An alleged screenshot from a broadcast by news channel Aaj Tak has been making the rounds on social media the last few days. The Hindi headline in the viral image…
Old image of tunnel in US shared by media as ‘Atal Tunnel’ inaugurated by PM Modi
On October 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Atal Tunnel at Rohtang, Himachal Pradesh. The Hindu reported that the 9.02 km-long-tunnel, built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), connects…
Unrelated video shared as Hathras victim being felicitated for academic success
A video of a young woman walking amongst a group of people bowing to her, touching her feet and offering flowers is doing the rounds on social media. It is…
Old video of Babul Supriyo’s convoy attacked shared as Health Minister Harsh Vardhan beaten
A video of a mob beating up a man adorning white clothes is being circulated widely on social media platforms. Several users have claimed that the person being thrashed is…
Video of AAP MLA Ajay Dutt’s skirmish with Delhi police viral as Rahul Gandhi
A 30-second video that shows policemen aggressively escorting a man is viral with Malayalam text that reads, “His father was the Prime Minister, father’s mother was the Prime Minister, and…
Viral: Morphed image of Yogi Adityanath watching Hathras victim’s cremation ‘live’
A 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated in the wee hours of September 30. Family members were locked inside…
Woman who died due to medical negligence in 2018 misidentified as Hathras victim
On September 29, the victim in the alleged rape case from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh passed away in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. Following her death, social media users began sharing an…
Old video from Brazil that shows stacks of fake currency notes viral with false claim
A two-minute clip that seemingly portrays cash stacked up on a barricaded road is viral. The text associated with the video claims, “This is not a Building, these are the…
Punjab woman constable’s death in road accident given rape-murder spin on social media
Photographs of the dead body of a woman constable have been widely shared on social media with the claim that she was raped and murdered in Congress-ruled Punjab. The pictures…
Old CCTV footage of woman kidnapped in Karnataka viral as UP
In the backdrop of the uproar against the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, a CCTV footage of a woman being kidnapped in broad daylight is…