Video of man smoking in Kurnool temple shared with false claim

A video of a young man lighting a cigarette using a lamp inside a Shiva temple on Ranamandala Hill, in Andhra Pradesh is viral with a false communal claim that he is Muslim. BOOM found that the video is from 2022 and the individual, named Vadde Eranna, is a resident of Virupapuram village in Kurnool, hailing from the Hindu community.