{"id":299421,"date":"2025-05-24T23:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=299421"},"modified":"2025-05-24T23:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:00:43","slug":"false-claim-about-rss-destroying-col-sofia-qureshi-house-in-belgavi-karnataka-viral-with-old-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-about-rss-destroying-col-sofia-qureshi-house-in-belgavi-karnataka-viral-with-old-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Old, unrelated images shared as visuals of Col. Sofia Qureshi, IAF&#8217;s Vyomika Singh&#8217;s vandalised homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the recent India-Pakistan conflict, an image of a vandalised home was shared on social media alongside a picture of Colonel Sofia Qureshi. Those sharing the image claimed that Colonel Qureshi&#8217;s house in Belagavi, Karnataka, was attacked by RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) goons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook pages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1JvibtgidK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdul Rasheed Azad<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/16HYNuA9m3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Funny Pakistani Police<\/a> shared the image and claimed that RSS goons targeted the Muslim Indian Army officer by vandalising her house in Belgaum in the middle of the night. They also claimed that Colonel Qureshi&#8217;s son, Sameer, was brutally beaten, while her daughter Hanima survived the horror because she was in Delhi. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/PPRm9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archives 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/2pkrF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-299421 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\/false-claim-about-rss-destroying-col-sofia-qureshi-house-in-belgavi-karnataka-viral-with-old-image\/screenshot-2025-05-16t182055-435-818x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T182055.435-818x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T182055.435-818x1024-1.jpg 818w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T182055.435-818x1024-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T182055.435-818x1024-1-768x961.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-about-rss-destroying-col-sofia-qureshi-house-in-belgavi-karnataka-viral-with-old-image\/screenshot-2025-05-16t180944-828-836x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"836\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T180944.828-836x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T180944.828-836x1024-1.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T180944.828-836x1024-1-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T180944.828-836x1024-1-768x941.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X handles <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JN_Araain\/status\/1922195949423669737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@JN_Araain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BattlesInsight\/status\/1922178053754466389\">@BattlesInsight<\/a> also shared the picture with similar claims. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/GQFf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archives 1<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/GaA7N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-299421 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\/false-claim-about-rss-destroying-col-sofia-qureshi-house-in-belgavi-karnataka-viral-with-old-image\/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%a8-946x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u091c\u0947\u090f\u0928-946x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u091c\u0947\u090f\u0928-946x1024-1.jpg 946w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u091c\u0947\u090f\u0928-946x1024-1-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u091c\u0947\u090f\u0928-946x1024-1-768x831.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-about-rss-destroying-col-sofia-qureshi-house-in-belgavi-karnataka-viral-with-old-image\/battles-978x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/BATTLES-978x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/BATTLES-978x1024-1.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/BATTLES-978x1024-1-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/BATTLES-978x1024-1-768x804.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Similar <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConflictWatchX\/status\/1922267538614083701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> that<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bajrang Dal goons threatened and vandalised the house of Indian Air Force Wing Commander Vyomika Singh\u2019s elderly parents<\/span>\u00a0also did the rounds on social media. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/20t8j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive<\/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\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T195757.653-415x1024.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Image 1:<\/strong> Alt News did not find any media reports suggesting that Colonel Sofia Qureshi&#8217;s home was vandalised by RSS workers. However, we came across<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/belagavi-police-debunk-fake-news-about-rss-attacking-army-officer-sofia-qureshis-family\/article69571366.ece\"> several news reports<\/a> where the Belagavi police denied viral claims that RSS activists attacked Colonel Qureshi\u2019s house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZeeKannadaNews\/status\/1922549183044800625\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zee Kannada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in a press conference, Belagavi Superintendent of Police Dr Bhimashankar Guled called the viral claims of RSS attack on Colonel Sofia Qureshi\u2019s house fake and said that tight security was being provided to her family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We then performed a reverse image search, which led us to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/elections\/india\/lok-sabha-elections-2024-evms-damaged-in-karnatakas-chamarajanagar-as-villagers-boycott-polls-2996695\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deccan Herald<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> article dated April 26, 2024, that used the viral photo. It stated that \u201cresidents of the Indiganatha village in Hanur taluka of Chamarajanagar district boycotted polls, and protested by pelting stones and damaging electronic voting machines at a booth under Mahadeshwar Gram Panchayat limits, halting the polling process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The caption of the photo said, &#8220;Electronic voting machines and furniture were damaged in a stone-pelting incident in the Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T203406.276-852x1024.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Second image<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Image 2:<\/strong> A reverse image search led us to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/8Bbrd#selection-2371.8-2371.49\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newark Advertiser report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dated February 22, 2018 in which the same image was used. The picture is from an incident of vandalism at a house in Lincoln Court, Newark, UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-16T203631.216-750x1024.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News also did not find any news reports that said Bajrang Dal members attacked the IAF officer&#8217;s house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, social media users shared false claims that homes of Indian Army Colonel Sofia Qureshi and IAF Wing Commander Vyomika Singh were vandalised by Hindutva outfits. The viral images are old and unrelated and there is no truth to these claims.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the recent India-Pakistan conflict, an image of a vandalised home was shared on social media alongside a picture of Colonel Sofia Qureshi. Those sharing the image claimed that Colonel Qureshi&#8217;s house in Belagavi, Karnataka, was attacked by RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) goons. Facebook pages Abdul Rasheed Azad and Funny Pakistani Police shared the image [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":299473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[731],"class_list":["post-299421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Old, unrelated images shared as visuals of Col. 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