{"id":72991,"date":"2020-08-13T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72991"},"modified":"2020-08-13T22:03:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:33:08","slug":"was-the-derogatory-post-that-triggered-bangalore-riots-a-reaction-to-an-anti-hindu-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/was-the-derogatory-post-that-triggered-bangalore-riots-a-reaction-to-an-anti-hindu-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Was the derogatory post that triggered Bangalore riots a reaction to an \u2018anti Hindu\u2019 post?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bengaluru witnessed deadly riots on the night of August 11 when a mob, enraged over a derogatory Facebook post, attacked Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy’s residence and police stations at DG Halli and KG Halli. Murthy’s nephew Naveen had allegedly shared a post against Muhammed, the prophet of Islam, for which he was arrested. As many as 110 people have also been arrested<\/a> in connection with Tuesday’s violence.<\/p>\n

Social media grapevine has now alleged that Naveen’s post was a reaction to a derogatory post shared by a Muslim man, Adyar Basheer, targeting Hindu gods and Prime Minister Modi. The tweet below by @SanjayGandhi75 garnered over 1,600 retweets as of this writing.<\/p>\n

[Note: Social media posts carrying derogatory remarks have not been linked in this report.]<\/p>\n

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A Facebook user Om Prakash Singh shared a wider screenshot of Basheer’s post which carries Naveen\u2019s alleged remarks in the comments, repeating the claim that Naveen was responding to a post derogatory toward Hindu deities.<\/p>\n

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The popular claim circulating on social media suggests \u2014 Basheer shared a derogatory post against Hindu gods, Naveen responded to him with a ‘meme’ on Muhammed, the prophet of Islam, members of the Muslim community cropped out Basheer’s post and instigated the violence.<\/p>\n