{"id":71762,"date":"2020-07-24T20:08:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=71762"},"modified":"2020-07-24T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:41:09","slug":"old-photos-falsely-shared-as-muslim-youths-desecrating-shivling-in-ups-azamgarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photos-falsely-shared-as-muslim-youths-desecrating-shivling-in-ups-azamgarh\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photos falsely shared as Muslim youths desecrating Shivling in UP&#8217;s Azamgarh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a man with his foot on a <em>shivling<\/em> is circulating on social media with the claim that he is from the Muslim community. Alt News has received several verification requests for the photograph on its <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews&amp;hl=en_IN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official mobile application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-71762 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><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\/old-photos-falsely-shared-as-muslim-youths-desecrating-shivling-in-ups-azamgarh\/react-app-1-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-1.png 672w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-1-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-1-559x520.png 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/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\/old-photos-falsely-shared-as-muslim-youths-desecrating-shivling-in-ups-azamgarh\/react-app-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1102\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/React-App-990x612.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The photograph has been making rounds on Twitter since 2019 along with a picture of two other men stepping on the idol of the Hindu deity. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ashunotalive\/status\/1158774029446029312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared with a message<\/a> calling for &#8220;unity of Hindu&#8221; and claiming that the men hail from UP&#8217;s Azamgarh. Certain abusive words in the tweet have been blurred in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-71787 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Ashutosh-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Ashutosh-tweet.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Ashutosh-tweet-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two images were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%20%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%20%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%20%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%20%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%20%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87&amp;epa=FILTERS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> last year with Bengali text.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-71788 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/3-\u098f\u099f\u09be-\u09b8\u09ac\u09be\u0987-\u09ad\u09be\u0987\u09b0\u09be\u09b2-\u0995\u09b0\u09cb-\u0989\u09aa\u09af\u09c1\u0995\u09cd\u09a4-\u09b6\u09be\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09bf-\u099a\u09be\u0987-\u2013-Facebook-Search.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/3-\u098f\u099f\u09be-\u09b8\u09ac\u09be\u0987-\u09ad\u09be\u0987\u09b0\u09be\u09b2-\u0995\u09b0\u09cb-\u0989\u09aa\u09af\u09c1\u0995\u09cd\u09a4-\u09b6\u09be\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09bf-\u099a\u09be\u0987-\u2013-Facebook-Search.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/3-\u098f\u099f\u09be-\u09b8\u09ac\u09be\u0987-\u09ad\u09be\u0987\u09b0\u09be\u09b2-\u0995\u09b0\u09cb-\u0989\u09aa\u09af\u09c1\u0995\u09cd\u09a4-\u09b6\u09be\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09bf-\u099a\u09be\u0987-\u2013-Facebook-Search-149x300.jpg 149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Replying to a tweet on August 7, 2019, Ambedkarnagar police wrote that a case was registered against the accused at Ambedkarnagar police station in Jaitpur district.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091c\u0948\u0924\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u091c\u0928\u092a\u0926 \u0905\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0947\u0921\u0915\u0930\u0928\u0917\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0907\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u0942\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0943\u0924 \u0915\u0930 \u0905\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092e \u0935\u0948\u0927\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AMBEDKARNAGAR POLICE (@ambedkarnagrpol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ambedkarnagrpol\/status\/1158953042307235840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A day earlier, Azamgarh police said that the names of the men who placed their foot on the shivling are Neeraj Kumar and Rishi Kumar. They are from Korjha, which comes in Alapur district in Ambedkarnagar. The police wrote that investigation of this case was going on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u093e\u0907\u092c\u0930 \u0938\u0947\u0932 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0902\u091a \u0915\u0947 \u0909\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093f \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u0936\u093f\u0935 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u090a\u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0948\u0930 \u0930\u0916 \u0915\u0930 \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0916\u093f\u0902\u091a\u0935\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u090b\u0937\u093f \u0915\u0941\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0914\u0930 \u0928\u0940\u0930\u091c \u0915\u0941\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0930\u091d\u0939\u093e (\u0939\u0930\u093f\u091c\u0928 \u092c\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940) \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0905\u0932\u093e\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u091c\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0905\u0902\u092c\u0947\u0921\u0915\u0930 \u0928\u0917\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 \u091c\u093f\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u0905\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092e \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AZAMGARH POLICE (@azamgarhpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azamgarhpolice\/status\/1158784783167586304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Photographs of an old incident where some youths placed their foot on a shivling is circulating with the false claim that they were Muslims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a man with his foot on a shivling is circulating on social media with the claim that he is from the Muslim community. 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