On April 18, BJP’s National General secretary BL Santosh tweeted an image of Switzerland’s Matterhorn mountain with the message, “Matterhorn mountain in Swiss Alps lighted with tricolour in the name…
Old video: Pak warship brushing against INS Godavari falsely viral as recent event off Gujarat coast
A four-minute video which shows two naval ships has gone viral with the claim that it is a recent video from the coast of Gujarat. The video is recorded by…
Palghar lynching incident falsely communalised on social media
On April 16, three men were lynched by an armed mob near Gadchinchale village which comes under the Kasa Police jurisdiction in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. Three days later, videos of…
Videos viral with false claim of poor slum dwellers and Muslims hoarding food in Meerut
Two videos have gone viral with the claim that people from the Muslim community are hoarding food supplies and wasting food amidst the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. Video 1:…
Video of currency notes in Indore falsely viral as ‘Muslim conspiracy’ to spread coronavirus
A video where a few policemen are seen picking up notes with sticks from a roadside and placing them inside a bag is doing the rounds on social media. It…
Video of mentally unstable woman viral with false claim of attempting to spread coronavirus
Videos of a woman shopping in a supermarket have been widely shared on social media. The person recording the videos says that it was shot at a Reliance store and…
News24 shares old broadcast of namaz at Jama Masjid multiple times to portray mass gathering
On Friday, April 17, Hindi media outlet News24 shared a video on Facebook titled, “कोरोना ने बदला इबादत की तरीका,दिल्ली के जामा मस्जिद का माहौल क्या है?” This translates to…
False claim suggests Bandra mass gathering accused Vinay Dubey’s father is Muslim
A photograph of Navi Mumbai-based self-proclaimed labour leader and activist Vinay Dubey, along with a man and a woman, was posted by one Shiv Yadav on Twitter. Yadav claimed that…
Old, unrelated photo shared as family commits suicide in Surat due to hunger during lockdown
A photograph of a man, woman and infant hanging dead from a tree has been widely shared on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that the family committed suicide out…
Video from Mumbai viral as cops lathicharge deaf-mute man in Ahmedabad’s Behrampura
A disturbing video of a group of policemen brutally lathi-charging a man is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, the policemen are seen chasing and beating a…