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Shiva idol in Maharashtra vandalised by Muslims? Initial probe says damage by lightning strike

Pooja Chaudhuri29th July 201930th July 2019

A viral claim on social media suggests that a 400-year-old Shiva statue in Pratapgarh, Gondia district in Maharashtra was desecrated by members of the Muslim community. One of the firsts…

False rumours of child-kidnapping gangs viral on social media: A compilation

Pooja Chaudhuri27th July 2019

False rumours of child-kidnapping gangs on a prowl have emerged on social media leading to mob attacks across the country. A transgender person was beaten to death in West Bengal…

Old images, digital artworks shared as first photographs of Earth sent by Chandrayaan-2

Mohammed Zubair27th July 201927th July 2019

“First photograph of earth, sent by Chandrayan 2….. What an eye-catching visual it is,” says a message viral on social media with a set of photographs from space. First photograph of…

Video of 2017 Brazil prison riot shared as Rohingya Muslim kidnapping gangs on prowl

Pooja Chaudhuri26th July 2019

A video showing mutilated bodies laid out in a room is floating on WhatsApp with the claim that 500-2000 Rohingya Muslims divided into small groups are on a prowl in…

Video of father-son duo alleging kidnapping attempt used to fuel child-abduction rumours

Jignesh Patel26th July 201926th July 2019

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…

Rahul Gandhi shares old images as 2019 Assam floods

Niddhi Rathi26th July 2019

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi recently took to social media to appeal to his party workers to join the relief and rescue operations in flood-affected regions of the country. He posted…

Drunk woman’s video viral as “Rohingya Muslim gang on the prowl kidnapping children”

Pooja Chaudhuri26th July 2019

A video of a woman caught by a mob that interrogates her on suspicions of child-kidnapping has emerged on social media. It has been shared with the claim that gangs…

Photo of arrested sex racket gang from MP shared with child-kidnapping rumors

Jignesh Patel26th July 201926th July 2019

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…

False claim: Violent protest by Muslims in Bhopal against RSS and Bajrang Dal

Arjun Sidharth26th July 2019

“भोपाल में आर एस एस और बजरंग दल के खिलाफ सड़कों पर उतरे मुसलमान अभी भी समय है एक हो जाओ वरना अंत समय नजदीक है। पूरे भारत में और…

Video of mentally-challenged man falsely accused of child-kidnapping viral on social media

Jignesh Patel25th July 201925th July 2019

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…