Fake: Muslims did not damage Shivling at Ranchi Temple

New Delhi, Nov 12: An image of a Shivling from a Temple in Jharkhand claiming that it was broken by Muslims has gone viral on the social media.

It has been claimed that in Ranchi, some anti-social elements broke a Shivling at Shiva Temple in the Upper Bazar's Rangrez Gali. What the Muslims want to prove by this. If the Hindus do not awaken, then we will have to remain slave all the time, a tweet also said.

This is a fake claim. In fact the Shivling was damaged by a mentally deranged man. A reverse image search found that the incident took place on November 5 at the Shiva Temple in Ranchi's Rangrez Gali.

The police while analysing the CCTV footage found that the Shivling was damaged by a mentally unstable man. The police said that they were still searching for the person and according to accounts by the locals, the man in question is a mentally unstable man.