reiterating that Islamic extremists attacked the temple, destroyed the idol of Hindu deities and killed devotees. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/oD7Rk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-164732.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jitendra Pratap Singh <\/span>\u2014 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">whose posts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/a-brawl-between-college-students-in-bangladesh-viral-with-a-false-communal-spin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carrying misinformation with communal overtones<\/a> have, in the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-iraqi-army-personnel-circulated-as-indian-army-during-kerala-flood-rescue\/\">been fact-checked<\/a> by Alt News <\/span>\u2014 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shared the video, claiming it depicted an attack in Bangladesh, where Muslims allegedly assaulted a Hindu temple, destroyed idols and injured over 20 Hindus. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/HKa3p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday in Bangladesh, Muslims attacked Kalibari i.e. Kali temple and destroyed the idols of Mother Kali and all the Hindu gods and goddesses.<\/p>\n<p>And the Hindu devotees present inside the temple were beaten.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 Hindu devotees are badly injured But the whole world is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fsDlDl7ae6\">pic.twitter.com\/fsDlDl7ae6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3Jitendra pratap singh\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@jpsin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpsin1\/status\/1863433191584866522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Russian state-run media outlet RT India also shared the video, asserting that it was from Bangladesh, where a Hindu temple had reportedly been attacked. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/bpj93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172128.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Soon, several other users and outlets <\/span>\u2014 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/AjrsB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ajay Chauhan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Bangladeshi journalist and editor of the fake news website BLiTZ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JzXoM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salahuddin Shoaib Chaudhary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, BJP supporter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/vgJdI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Akshit Singh<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, fake news website <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/eg4qp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kreately<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ZWLRX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sudarshan News <\/span><\/a>\u2014 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">joined in on the noise, circulating the video with similar claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-292472 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\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/screenshot-2024-12-02-171935-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"1386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-171935-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-171935-1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-171935-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-171935-1-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-171935-1-768x1120.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/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\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/screenshot-2024-12-02-172206\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"1132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172206.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172206.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172206-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172206-863x1024.jpg 863w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172206-768x911.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/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\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/screenshot-2024-12-02-172226\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172226.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172226.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172226-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172226-768x725.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/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\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/screenshot-2024-12-02-172243\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172243.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172243.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172243-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172243-768x757.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/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\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/screenshot-2024-12-02-172301\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172301.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172301.jpg 952w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172301-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-172301-768x776.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News conducted a keyword search using terms related to the incident and discovered a tweet by Bangladeshi fact-checker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sohan_RSB\/status\/1863444390351605791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shohanur Rahman<\/a>, who clarified that the video was not from Bangladesh but from Sultanpur in West Bengal, India. Rahman shared a screenshot of a post by a user named Jagannath Mandal, who mentioned &#8220;Kali Mata Niranjan 2024&#8221; and referenced the location as Sultanpur, Khandagosh, East Burdwan district. The event was organized by Sultanpur Kiranmai Library and the local community.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This video is not from Bangladesh, nor does it show people attacking the Kali Pratima. It is from Sultanpur, Khandaghosh, East Burdhaman, India.<\/p>\n<p>The event depicted is a religious ceremony called Kali Mata Niranjan. Participants in the video can be seen chanting slogans like &#8220;Jai\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ivScUOoFa2\">pic.twitter.com\/ivScUOoFa2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shohanur Rahman (@Sohan_RSB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sohan_RSB\/status\/1863444390351605791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Further verification led to a Facebook page of Kiranmai Library, where a post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skp1367\/posts\/pfbid02cpD47tDgnUdyghiyG4jMFWUw6zDDuq43npRqp8hmD2hkRUvv7R2WDvrwu3FNKVv6l?__cft__[0]=AZWeYLAnqWIUMl9cK_OhCwUt0jMhN2F6nFAX6_vqaD9pkkqV43NCYnW5yDqzqFnnm0iqKPUp0p5OIjFVyzAhKXPxMpRYeXqO7XxSyDnwokdgVgzJR-i6zTeq2tJFLEVdT0Ah9TyHv8HIc1hebRl9gRDF5D92WxffYaUwaERH9aLeMksMTgW9hctNf-5vEdWWWfY&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dated November 26<\/a> detailed the Kali Mata Niranjan (Immersion of Mother Kali) 2024 event. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post included photos and videos identical to the viral footage, though recorded from different angles. One video showed devotees joyfully carrying broken parts of the idol for immersion (visarjan\/niranjan).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Post-3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A post from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2640427292807684\/?post_id=2640431906140556&amp;view=permalink&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWL8lRw_6CYlRKO3i4lVrW8ldimbRSgDul1arNk8xo5L4H94jlUpY0xngIsQAty6y0FtXtTXNNwiW2Nhc2KK38XcOAYuLqDWqJf8wPHTPlugHMmUWqZO7rOK0FnecRBhEgY2I6Q_MfL8W0RIUWQRZPOiHIpyBMfUo2Zlzsl2bkASQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 31<\/a> on the same page featured a Bengali newspaper clipping showing the idol, matching the viral video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Post-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The temple location in Sultanpur was confirmed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Kali+Temple\/@23.1426003,87.7186498,3a,75y,90t\/data=!3m11!1e2!3m9!1sAF1QipPEoc4aikEHehq6BdnoRwI2ErnOIJtzoxw6V4Fj!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPEoc4aikEHehq6BdnoRwI2ErnOIJtzoxw6V4Fj%3Dw86-h114-k-no!7i3120!8i4160!9m2!1b1!2i41!4m7!3m6!1s0x39f83ae84ad5e68b:0xfd8e39cfca25b224!8m2!3d23.1426003!4d87.7186498!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11c1_vcgjy?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEyNC4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExMjM0SAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Maps<\/a> and correlated to images in the Facebook post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Post.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On searching for Bangla keywords related to this, we found a news report from October 21 on the website of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainikstatesmannews.com\/district\/after-12-years-durgas-four-children-will-be-bathed-in-sultanpur\/100503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dainik Statesman<\/a>. According to this, such idols are created only once every 12 years, after which they are immersed. All, including Hindus and Muslims, participate in this puja in the Dritishnu village located in Sultanpur East. Members of the blacksmith community started the tradition in this village about 600 years ago. Later, its responsibility was handed over to a family. According to the tradition, as 12 years are complete since the idol was made, it must be relinquished and a new idol will be created again. Since such a big idol cannot be carried to a water body for immersion, it is taken apart piece by piece to do so. According to the rules, first, one finger of the idol is broken, then bit by bit it is removed and immersed in the pond by devotees. A procession is carried out in village a few hours before the ritual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-02-162853.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, social media users shared a video of people taking apart the idol of the Hindu goddess Kali as part of an immersion ritual in West Bengal\u2019s Burdwan district with a false claim and communal angle that Muslims broke the idol of the Hindu goddess and killed devotees.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video showing individuals dismantling an idol of the Hindu deity Maa Kali was recently viral on social media. Many sharing the video have claimed that the incident took place in Bangladesh, where Islamic fundamentalists allegedly destroyed the idol and killed the devotees present at the temple. Zee News aired the video and claimed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":292596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-292472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh - 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=\"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A video showing individuals dismantling an idol of the Hindu deity Maa Kali was recently viral on social media. Many sharing the video have claimed that the incident took place in Bangladesh, where Islamic fundamentalists allegedly destroyed the idol and killed the devotees present at the temple. Zee News aired the video and claimed in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbhishekNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-06T06:48:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-06T09:01:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/kali.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abhishek Kumar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AbhishekSay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AltNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abhishek Kumar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abhishek Kumar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5\"},\"headline\":\"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-06T06:48:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-06T09:01:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":776,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/kali.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/\",\"name\":\"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh - Alt News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/kali.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-06T06:48:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-06T09:01:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/kali.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/kali.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/topics\\\/politics\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"description\":\"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"width\":2173,\"height\":2172,\"caption\":\"Alt News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/altnews.in\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AltNews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5\",\"name\":\"Abhishek Kumar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g2223457c59b6892305b8af716dc3accb\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Abhishek Kumar\"},\"description\":\"Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/abhishek.bio.link\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AbhishekNews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/abhishek_say\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AbhishekSay\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/author\\\/abhishekkumar\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh - Alt News","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh - Alt News","og_description":"A video showing individuals dismantling an idol of the Hindu deity Maa Kali was recently viral on social media. Many sharing the video have claimed that the incident took place in Bangladesh, where Islamic fundamentalists allegedly destroyed the idol and killed the devotees present at the temple. Zee News aired the video and claimed in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/","og_site_name":"Alt News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbhishekNews","article_published_time":"2024-12-06T06:48:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-06T09:01:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/kali.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abhishek Kumar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AbhishekSay","twitter_site":"@AltNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abhishek Kumar","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/"},"author":{"name":"Abhishek Kumar","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5"},"headline":"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh","datePublished":"2024-12-06T06:48:02+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-06T09:01:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/"},"wordCount":776,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/kali.jpg","keywords":["featured"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/","name":"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh - Alt News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/kali.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-06T06:48:02+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-06T09:01:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/kali.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/kali.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/islamists-destroyed-statue-of-hindu-goddess-kali-in-bangladesh-false-communal-claim\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/topics\/politics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Video of Kali idol being dismantled in Bengal falsely viral as Muslims defacing Hindu deity in Bangladesh"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","name":"Alt News","description":"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization","name":"Alt News","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","width":2173,"height":2172,"caption":"Alt News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","https:\/\/x.com\/AltNews","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5","name":"Abhishek Kumar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g2223457c59b6892305b8af716dc3accb","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Abhishek Kumar"},"description":"Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).","sameAs":["https:\/\/abhishek.bio.link","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbhishekNews","https:\/\/instagram.com\/abhishek_say","https:\/\/x.com\/AbhishekSay"],"url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/author\/abhishekkumar\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/kali.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292472"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292662,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292472\/revisions\/292662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292472"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=292472"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=292472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}