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Old image from anti-CAA protest falsely linked to Delhi’s Jahangirpuri violence

Nilofar Absar19th April 2022

Against the backdrop of communal violence reported in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area during the recently held Hanuman Jayanti procession, an image is being shared on social media depicting a Muslim mob…

Sudarshan News falsely accuses Pawan Hans of discriminating against Hindu students

Priyanka Jha & Mohammed Zubair19th April 202225th April 2022

On April 14, Sudarshan News claimed during a broadcast that Pawan Hans Limited is indulging in “job jihad”. The channel’s editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke asserted that the government-owned company was only…

Ahmednagar police deny Muslims raised pro-Pak slogans during Ram Navami celebration

Mohammed18th April 2022

A video from Newasa in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra is currently being shared on social media with the claim that Muslim youths pelted stones at a Ram Navami rally and chanted…

Video of saffron flags raised atop UP mosque falsely linked to Karauli communal violence

Archit8th April 202211th April 2022

On April 2, CrPC Section 144 was imposed in Rajasthan’s Karauli district after stones were pelted during a ‘Shobha Yatra’ procession that day. The Quint reported that the police have…

Chhattisgarh dargah wasn’t attacked by Hindu groups, video viral with false claim

Mohammed7th April 2022

On April 5, Facebook user Rukhsar, who has over 5 lakh followers, posted a video of men with saffron flags gathered outside a mosque. She wrote, “After BJP-ruled states, Muslims…

Youth’s death due to road rage in Bengaluru given false communal spin

Archit6th April 20226th April 2022

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…

Video of youth carrying woman’s corpse in suitcase shared with false ‘love jihad’ spin

Kinjal2nd April 2022

[Disclaimer: Disturbing visuals. Viewer discretion is advised.] A video of a group of people apprehending a young man, claiming that he murdered a girl and put her dead body in…

No, this isn’t TN man arrested for issuing death threats to Karnataka judges

Archit28th March 2022

On March 23, The Indian Express reported that Bengaluru police brought a man from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka for issuing death threats to high court judges over the hijab verdict….

Claim by BJP members that Hindus were killed in Birbhum violence is false

Archit24th March 2022

On March 21, Bhadu Sheikh, a TMC’s deputy pradhan in Bogtui village of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, died after four men on two motorcycles allegedly lobbed crude bombs at him….

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