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Photos of sadhu injured in personal dispute in Vrindavan shared with false Bangladeshi angle

Ketan12th May 202013th May 2020

A set of photographs of an injured, bloodied sadhu is viral on social media. Posts and tweets claim that the Hindu ascetic was murdered by “Bangladeshi immigrants” in Vrindavan. They…

Video of suicide incident from Gujarat falsely associated with financial crisis during lockdown

Jignesh Patel11th May 202019th May 2020

A video of two children and a woman who seem to have committed suicide by hanging themselves in their home is viral on social media. Facebook user Mohd Samim posted…

Unrelated image shared as the minor girl who was gang-raped in Rajasthan’s Tonk

Pooja Chaudhuri11th May 202012th May 2020

A photograph of a bloodied girl lying dead on a chair has been shared widely on social media. It is being claimed that she is a 15-year-old who was gang-raped…

Old video from Surat shared as cop taking money from migrants walking home on rail tracks

Jignesh Patel11th May 202011th May 2020

A video of a policeman collecting money from a group of women walking on railway tracks carrying luggage is viral on social media. It is being claimed that the cop…

Viral message falsely claims Mumbai and Pune to be under military lockdown, CM debunks rumour

Archit9th May 2020

On May 5, IAS officer Rajiv Kumar Gupta announced that “[in] the entire AMC [Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation] area, all shops and home delivery services except milk and medicine shall remain…

Fake tweet portrays Amit Shah saying he has bone cancer

Archit9th May 202011th May 2020

A screenshot of Home Minister Amit Shah’s alleged tweet has gone viral on WhatsApp. As per the screenshot, Shah wrote in Hindi that he is suffering from bone cancer and…

Video from Pak viral as Air India flouts social distancing norms, overcharges passengers

Archit8th May 20208th May 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared a two-minute video which shows passengers in a commercial aircraft confronting the airline staff. A man can be heard saying that despite charging…

Video of stale food thrown by migrant workers shared with false narrative

Jignesh Patel7th May 2020

A video of passengers in a train throwing food packets on railway platform is being shared with the claim that migrants discarded the food provided to them by the government…

Photo from 2018 passed off as showering of flower petals during recent tribute to corona warriors

Archit5th May 20205th May 2020

On May 1, the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, along with the three armed forces chiefs, listed a host of initiatives to give tribute to medical professionals and…

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Identifying an impostor: ‘Verified’ X account not of Iranian journalist whose show was interrupted by Israeli attacks

Dalit man tortured in Jhansi? Old video resurfaces; police says victim, assailants from same community