These days some pictures are being shared on social media. In which a mosque is being broken with JCB machine.

Fact Check: These days some pictures are being shared on social media. In which a mosque is being broken with JCB machine. It is being told that this tomb was illegal, so it was demolished. It is also being told that these pictures are from a village in UP. News Claim:  UP's social media chief Richa Rajput has tweeted these pictures praising UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. These pictures are being shared in the context of Ram Navami violence in many states.

News Verification: Our team first searched the image on Google and Yandex to know the veracity of the picture, then we found these images in many tweets of 2020 where the claim was similar to the viral claim. Also we found a report of October 2018 by The Times of India. The article mentioned that as per an order of the National Green Tribunal, "encroachment" is being removed from the temples of Giriraj Parvat and Govardhan Parikrama area of ​​Mathura district.

Interestingly, the TOI article itself reads, "The order further states that any "samadhi" falling in the existing land is not to be removed." Overall, let us tell you that these pictures are four years old. Meaning it has nothing to do with recent events.

News Verdict ayupp.com: The news is false.

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