Did the Karnataka police arrest Lord Ganesha himself? Many verified and non-verified users are making such claims on social media. It is also being claimed that for the first time in the history of India, the police of a state has arrested Ganesha.
Verified X user Shailendra Sharma wrote in his tweet – For the first time in the history of India, the police of a state arrested Ganeshji. Yes, Ganeshji was detained by the Congress Police of Karnataka's Congress government. Why do Hindus vote for Congress only to be humiliated? (Archive Tweet)
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- By the time of writing, the tweet had been liked by more than 12,000 people and reposted 4,900 times.
Hum Log We The People The account named in its tweet wrote – Karnataka police took Lord Ganesha into custody along with Hindu activists. The arrests were made following a protest condemning the stone pelting by extremists at a Ganesh procession in Mandya's Nagamangala. (Archive Tweet)
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Calling himself a journalist by profession, Kiki Singh tweeted – how much development is needed now? Now Lord Ganesha has also been arrested by the Karnataka Police. And vote Congress, same scene will be seen again in every street, today they are taking idol of God, tomorrow they will take your mothers and sisters. (Archive Tweet)
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- A few other users have made the same claim, whose tweets you can view in an archived version here.
What is the truth of viral claims?
While investigating a viral claim on X we came across a tweet by journalist Ranvijay Singh. In this tweet, Ranvijay said that the news of Ganeshji's arrest in Karnataka is completely fake. In fact some people came to protest and brought an idol of Lord Ganesha with them. The idol of Lord Ganesha could have been broken, so the police kept the idol in their van. Later he was ritually dissolved. Now the Karnataka Police is preparing to take action against those spreading fake news. (Archive Tweet)
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Indeed, recently there was violence during Ganesh Visharan in Nagamangala, Karnataka. In opposition to it, a protest was being held with an idol of Lord Ganesha in the town hall area of Bengaluru. During this time the police took the protesters into custody, while the Ganesha idol was kept in a police van as a precautionary measure.
DCP Central Division Bengaluru said in a tweet about the incident that the administration later dismantled the idol of Lord Ganesha with full ceremony. (Archive Tweet)
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We have also found news related to this incident on News 18 website. (news archive link).
The news said-
A protest was being held at the town hall in Bengaluru against the violence during Ganesh Visharan in Nagamangala. Meanwhile, a crowd of people had gathered there and were shouting slogans. The protest was being held without a permit, due to which the police started detaining the protesters. The protesters also brought an idol of Lord Ganesha.
The news further stated that when the police started detaining the protesters, it was found that the idol of Lord Ganesha had fallen on the ground, after which a police officer immediately picked up the idol and kept it in a safe place, after which the idol was ritually exhumed. .
It is clear that the claim made about the Ganesha idol misleading And wrong is During the protest in Bengaluru, protesters also brought an idol of Lord Ganesha, which was later taken away by the police and dismantled as per the law.
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