Being always encompassed with communal controversies is a very common sight in India. Although recently, regarding this very fact, social media users are sharing a video in which a boy can be seen urinating in a temple. The social media users are sharing the video with the caption, insinuating that the man in the viral video is a Muslim.
The post has gone viral in context with the recent incident that happened on March 12 in Ghaziabad, UP. A Hindu man identified as Shringi Nandan Yadav thrashed a Muslim boy for drinking water in a temple. The video of the incident went viral, and the police arrested the accused. Many social media users condemned the incident with the hashtag #SorryAsif. To counter the hashtag ‘#SorryAsif’, right-wing ideologues are sharing the above video to showcase that Arif’s main intention was not to drink water but to create ruckus in the temple and disregard the idols of the temple. People are sharing the video with the caption, “See why they go to the Temples. They don’t go there to drink water but to pee on our sacred Shivling.#ChorAsif #IStandWithShringiYadav” The post is viral on Twitter.
The video was posted by Twitter users Gopal Goswami @gopugoswami, Ramesh Solanki @Rajput_Ramesh, @Dharmicbaba, @YamrajFromHell, and @P_Katyayan. Between just these accounts the video has been viewed over one lakh times. Goswami wrote, “See why they go to Temples:- it’s nothing to do with drinking water but to pee on the murtis & Ling”. His tweet gained close to 4,000 retweets. The video shared by @Dharmicbaba and @P_Katyayan has a watermark that reads ‘Top Most Media’.
The video was also shared by @HinduEcosystem_, promoted by BJP leader Kapil Mishra, where it drew over 50,000 views. Swarajya’s senior editor Swati Goel Sharma and BJP member and former MLA Hari Manjhi shared the video as well.
But deep down where the actual truth lies is in Telegu News Website. According to the report, the incident is of Anakapalle village of Visakhapatnam district, and the names of the two men are Anand and Ramesh Anand. The report also said that the miscreants tried to urinate in the temple as there was no one and made the video. The villagers were angry about the incident and filed a complaint with the police.
Hence, an old video in which the accused is a Hindu is being shared with a communal angle.
