Two videos of an angry mob beating three men are circulating on WhatsApp with the claim that residents of Trilokpur gram sabha in Dharmapur village have caught a gang of…
Gory, disturbing videos shared to stoke false rumours of child-kidnapping
A set of videos is circulating on social media with the narrative that these depict child-kidnappers who sell kidneys of children for money. Alt News was asked to verify the…
Old video of protest in Haryana shared on Pak social media as police brutality on Kashmiris
The revocation of J&K’s special status under Article 370 has drawn a deluge of misinformation from both sides of the border – India and Pakistan. While on the Indian side…
Old video from UP viral as devotees at Andhra’s Tirumala temple manhandled by Christian police
A Twitter user Aviral Sharma, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shared a video where a policeman can be seen roughing up a few people who seem to…
Old images shared to show international monuments lit up in tricolour on 73rd I-Day
After the conclusion of India’s 73rd independence day, Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor tweeted images of famous international monuments lit up in the colour of the Indian flag. A fact-check, however,…
Video of lady singing Krishna hymns shared as daughter of Mohammed Rafi
A video of a lady singing a Hindu devotional song has gone viral on Facebook with the claim that she is the daughter of legendary Hindi playback singer Mohammed Rafi….
False claim: Bhagavad Gita made compulsory in primary schools in the Netherlands
According to a claim which has been shared online, the Bhagavad Gita has been made compulsory in schools in the Netherlands from grade 5. Hare Krishna pic.twitter.com/zCqSI7usI1 — Maithili (@SuvarnBharat)…
Old video of father kidnapping his own kids shared to fuel false child-kidnapping rumours
A CCTV footage shared by several on social media shows three men forcefully putting two children in a car. The widely used message circulated with the claim suggests that the…
Police rescue woman falsely accused of child-kidnapping; video viral to fuel rumours
A video of a woman escorted by a police officer with a mob walking along with them is being shared on social media. It is being claimed that the woman…
No, these images don’t depict child-kidnapping gangs lifting children to sell kidneys
A photograph of lifeless bodies of five children is being circulated on social media with two separate claims. The first one was brought to our attention by a user who…