`China coup’: Where is President Xi Jinping? Has he been arrested by military?

Social media is agog with rumors about the military coup and the arrest of President Xi Jinping in China.

Social media users claim that Jinping has been removed as the chief of China’s People’s Liberation Army,

“New rumor to be checked out: Is Xi Jinping under house arrest in Beijing? When Xi was in Samarkand recently, the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party were supposed to have removed Xi from the Party of Army. Then House arrest followed. So goes the rumor,” former Cabinet minister and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said in a tweet.

Many Chinese nationals claimed that the PLA has taken over control of the army. Some even speculated that Li Qiaoming has been made the President of China.

“#PLA military vehicles heading to #Beijing on Sep 22. Starting from Huanlai County near Beijing & ending in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, the entire procession is as long as 80 KM. Meanwhile, rumor has it that #XiJinping was under arrest after #CCP seniors removed him as head of PLA,” tweeted one Jennifer Zeng.

Chinese President was in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand to attend the recently-concluded SCO summit. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The next meeting will be hosted by India.