Mangaluru : A photo of BJP leader, Rahim Uchil in the posture of the Shri Siddharudha Swami statue at Siddharoodha Math in Hubli is goes viral after a person posted defamatory comments on this photo.

A person named William Pinto has posted that Rahim Uchil was appointed as the chief priest of the famous Sri Siddharoodha Math temple at Hubballi. “At the meeting of managing committee held today morning, Sri Sri Rahim Poojary was approved unanimously as priest and appointed in the temple,” the page mentions, accompanied by a picture of Rahim in the said temple.

Rahim Uchil, who is in discharge of duty at his party’s Vistarak for 14 days had filed a complaint on Friday in Hubli police station against the person who has posted disparaging information about him in his Facebook page.

Rahim had paid visit at Siddharoodha Math during his party’s Vistarak work. The priest of the temple hounered with a shawl then he posted the photo in his Facebook page.

Rahim said some communal-minded people have been spreading malice against me by twisting the facts.