Ajmer

Ajmer Dargah on Thursady issued a clarification on mistaken identity of the image/photo which was used in a section of media reports. The office of the Sajjadanashin issued a press release stating that the electronic message released by the person imposing as "Salman" was hocus-pocus and has no connection with the Dargah.

They said, "It has to come to our notice on 5th July 2022 through web & electronic media and in pubic domain about controversial & provocative statements on extremely sensitive matter related to suspended spokesperson of a political party Ms. 'Nupur Sharma' issued through video message by a person named 'Salman Chishti urf Salman' from Ajmer, who has many criminal cases filed against him & is a history-sheeter in the local Police Station records. We hereby clarify that the aforesaid person and circumstances are in no way connected or related to Haji Syed Salman Chishty Gaddi Nashin-Dargah Ajmer Sharif (Chairman-Chishty Foundation) Rajasthan, India..."

They further requested the media to abstain from using Haji Salman's reference as he by no means would ever use such provocative words, the statement ran as, "certain sections of the media have also erroneously used the photographs/image representation of Haji Syed Salman Chishty from Dargah Ajmer Sharif, who have a considerable social media & web following as his name, details and pictures show up when anyone searched in google search and online web search engines. This is creating huge confusion & misunderstanding leading to extensive damage to the public profile, personality, Interfaith Peace initiatives, Unity summits & dialogues along with the global humanitarian services work undertaken by Haji Syed Salman Chishty on behalf of Ajmer Sharif and Chishty Foundation, India..."

The foundation called "The Chishty Sufi Order" says that they strongly condemn such statements and firmly believes in holy and sacred teaching of Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A.) which is "Love Towards All & Malice Towards None" that is which enables Peace, Unity & Universal Brotherhood in light of Chishty Principles of Unconditional Love among the Human Family on Planet Earth.

They concluded the statement as, "This clearly is a case of mistaken identity. We urge all Media Representative and Editors to avoid this mistake and refrain from using photograph/image representation of Haji Syed Salman Chishty in all the published media reports & social media handles as we do not have any remote connection with the said controversial accused person 'Salman Chishty urf Salman'. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation."

For the unversed, two days ago video of a man posing as the volunteer of Ajmer Dargah went viral on the social media. The man later on arrested by the Rajasthan police called himself "Salman from Ajmer". He now has been declared as an imposter and so relation with the dargah whatsoever.