{"id":44450,"date":"2019-08-24T22:56:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T17:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=44450"},"modified":"2019-08-25T13:35:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T08:05:53","slug":"old-video-from-up-viral-as-devotees-at-andhras-tirumala-temple-manhandled-by-christian-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-from-up-viral-as-devotees-at-andhras-tirumala-temple-manhandled-by-christian-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video from UP viral as devotees at Andhra’s Tirumala temple manhandled by Christian police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Twitter user Aviral Sharma, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shared a video where a policeman can be seen roughing up a few people who seem to be devotees inside a temple. Sharma claimed that “Christian police personnel manhandled Tirumala temple devotees”. He also took a jibe at the newly-election Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan Reddy. “Jagan Reddy is a Vatican stooge who refused to light a lamp & gives Jerusalem ads on Tirupati bus tickets!” –\u00a0<\/em>wrote Sharma.<\/p>\n

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A similar claim is also floating on Facebook. From the page ‘<\/a>Resurging Dharma’<\/a> the video has received over 11,000 views. It was circulated with the claim –\u00a0“<\/em><\/span>Non\u00a0#<\/span>Hindu<\/span><\/span>\u00a0security personal manhandling Hindu devotees at\u00a0#<\/span>Tirumala<\/span><\/span>, Save Tirumala.\u00a0remove all non-#<\/span>Hindus<\/span><\/span> working inside Hindu Temples!” <\/em>Several other users also have also shared<\/a> the video.<\/p>\n

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Non Hindu security personal manhandling Hindu devotees at Tirumala, Save Tirumala.<\/a><\/p>\n

Non #Hindu security personal manhandling Hindu devotees at #Tirumala, Save Tirumala.\ud83d\ude22 remove all non-#Hindus working inside Hindu Temples! \ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n

Posted by Resurging Dharma<\/a> on Friday, 23 August 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The clip is, in fact, doing rounds on social media, with a similar claim, since 2017. From a Facebook page Amaravati – AP Capital<\/span><\/a>, it drew 5.3 million views, more than 1.2 lakh shares and over 10,000 likes.<\/p>\n

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Five-year-old video from UP<\/h2>\n

Alt News broke the video into multiple frames and reverse-searched one of the images on Google. We were redirected to a 2014 broadcast by YouTube channel APN News\u00a0<\/em>which carried the same video. According to the channel, the incident took place in Banke Bihari Temple in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n

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The anchor says that a large number of devotees had gathered at the temple and the police manhandled a few of them to control the crowd. An officer got into a verbal scuffle with a woman whose husband was pushed around. Many devotees had to return without offering their prayers.<\/p>\n

Apart from the false claim that the video is from Andhra’s Tirumala temple, Twitter user Aviral Sharma also termed CM Jagan Mohan Reddy a “Vatican stooge” because he allegedly denied “lighting a lamp.” Reddy was recently on a US visit, seeking investments for his state. The BJP had claimed that the Andhra CM refused to light a ceremonial lamp<\/a> and termed him ‘anti-Hindu’. It later came to light that the lamp was electric<\/a>. BJP Andhra Pradesh has now taken down<\/a> its tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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