{"id":56963,"date":"2020-01-22T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=56963"},"modified":"2020-01-23T18:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T13:17:41","slug":"robbery-attempt-communalised-as-kali-idol-vandalised-in-bengals-siliguri-by-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/robbery-attempt-communalised-as-kali-idol-vandalised-in-bengals-siliguri-by-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbery attempt communalised as Kali idol vandalised in Bengal&#8217;s Siliguri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A set of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that an Idol of Hindu deity Kali in Gate Bazar Kali Mandir, Siliguri was demolished. Twitter user Roop Darak, whose bio reads that he is BJYM Telangana state official spokesperson, was among those who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iRupND\/status\/1219656052909559816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> the images.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57001 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/46488102-110a-4a74-be0e-96bffcc8d60e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/46488102-110a-4a74-be0e-96bffcc8d60e.png 662w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/46488102-110a-4a74-be0e-96bffcc8d60e-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another user @vaishnavi_mish also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vaishnavi_mish\/status\/1219510025460178945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the images with the same claim. The claim is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Maa%20Kali%20at%20Gate%20Bazar%20Kali%20Mandir%20in%20Siliguri&amp;opensearch=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56992 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/c4453c16-e143-452f-8df8-70312a1b00f4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/c4453c16-e143-452f-8df8-70312a1b00f4.png 372w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/c4453c16-e143-452f-8df8-70312a1b00f4-144x300.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BhuSakshi\/status\/1219602685566939137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asserted<\/a> that &#8220;Muslim miscreants&#8221; were behind the alleged vandalism.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57002 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/1bec5572-695f-4801-a11d-667593847e6a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/1bec5572-695f-4801-a11d-667593847e6a.png 438w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/1bec5572-695f-4801-a11d-667593847e6a-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Facebook page &#8216;Stand with Hindu&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hinduvoicenxt\/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&amp;eid=ARAAfcJLX6xpdLa-QFjTZl6nr80J8ULF9a8OcgXE1CtPHOEkklegD_VD3Z1vGCIpuTdRURmr7ZQ2unik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Kali maa idol demolished by jihadis in Siliguri of West Bengal..\u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0924\u094b\u0921\u095e\u094b\u095c \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964\u0964&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57013 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/4654bb09-f66b-4ff9-8b75-c382007ded15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/4654bb09-f66b-4ff9-8b75-c382007ded15.png 738w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/4654bb09-f66b-4ff9-8b75-c382007ded15-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, NOT VANDALISM<\/h2>\n<p>A keyword search on Google led us to a <a href=\"https:\/\/siliguritimes.com\/robbers-break-into-shiv-shakti-kali-mandir-in-siliguris-gatebazar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> published by <em>Siliguri Times\u00a0<\/em>on January 21, 2020. According to the report, robbers had broken into the Kali temple on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56971 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/058695c6-ec90-4852-ba63-aecb4bfe243e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/058695c6-ec90-4852-ba63-aecb4bfe243e.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/058695c6-ec90-4852-ba63-aecb4bfe243e-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/058695c6-ec90-4852-ba63-aecb4bfe243e-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prabhatkhabar.com\/news\/siliguri\/story\/1374161.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Prabhat Khabar<\/em><\/a> reported the incident on January 22. As per the article, locals informed the police that the robbers used sticks to steal jewellery placed on the idol. However, they failed and the idol broke. The report also claimed that five people were arrested for the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News contacted New Jalpaiguri police station and was told that it was indeed a robbery attempt. The robbers tried to steal jewellery with sticks with hooked ends but failed. The police informed that no jewellery was found stolen. However, contrary to <em>Prabhat Khabar&#8217;s <\/em>reportage, the cops also said that arrests are yet to be made and the case is still under investigation. Therefore, social media claims blaming members of the Muslim community are baseless.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/west-bengal\/darjeeling-kali-mandir-chori-19958857.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Jagran<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>this was the eight robbery attempt in the temple.<\/p>\n<p>A case of an attempted robbery at a Kali mandir in Siliguri, West Bengal was communalised on social media. While several users falsely claimed that Hindu deity Kali&#8217;s idol was &#8216;demolished&#8217;, others blamed members of the Muslim community without any base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A set of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that an Idol of Hindu deity Kali in Gate Bazar Kali Mandir, Siliguri was demolished. Twitter user Roop Darak, whose bio reads that he is BJYM Telangana state official spokesperson, was among those who shared the images. 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