False: A Muslim boy took away a Hindu Jain girl in Andhra Pradesh for marriage and the Jain community members unanimously decided to terminate all the Muslim employees.

By: Khagesh KG
January 13 2020

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False: A Muslim boy took away a Hindu Jain girl in Andhra Pradesh for marriage and the Jain community members unanimously decided to terminate all the Muslim employees.

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The Verdict False

A Facebook post by the Nellore Police on their official Facebook account refutes the claim.

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A Facebook post by the Nellore Police on their official Facebook account 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 on Facebook stating that the message being circulated on social media is fake and is designed to create differences between two communities.

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