Archit Mehta, Author at Alt News

Tripura police claims no mosque was torched in Panisagar but ground reality differs

Archit Mehta13th November 2021

A week after violence against the minority Hindu community was reported in Bangladesh, communal attacks targeting the Muslim community took place in Tripura. The Indian Express reported that the last…

Politics Religion

Old image of Shahrukh Khan morphed to show him sporting “vote for MIM” t-shirt

Archit Mehta13th November 2021

Several social media users have shared an image of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan wearing a t-shirt with the text ‘Vote for MIM’ and a logo of a kite. MIM is…

Religion

Old video falsely shared as Muslims sell cake laced with impotence pills to Hindu children

Archit Mehta13th November 2021

Several people on the internet have shared a video of a man unwrapping mini cakes “Luppo”. The video shows the man take out white pills from inside the cake. It…

Religion

Video of men adulterating rice is not from India; shared with anti-Muslim spin

Archit Mehta12th November 202112th November 2021

A video of men working at a food processing factory has been shared on the internet. In the video, the men can be seen lollygagging and pouring a liquid on…

Media analysis News

U23 World C’ships medallist Nisha Dahiya denies news reports of her death

Archit Mehta10th November 2021

On November 10, several media outlets reported that unknown assailants shot dead national level wrestler Nisha Dahiya and her brother at Sushil Kumar Academy in Sonipat’s Halalpur area. This report…

Science

Video of man dissecting banana with deficiency shared with false death hoax

Archit Mehta7th November 2021

A 90-second video of a man dissecting a banana has been shared on the internet. The man is not speaking in a language from the Indian sub-continent. As per the…

News Religion

False anti-Muslim spin added to Kerala entrepreneur’s dispute over ‘no halal’ restaurant

Archit Mehta31st October 2021

Around October 25, several prominent social media users claimed that a Kerala-based woman Thushara Ajith was attacked by a group of Muslim fanatics due to non-compliance with Halal in her…

Politics

Video from Bangladesh shot in May shared as man hacked to death in Tripura

Archit Mehta27th October 2021

[Disclaimer: Viral video depicts extreme violence. Only screenshots are used as identifiers.] A mosque and a few shops were reportedly vandalised and set ablaze at Panisagar sub-division in North Tripura…

News

Video of people celebrating Pak’s win against India is from 2017

Archit Mehta27th October 202127th October 2021

On October 24, India lost to Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup, making this Pakistan’s first victory against India in a cricket world cup. A day later, several users…

Media analysis

News18 shares video of giant snake caught in crane as Jharkhand; video not from India

Archit Mehta26th October 202126th October 2021

A video of a giant snake captured by a crane is widely circulating online. Facebook news page KohramLive, with about one lakh followers, posted the video with the caption, “OMG!…