A picture of the man posing as Sonu Upadhyay
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Muzaffarnagar (UP): A social media video of a man in saffron clothes purportedly begging in Vedkheri village in the Shamli district has led to police taking cognisance of the matter over claims that he was a Muslim posing as a Hindu.
Additional Superintendent of Police (of Shamli) Santosh Kumar Singh on Friday said, "A video with the claim that one Shahzad was begging wearing saffron clothes and posing as Sonu Upadhyay has gone viral on social media." Officials of the Jhinjhana police are probing the matter, and action will be taken based on that, the officer said.
"It will also be probed whether he was indulging in any illegal activities under the garb of begging," Singh added.