Old image from MP viral as 25 “non-Muslim” Allahabad Uni students arrested for making bombs – Alt News

A post with two images clubbed together is viral on social media. While the first photograph is of a group of people in police custody, the second is a file image of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

आतंकवाद का नया अड्डा अलाहाबाद विश्वविध्यालय हाँस्टल के 25 छात्र बम बनाते पकडे गए,58 कमरे सील किए गए मीडिया खामोश बैठी है ,क्योंकि पकडे गए छात्रोंमे एक भी मुस्लिम छात्र नही है ! pic.twitter.com/axoe7tH81i

— Ashish (@Ashish30577807) April 27, 2022

The clubbed image is being shared with the viral claim that 25 students of Allahabad University were caught making bombs in the hostel. It furthers that none of the students hailed from the Muslim community.

आतंकवाद का नया अड्डा बना #इलाहाबाद_विश्वविद्यालय हॉस्टल 25छात्र बम बनाते पकड़े गए बड़ी खुशी की बात यह है एक भी #मुस्लिम_छात्र नहीं तो गोदी मीडिया खुब ढिंढोरा पीटती pic.twitter.com/owzmjDK8bB

— Jaysingh Yadav (@Jaysing53113529) April 27, 2022

The post has multiple shares on Facebook and Twitter with the same viral text.

Fact-check

Alt News has previously debunked the same image shared with child-kidnapping rumours. We had fact-checked the photograph of the men in police custody and found that they were accused of being a part of a sex racket gang. They were arrested from the Lebad-Nayagaon four-lane road, Madhya Pradesh. An article on Patrika dated July 15, 2019, had reported the incident.

Alt News also contacted the Karnal Ganj Police Station, which is the closest police station to Allahabad University, to confirm if any student was arrested for “making bombs” in the hostel. SHO Sujit Singh confirmed that the claim is false.

An old image from Madhya Pradesh was, therefore, shared with the false claim that 25 non-Muslim students were arrested from Allahabad University for making bombs in the hostel.

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