A claim is going viral on X, stating that during the elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to seek the blessings of Pandit Satyanand Das in Badaun, who is accused of gang raping a girl in a temple along with his companions.
Santosh Dwivedi wrote on X, “Pandit Satyanand Das along with his companions raped the girl in the temple, inserted an iron rod in her private part, tore her intestines. Prime Minister Modi had gone to seek blessings from this Pandit for the elections.”
Another user Ravinder Sambharwal wrote, “Pandit Satyanand Das along with his companions raped the girl in the temple, inserted an iron rod in her private part and tore her intestines. @Uppolice @dgpup how long will this continue? Prime Minister @narendramodi had gone to seek blessings from this Pandit for the elections. Will the government take any action? Will justice be served?”
Journalist Zaid Warsi wrote, “”In Badaun, Pandit Satyanand Das along with his companions raped a girl in a temple, inserted an iron rod in her private part and tore her intestines. The police tried to save the accused by pretending that he died after falling into a well. During the elections, Prime Minister Modi had gone to this Pandit to seek blessings.”
बदायूं मे पंडित सत्यानंद दास ने मंदिर में अपने साथियों के साथ करा बच्ची के साथ बलात्कार,
— Zaid Warsi Journalist (@warsizaid5151) July 15, 2024
प्राईवेट पार्ट मे डाला सरिया, आंते तक फाड़ डाली।
पुलिस ने कुएं गिर कर मौत होने की खेल रच कर आरोपी को बचाने की कोशिश की चुनाव के दौरान प्रधानमंत्री मोदी यही पंडित से आशीर्वाद लेने गए थे….. pic.twitter.com/6Vd5HL8Y61
Fact Check
To verify the viral claim, we conducted a Google search using relevant keywords. This search led us to reports of the case published on the websites of NDTV and Navbharat Times on January 6, 2021. According to these reports, a 50-year-old woman was gang-raped and murdered in the Ughaiti police station area of Badaun district. Mahant Satyanarayan, Vedram, and driver Jaspal were arrested in this case. We searched other media reports related to this case but found no mention of PM Modi meeting Satyanarayan or seeking his blessings.
Furthermore, the Only Fact team contacted Abhishek Saxena, a journalist with Dainik Bhaskar in Badaun. He informed us that this incident occurred in January 2021. Following a complaint from the woman’s family, priest Satyanarayan Das, his disciple Vedram, and driver Jaspal were arrested. No connection between the priest and Narendra Modi was found in this case.
After this, we contacted Rajiv Gupta, the BJP District Magistrate of Badaun. Rajiv Gupta told us that after becoming Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visited the district for a meeting in 2017. Since then, he has not returned to the district. When asked about the claim of seeking blessings from priest Satyanand Das, Rajiv Gupta stated that the PM left directly after his meeting and did not meet anyone named Satyanand Das.
Conclusion: The claim about PM Modi seeking blessings from Pandit Satyanand Das, accused in the Badaun gangrape case, is fabricated and false. This incident is three years old.
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