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Child-kidnapping rumours trigger panic in Bengal towns after missing 11-year-old boy found dead

Indradeep Bhattacharyya

29th June 2024

Platform Accountability

YouTube fails to moderate scripted child-kidnapping videos stoking fear and making money

Mahaprajna Nayak

11th November 2022

Fact Check Hard to Categorise

Child-theft rumours: A sordid saga unfolds as police look for effective measures

17th September 2022

Fact Check False

Media houses shared unrelated video from MP as sadhus beaten up for child theft in Maharashtra

15th September 2022

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Video claiming arrest of 28 sadhus in Varanasi for child theft baseless, confirm police

15th September 2022

Fact Check False

Videos of a mob thrashing sadhus for petty theft falsely viral as case of child kidnapping

8th September 2022

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Video of sadhus mistaken for child kidnappers beaten in MP viral as Delhi

Pooja Chaudhuri

12th August 2021

Fact Check False

Unrelated photos, videos revived with false child-kidnapping rumours

19th January 2021

Fact Check False

Doctored Video: Gorakhpur police warning against false child-lifting rumours clipped and shared online

Pooja Chaudhuri

16th September 2019

Fact Check False

Physically-challenged man beaten to death in UP on false child-kidnapping rumours

7th September 2019

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