This district of UP has remained in the news since the violence during the survey of the royal Jama Masjid in November last year in Sambhal. And now it is being claimed on social media that Muslims attacked the bus of devotees going to the temple in Sambhal.
In the video, there is a bad fight between some people on the middle road. These people are beating each other with sticks. A bus nearby is also seen standing nearby.
While sharing the video, a user wrote, “In Sambhal, the riots came out again … Maa Purnagiri’s bus attacked in Sambhal … The bhajan was ringing in the bus to eat, then the jihadis were adamant on closing the bhajan, the jihadis, Goddess devotees were killed by hitting the devotees .. Hopefully the Sambhal police will give a strong answer”.
With such a caption, many users have shared the video on Facebook.
Aaj Tak Fact Check found that this incident has happened recently in Sambhal but both sides are from the Hindu community.
How to know the truth?
On keyword, we received a news of ‘Jagran’ published on March 22 regarding this incident. It has been told in the news that on March 21, there was a dispute between devotees and fruit sellers over orange money in the Kotwali area of Sambhal. The matter had increased so much that the fruit vendors had attacked the devotees with sticks and sticks. A young man was also injured in the incident.
The devotees were going to visit the Purnagiri temple in Uttarakhand. On the way, the bus was stopped to buy fruits at one place. During this time, a person named Raju, riding in the bus, got into a dispute with the fruit seller Neeraj about the orange money. Raju said that he had given orange money but the fruit seller said that Raju did not give money.
The matter increased so much that the fruit seller’s fellow came with sticks and attacked Raju. Fruit vendors also assaulted other devotees. Police reached the spot and had detained three people from both sides.
In the news, Kotwali in -charge Inspector Anuj Tomar has been quoted as saying that the names of the assault are Neeraj, Naresh, Niranjan, Raju, Surjeet and Sanjeev, have been challaned to make peace on these people.
ETV India and Navbharat Times have also published reports on this matter. But in any news, it has not been said that there is a communal angle in this case.
On an X post with viral video, we got the reply of Sambhal police, in which it is reported that both sides were from the Hindu community in the incident.
It becomes clear here that false communal claims are being made by sharing the video of the fight in Sambhal.
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