Delhi Police has issued a statement on Twitter calling the report in the Indian Express about the Tablighi Jamaat and Maulana Saad imaginary and fake news
Journalist Swati Goel Sharma has pointed out that The Wire's founder Siddharth Varadrajan, speaking to Newslaundry, had also claimed that sadhus as 'people belonging to nomadic tribes', in an attempt to peddle the narrative that they were not Hindus.
Yesterday, former Aaj Tak and ABP News journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai had posted an image which showed the chapped, rough feet of some children. He added the text, "Mother India ke panv dekhe hain kabhi"? which means, 'have you ever seen the feet of mother India?