Trigger warning: Suicide A video of a person falling off an electricity tower is being circulated on social media with the claim that the man climbed up the transmission tower…
Conspiracy to damage rail tracks? Old video of ‘Agnipath’ protesters falsely viral after Odisha tragedy
A video of a group of men tampering with and uprooting the ‘rail clip’ and ‘fish plate’ on a train track was recently viral on social media. The clip is…
Paharganj video: Woman slit own wrist after altercation with friend; Sudarshan News added ‘Jihad’ twist
A 33-second long video in which a mob is roughing up a young man while a woman with her wrist slit stands next to him is viral on social media…
Clip of Karnataka football team waiting outside CM house is from March, when BJP was in power
A video of the Karnataka state football team is viral with the claim that they were made to wait on a pavement outside the chief minister’s house after ‘recently’ winning…
Advocate Saurabh Kirpal dancing on a beach? Unrelated video viral with false claims to attack activist-lawyer
A video of a man dancing on a beach is being circulated with the claim that he is senior advocate and LGBTQIA+ rights activist Saurabh Kirpal, son of former Chief…
Video of Meerut boy & girl shared with false ‘Love Jihad’ claims, cops initiate action against users
[The story uses only screenshots of relevant social media posts, instead of embedding the actual posts, to withhold the identity of the minors involved.] Last week, a video from Meerut…
Couple pleading with daughter not to marry Muslim man? Video viral with false claim
A one-minute-long video has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. The clip features an elderly couple who is seen pleading with a man and a woman and…
Indian tribe practises ritual similar to ‘sati’? Nepal wedding video shared with false claim
A video of a woman who is dressed as a bride is making the rounds on social media. A group of people are seen carrying her in a palanquin on…
Video from Bangladesh mosque showing counting of donation viral as from India
A video is being shared on social media where a few men wearing skull caps can be seen transferring money from what looks like a donation box to some sacks….
4 Hindus held for Bulandshahr temple vandalism; videos viral with misleading communal claims
During the wee hours of June 1, almost a dozen of idols of Hindu deities in four temples in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, were vandalized by some miscreants. According to the…