“Video depicting Muslims vandalizing statues belonging to the Hindu community recently in Karnataka.”
What FACTLY found
There is no communal angle involved in this incident. The viral video depicts a mob vandalizing the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. According to reports, the conflict arose between the Malviya’s, who belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC), and the Patidars, who belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBC), when two groups demanded to install statues of two different prominent figures, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, in a vacant space near Krishi Upaj Ma...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 March 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 March 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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