A 30-second video showing three men haggling over money and apparently unconscious children lying around them is viral with the claim that the clip is yet another incident of child-kidnapping….
Staged child kidnapping video viral yet again
An 8-minute-long video clip that purportedly shows a kidnapping attempt is viral on social media. In the video, we see a woman getting out of an auto-rickshaw with a child….
Staged child kidnapping video from Egypt viral in India targeting Muslims
A 30-second clip circulating on the Indian social media ecosystem – Twitter and Facebook – shows a person in a burqa allegedly drugging a child in public and placing the…
Old video of farmers in MP attacked over child kidnapping rumours viral with false claims
[Warning: This video depicts videos. Readers are advised to watch at their own discretion.] Pakistani journalist Asad Kharal shared a video of mob violence with the claim that “Hindu terrorists”…
Staged child kidnapping video believed to be true on social media
Several social media users have posted a video that shows multiple people allegedly apprehending a man who kidnapped a minor girl in a suitcase. Twitter users @iPSingh_CE, @Rana_Jasvir_007, @abufawaz24 were…
Mentally challenged woman falsely accused of child kidnapping held hostage by mob
Two videos of a woman held hostage by a mob which is accusing her of child-lifting is viral on social media. In the first video, the mob is questioning the…
Child kidnapping rumors: Minor girl falsely accused and harassed by mob
A video of a young woman being hounded by a group of men has been shared on social media with child-kidnapping rumours. The message claims that two women were caught…
False child kidnapping rumours revived in Gujarat with illegal organ trade claim
“ઈકો ગાદી લઈને આવે છે નાના બાળકો લઈ જાય છે અને કિટની વેચે છે જલ્દી સારે મોબાઇલ મા ફોરવર્ડ કરો હમારા બાળકો ની જીદગી બચી જાય મહેસાણા પાટન પાલનપુર જલ્દી…
Child-kidnapping rumours trigger panic in Bengal towns after missing 11-year-old boy found dead
The alleged murder of an 11-year-old boy over a property dispute in the town of Barasat, about 25 km north of Kolkata, has fuelled completely unsubstantiated rumours of child kidnapping…
Yet another scripted video viral with claims of burqa being used for child kidnapping
By the end of 2022, rumours of child kidnapping had become so widespread that state authorities had to intervene and issue warnings to the common people. Innumerable unrelated and scripted…