Just after midnight on April 6, several social media accounts claimed that a Hindu man named Chandru was killed by Muslims in the Goripalya area of Bengaluru. As per the…
False communal spin added to Delhi’s Naraina murder case
Days after the murder of a youth in West Delhi’s Naraina, a video clip of the alleged incident went viral on social media. Several BJP leaders and supporters of the…
Video of youth’s killing in Delhi last year shared with false communal spin
[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some. Viewer discretion is advised.] A 30-second-long video clip of a man getting stabbed by three people is widely being circulated on social media…
Surat: Man kills woman for rejecting love proposal, false communal spin added online
[Disclaimer: The viral video depicts violence. It has not been embedded in this report.] Two clips that show a man slitting a woman’s throat in public have been shared online….
CCTV video of boy attacking girl with knife shared with false communal spin
CCTV footage of a boy stabbing a young girl on the street is viral on social media. It has been claimed that the attacker was Asraf Ali who stabbed an…
BJP leader gives false communal spin to domestic violence case in Pak, media follows suit
A video of a woman being dragged by a group of men who can be heard saying, “Put her in the car,” was shared by BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa…
Teacher trashes student for ‘loitering’, Sudarshan News injects false communal spin
Sudarshan News tweeted a video on October 16 that shows a teacher beating a pupil in class. The channel claimed that a Christian teacher in Tamil Nadu brutally beat up…
Old video from UP given false communal spin; victim and attacker from same community
[Disclaimer: The video shows violence and can be disturbing for some viewers. Discretion is advised.] Twitter user @p4pakipower with 70,000 followers posted a clip of a man being beaten by…
Video of scuffle between two Hindu families in Jodhpur viral with false communal spin
A video of a group of people thrashing a bloodied man with sticks is being shared widely on social media. It has been claimed that Muslims “with no fear of…
Old photo of group detained for flouting COVID norms viral with false communal spin
A picture of a group of young people has been shared with the claim that 30 people were arrested following a raid conducted at a hookah bar in Madhya Pradesh….