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One Avni Padeny&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100103718423159\/posts\/108900124210185\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24 post<\/a> drew 25,000 shares as of this writing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70774 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/2020-07-07-17_23_12-Avni-pandey-Posts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/2020-07-07-17_23_12-Avni-pandey-Posts.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/2020-07-07-17_23_12-Avni-pandey-Posts-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/2020-07-07-17_23_12-Avni-pandey-Posts-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/2020-07-07-17_23_12-Avni-pandey-Posts-990x798.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/2020-07-07-17_23_12-Avni-pandey-Posts-260x210.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A parody account of Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami (@GoswamiArnabRpt) also tweeted the picture and <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/Zq8a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">later took it down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70775 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Arnab-Goswami-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Arnab-Goswami-on.jpg 307w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Arnab-Goswami-on-152x300.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received several fact-checks requests for the photograph on its official mobile application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70776 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/priyanka-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/priyanka-4.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/priyanka-4-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/priyanka-4-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/priyanka-4-990x308.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>The incident dates back to April 2020. A Twitter user has shared the same image on May 11 while writing, &#8220;Lodhi Gautam, son of Azad Gautam from Kardhna village of Mirzamurad police station area of \u200b\u200bVaranasi has taken a photo of himself placing his feet on the temple of Dih Baba in Adampur village. Take appropriate action, Azad Gautam is also claiming that he is a member of Bhim army.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter handle of ADG Zone Varanasi replied to the tweet stating that the accused has been imprisoned by Varanasi police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/varanasipolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@varanasipolice<\/a> \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0906\u0935\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0915 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u0947\u0932 \u092d\u0947\u091c\u093e \u091c\u093e \u091a\u0941\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IgRangeVaranasi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IgRangeVaranasi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Uppolice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ADG ZONE VARANASI (@adgzonevaranasi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adgzonevaranasi\/status\/1259794407546515456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Varanasi police also replied to the user and wrote that a case was registered against the accused on April 24 and he has been arrested.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930\u094d\u092d \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0902\u0915 24.04.2020 \u0915\u094b \u0939\u0940 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0930\u094d\u091c\u093e\u092e\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0926 \u092a\u0930 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0943\u0924 \u0915\u0930 \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093f\u0936\u094d\u091a\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0906\u0935\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0915 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Varanasi Police (@varanasipolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/varanasipolice\/status\/1260409415833772033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amarujala.com\/uttar-pradesh\/varanasi\/varanasi-one-arrested-for-hurting-religious-sentiments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report published in Amar Ujala<\/a> on April 24, Azad Kumar Gautam, a resident of Kardhana village in Varanasi, was arrested and sent to jail by Mirzamurad police for hurting religious sentiments. Gautam had also posted objectionable posts on Hindu gods on his Facebook profile.<\/p>\n<p>The report further said that inspector Sunil Dutt Dubey of Mirzamurad police station told Amar Ujala that Daroga Brijesh Singh arrested Gautam from his house on the basis of a complaint. A mobile phone was also recovered from him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70780 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/amar-ujala-varanasi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/amar-ujala-varanasi.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/amar-ujala-varanasi-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/amar-ujala-varanasi-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/amar-ujala-varanasi-990x576.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, social media claim that &#8216;Mohammad Ansari&#8217; was arrested for desecrating a Hindu idol is false. The man arrested was Azad Kumar Gautam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a man desecrating an idol inside a temple has been shared with the claim that his name is Mohammad Ansari. One Avni Padeny&#8217;s June 24 post drew 25,000 shares as of this writing. A parody account of Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami (@GoswamiArnabRpt) also tweeted the picture and later took it down. 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