Rajasthan: Garbage Tipper In Kota Plays Controversial Audio About Covid Surge In India; 2 Arrested

A video is making rounds shows the garbage picking vehicle playing an audio on loud which claimed that India is witnessing a surge in Coronavirus cases since the day court announced verdict to allow the construction of Ram Mandir instead of Babri masjid at the site in Ayodhya. 

Image: Screenshot of video posted on Twitter

Kota, Rajasthan: A video is making rounds on social media showing a garbage tipper playing audio which provoked religious hatred among people in Kota, Rajasthan.

The viral videos shows the garbage picking vehicle playing an audio on loud which claimed that India is witnessing a surge in Coronavirus cases since the day court announced verdict to allow the construction of Ram Mandir instead of Babri masjid at the site in Ayodhya. 

Irked by the controvercial audio, citizens and Hindu organisations raised concerns. Take a note of the incident, police immediately got into action and lodged a complaint at Dadabari police station. 

According to media reports, tipper driver and his associate has been arrested while their contractor was called to the police station for questioning. 

Upon questioning, the accused told police that tipper driver have a WhatsApp group wherein daily updates on work routine are sent. On Sunday, Supervisor Rohit sent a new Corona jingle in the group  and asked the driver to play the audio.

Later a tipper driver identified as Deepak download a religious and controversial audio instead of the Covid jingle, which got played when connected with the vehicle Bluetooth speakers. 

Deepak claimed that his supervisor asked to play this tune. DSP Ankit Jain said that the tipper driver Deepak and his partner Jasu have been arrested. The case is being investigated.