However, suspiciously enough, it deleted the tweet from its handle and re-posted the same claim made in the first tweet with a vastly different choice of words, OpIndia has reported.

A ‘news platform’ linked closely to the Congress party named Real Report has posted a tweet on Thursday misguided people by claiming that ‘thousands’ of devotees defied the lockdown by congregating across temples in West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami.

However, suspiciously enough, it deleted the tweet from its handle and re-posted the same claim made in the first tweet with a vastly different choice of words.

In the now-deleted tweet, Real Report had claimed, “Thousands of devotees have gathered in temples in various parts of West Bengal on occasion of #RamNavami defying lockdown imposed across country due to #coronavirusoutbreak.” “Police has asked them to return home immediately,” the tweet said.