“Video of a priest attacking a Christian man as he preached Christianity in the Secunderabad Ganesh Temple”
What FACTLY found
This incident did take place recently in the Ganesh temple in Secunderabad, Telangana. But the man who was assaulted by the temple priest is not a Christian. Prabhakar Sharma, one of the priests in the Secunderabad Ganesh temple, assaulted a devotee for entering the sanctum sanctorum of other temples without permission. Valmiki Rao, the devotee who was assaulted, filed an FIR against Prabhakar Sharma in the Secunderabad Gopalapuram Police Station. Gopalapuram PS SHO Sai Eshwar Gaud confirmed ...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 March 2022. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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