A Dalit woman’s alleged gang-rape in Hathras sparked protests in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi after UP police cremated the victim’s body against her family’s consent. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s handling…
BJP leader accused in different rape case misidentified as father of accused in Hathras case
Photographs of a man with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are being circulated on Twitter and Facebook with the claim…
Old image of Sri Lankan artist viral as woman protesting against rape in India
An image of a woman dressed in barbed wires and metal sheets is viral on Facebook and Twitter with the claim that she is protesting against increasing rape incidents in…
Video used to mock Ravish Kumar for ‘rolling on the street’ does not feature the journalist
BJP MLA Indu Tiwari from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh tweeted a 19-second video alleging that it shows journalist Ravish Kumar. “Do you recognise this messiah journalist? He is known for imparting…
Morphed image of Pakistani politician shared in India
An image of a person sitting in a flight with a bottle of liquor on the table next to him is circulating on social media. On September 26, Twitter user…
Old video of PM Modi’s mock funeral staged in Tamil Nadu shared as Haryana
A video of protesters staging a mock funeral of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone viral on social media. It is being claimed that the procession was carried out in…
Satirical FB post on Ayub Khan marrying his daughter draws ridicule for Congress leader
Facebook user ‘Tarunnam Khan’ has caused quite a stir with a post where she claimed that she married her ‘father’ Ayub Khan. The person tagged was Hyderabad Congress leader Ayub…
Video shared to make misleading claim that Hathras victim’s family did her last rites
A 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was allegedly tortured and gang-raped by four upper-caste men on September 14. She succumbed to her injuries on September 29. The UP…
Old images and videos of farmer protests shared as recent
Farmers have been holding demonstrations across the country in protest of the agricultural ordinances that were recently passed in the Parliament. Amidst this, some pictures and videos were being circulated…
Photos of protests against gold smuggling case in Kerala shared as farmer protests
Few images of injured protesters are circulating on social media with the claim that they depict farmers who were beaten during the ongoing protests. It is also being claimed that…