An obscene and derogatory painting of Hindu diety Lord Krishna is viral on social media platforms. The heavily circulated image show the objectionable and offensive painting. The captions and text along with image claim that an Assam based Akram Hussain painted this image insult Hindu religion and Lord Krishna. Almost everyone who saw the image was asking to arrest the painter yesterday.
On 17th August this painting caused massive outrage and furore on social media as netizens shared this image on twitter demanding arrest of the arrest of the artist. Many social media influencers, journalists and twitter verified handles retweeted the viral image giving it a political angle and communalizing the discussion about the incident and image even more.
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Arun Pudur, who's twitter bio describes him as "Father, Husband, Son, Technopreneur, Philanthropist, Geo-Politics/Media Commentator & Activist to end Hinduphobia". tweeted the controversial image with the caption:
"Akram Hussain, an Assam based Muslim ’Artist’ depicts Lord Krishna with Bikini Girls & this piece has been displayed in Gawhati Art Gallery. #BangaloreRiots for a FB comment. Praveen who expressed his FOE was arrested for hurting sentiments Will Akram be arrested for this?"
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He has 70.1k followers and this tweet got 4.2k retweets.
News Nation anchor Deepak Chaurasia tweeted claiming Akram Hussain exhibited an offensive picture of Hindu deity Krishna in a Guwahati art gallery.He
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