In the last few month months, Rajasthan witnessed several communal clashes. On April 02, in Karauli, violent clashes erupted after a procession to mark Nav Samvatsar (Hindu New Year), was allegedly pelted with stones from rooftops, as they entered a Muslim locality. Police arrested around 46 people after this incident. Later, in Jodhpur, 211 people were arrested due to communal clashes before the Eid celebrations on May 5. The violence was sparked due to the installation of Islamic flags on the Jalori gate circle, which led to stone pelting in which five policemen were injured.
Since then, a lot of misinformation is being circulated to instigate communal tension. Recently, a video of a group of men pelting stones at policemen is being circulated on social media. Following the communal clashes in Karauli and Jodhpur, the captions of the viral video claim that this is another instance of communal conflict in Dholpur, Rajasthan.
Claim:
In the video, a mob can be seen pelting stones at the police. As the mob draws closer, the police are seen escaping from the stone-pelting.
A Twitter user shared this video and wrote, ""करौली और जोधपुर के बार अब धौलपुर में शांतिपरिय समुदाय की पतथरबाजी..अब कौनसा रामनवमी का DJ बज रहा था जो पतथरबाजी हो रही है @ashokgehlot51 जी."
[English Translation: "After Karauli and Jodhpur, the 'peaceful community' in Dholpur is pelting stones. Now, which DJ was playing religious songs on Ramnavmi which has become the cause of this stone-pelting? Please...
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