Bhainsa violence: Old images, communal narrative

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Amidst this, few images are in circulation with a claim that "9 Hindu houses were set on fire". "But no one is talking about it. Why? Because we are neither peaceful nor we take law & order in our hands and start riots. Surprised to see the silence of the BJP on #BhainsaRiots. Might because WB election is more important than Hindu life in Telangana," reads the caption.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10219395429016983

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https://web.archive.org/save/https://twitter.com/Rajpoot04Ranjan/status/1371010257107841025

Fact Check:

The claim that the viral images (except image1) show Bhainsa Communal riots are FALSE.

Old images are in circulation with a wrong claim about communal violence. Images from different events are being shared with a false claim.

When the images were searched using Google Reverse Image Search, we found that the images are from several news reports from 2020. Image 1 has been published in the news media articles that reported the recent communal clashes in Bhainsa.

https://newsmeter.in/telangana/radical-elements-communal-fanatics-creating-communal-violence-in-bhainsa-bjp-675308

But the Image 2 is from an incident reported in Bhainsa, they are not related to the recent violence in the town. It was taken in January 2020 when similar clashes occurred in Bhainsa.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ground-report-telanganas-bhainsa-uneasy-calm-prevails-after-clash-116164

Image 3 also was taken from News reports on Bhainsa clashes that took place in January 2020. Here is the Hindu report published in January 2020.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/communal-violence-grips-telanganas-bhainsa/article30553362.ece

Image 4 was also taken in January 2020 as we found a news report published in New Indian Express.com showing the same image.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2020/jan/13/communal-tensions-escalate-in-telanganas-bhainsa-town-18-houses-set-on-fire-2088970.html

Though the first image is from the recent clashes, the other 3 images are from Bhainsa clashes that took place in January 2020.

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/bhainsa-violence-internet-remains-suspended-in-telangana-town-aimim-councillor-amoung-22-arrested/731030

Hence, the images claim that the viral images (except image 1) shows Bhainsa Communal riots is FALSE.