A video is going viral on social media. It can be seen in the video that the idol of Lord Ganesha has been broken. Social media users are claiming that a 500-year-old Lord Ganesha idol has been vandalized by Muslims in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Social media users are making violent and objectionable comments about this video.
Sharing this video, a user named Manoj Srivastava wrote – “Another day-another story. Vandalized by Muslims in Phirangipuram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Lord Ganesha’s idol is more than 500 years old. Now the time has come to burn Muslims alive in front of the public, till then these incidents will not stop. Anti-national opposition parties are doing Roza Iftar.
At the same time, this video is also being shared by many other users.
Fact Check:
DFRAC team investigated the claim going viral on social media. We found a report of ‘The Times of India’ in this context. It states that some unknown miscreants broke the ancient Ganesha idol situated on a hill in Phirangipuram of Guntur in search of hidden treasure. According to the police, some miscreants from the local area were digging up the temple premises with the false belief that the ancient Ganesha temple had hidden treasure. On Monday night, miscreants, in an attempt to find the treasure, broke an ancient Ganesha idol, nearly 100 years old. The police also said that there is no communal angle in the incident and that the accused will be nabbed soon.
At the same time, in many other media reports, it has been told by the police that there is no communal angle in this incident.
Conclusion:
According to the police statement, there is no communal angle in this incident. Police say that preliminary investigation has revealed that some criminals have broken the Ganesha idol in search of the treasure. Hence, the claim of social media users is wrong.
