Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
A video of a man standing next to a child explaining a purported incident of an attempt to kidnap the boy is being shared on social media. The video is…
A photograph of policemen standing behind a group of people which includes both men and women is floating on social media with the claim that cops in Madhya Pradesh have…
A video where a man is roughed-up and questioned by a mob over suspicion of child kidnapping is being widely circulated on social media. The narrative propagated with this video…
“DON’T BUY ANYTHING FROM OLD CITY PISTA HOUSE AS WELL DO NOT BUY FROM KARACHI BAKERY”, reads a message posted along with a video where a man can be seen…
A set of pictures – one of an alleged newspaper clipping about two Hindu girls who kept Roza [fast] in the month of Ramzan and another of a woman with…
A video of men wielding sticks and swords, where they can be heard raising slogans against PM Narendra Modi, Bajrang and Shiv Sena is being circulated on social media. Twitter…
A video of a man brutally thrashing children is circulating on WhatsApp with the claim that he is DPS Rajbagh teacher Shakil Ahmed Ansari. The accompanying message also calls for…
A video of an infant’s dead body washed ashore in Muzaffarpur district is doing the rounds on social media with several prominent Twitter handles claiming that the infant died in…
“मोदी राज में सबसे ज्यादा दलितों पर जुलम किए जा रहे हैं। दलितों को जिंदा जला दिया कानून व्यवस्था चौपट। (Atrocities on Dalits have been the highest during Modi rule….
Photographs of a teenager saving a deer from floodwaters are yet again circulating on social media in the wake of devastating floods in Assam where the death toll has crossed…