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DeTect: Idol desecration given false communal spin

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DeTect: Idol desecration given false communal spin
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A TV channel recently tweeted a video claiming that three temples were vandalised in Dwarka, Delhi. Members of a specific community were targetted for this incident, as per various reports. Alt News found that DCP/Dwarka, Delhi had informed the channel that the accused Mahesh was arrested from the same locality and the incident does not have a communal angle. “He was aggrieved due to inadequate rainfall,” said the police. 

First published on www.altnews.in

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