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…
Viral video of staged kidnapping now circulates with child abduction rumour in Kutch, Gujarat
કચ્છ પોલીસે જાહેરનામુ બહાર પાડયું છે… હાલની તારીખ માં જે બાળકો ઉપાડવાનું બનાવ બને છે એ હકીકતમાં બહુ દુઃખદ વસ્તુ છે હમણાં કચ્છની અંદર અઢીસો થી ત્રણસો લોકો (બાળકો ઉપાળવા…
DCP on Bengaluru ‘child theft’: Accused mentally unsound, under treatment at NIMHANS, did not try to kidnap kid
A 35-second clip showing a group of individuals — a few men wearing skullcaps and a woman wearing a burqa — being carried away by the police is circulating on…
Fact-Check: Burqa-clad woman on DTC bus in viral clip is not a child kidnapper
On September 19, Alt News received a series of videos on our WhatsApp tip line (+91 7600011160) clubbed together as an incident of child kidnapping in Delhi. The tipper, who…
Child-theft rumours: A sordid saga unfolds as police look for effective measures
[The following story includes graphic photos and videos. Readers’ discretion is advised.] In the first week of September, Alt News started receiving multiple requests daily to verify audio and videos…
Media houses shared unrelated video from MP as sadhus beaten up for child theft in Maharashtra
In the past few weeks, there have been multiple reports of people getting attacked across the country over rumours of child kidnapping. This wave of rumours began circulating after a…
Scripted video of schoolchildren ‘romancing’ in an alleyway in Delhi viral as real
A video of a boy and two girls standing in an alleyway has gone viral on social media. In the video, the boy can be seen hugging the girls while…
Video of sadhus mistaken for child kidnappers beaten in MP viral as Delhi
A video of two sadhus in a car apprehended by a mob has been shared on social media with the claim that they are child kidnappers. “They look like sadhus…
Video of women’s gang nabbed for extortion shared as child-kidnappers arrested in Gujarat
A video of a group of women sitting in a room is circulating on the Gujarati social media ecosystem with the claim that a child-kidnapping gang was arrested. In the…
Doctored Video: Gorakhpur police warning against false child-lifting rumours clipped and shared online
On August 24, 2022, a video of a man kidnapping a 4-month-old baby from Mathura railway station went viral on social media. Following this, multiple reports started coming in on…