False: A Muslim man in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh took away a ‘Hindu Jain’ girl for marriage and within nine hours of the incident, the girl was traced and handed over to the family.

By: Jinsha PV
May 6 2020

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False: A Muslim man in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh took away a ‘Hindu Jain’ girl for marriage and within nine hours of the incident, the girl was traced and handed over to the family.

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The Verdict False

A press note published by the Nellore Police on their official Facebook page on 28 December 2019 refutes the claim.

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A press note published by the Nellore Police on their official Facebook page on 28 December 2019 refutes the claim.A message claiming that a Muslim man in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh took away a ‘Hindu Jain’ girl for marriage, is being circulated on social media. The text further claims that the Jain community decided to terminate all the Muslim employees, and as a result, more than 10,000 people lost their job in the area. Nellore Police, on 28 December 2019, posted an image of a circular on Facebook stating that the message regarding the Muslim boy and Hindu Jain girl on social media is fake and is designed to create differences between two communities.

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