Swara Bhasker is quite active on social media and has been vocal about her opinions which often land her in controversies. She is the favourite celeb for the trolls who don’t spare her any time she tweets. Swara recently shared an opinion about a video that is being widely circulated on social media showing an elderly Muslim man being thrashed in Ghaziabad's Loni.

#BREAKING | Two more people have been arrested in the #Ghaziabad assault case where a senior citizen was beaten up by some miscreants. With this, the number of people arrested has gone to 3 now. pic.twitter.com/HWF28AoUrx

She tweeted, “RW & Sanghis vomiting on my timeline ‘coz Ghaziabad police named 3 Muslims. Jackasses the prime accused is literally a Pravesh Gujjar. The man is on camera forcing the old man to chant #JaiShriRam. Yes, it is a desecration of my God and my religion and I’m ashamed.. as shud you be.”

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Well, the elderly Muslim Sufi Abdul Samad had earlier claimed that he was forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Police however ruled out any communal angle saying Samad was attacked by six men - Hindus and Muslims - who were unhappy over the amulets he had sold them

Police have registered a case and arrested a Pravesh Gujjar - believed to be the main accused - and are still looking for the others#Ghaziabad pic.twitter.com/G1OKeRyZ0o

“Main accused Parvesh was present with Kallu, Poli, Aarif, Adil, and Mushahid when the victim met them in Loni’s Baheta area. The accused and the victim were known to each other as Saifi had sold them an amulet, promising them positive results. The amulet did not work, and the accused beat him up in anger. While two more persons have been arrested, the others will be caught soon,” said Ghaziabad Police in a statement.

“All of the accused were known to Saifi as he had sold amulets to many people in the area. First, the victim did not reveal true facts about how he met them, since we found during the investigation that he knew them from before. Second, the details about the assault were also not clear since the issue was about the amulets. The complaint also did not mention any chants of Jai Shri Ram. We have identified eight accused. More arrests will take place,” said Dr. Iraj Raja, SP Rural Ghaziabad.

After the police ruled out the communal angle and even the video that went viral was muted, Swara’s tweet has got her into trouble with people bashing her left, right, and centre.

Here’s how people reacted:

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We wonder how Swara would react to this.

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