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Gurugram transperson’s suicide: Right Wing social media users add communal spin

Oishani Bhattacharya10th July 2023

Trigger Warning: Suicide A video has gone viral on social media claiming that in Dharampur of Gurugram, a transgender person was killed and subsequently hanged by a few ‘Bangladeshi Muslims’…

Attack on Pune woman: Accused identified as Shantanu Laxman Jadhav, social media users call him ‘Jihadi’

Oishani Bhattacharya1st July 2023

A video has surfaced on social media where a man can be seen running after a woman with a weapon in his hand and can be seen striking her with…

Bengaluru Muslims calling for ‘boycott of Hindus’? 2019 video from Rajasthan viral with misleading claims

Shinjinee Majumder30th June 2023

A video of a man giving a speech to a crowd is currently viral on social media. Describing the video as recent, several users have claimed that the video was…

Tamil Nadu temple demolition: Old videos of anti-encroachment drive shared with misleading claims

Oishani Bhattacharya30th June 2023

Two videos are being shared on social media where structures, seemingly temples, can be seen being demolished. In one video, one can also see that a number of people have…

‘Bhagwa Love Trap’: An elaborate conspiracy theory in response to the ‘Love Jihad’ narrative

Kalim Ahmed29th June 202329th June 2023

A video surfaced on social media on April 7, 2023, featuring a man addressing a crowd outside a mosque in Farooq Nagar, Nagpur. Facing the gathering that emerges from the…

2 sisters beat up Ahmedabad man for ‘molestation’, incident given communal twist on social media

Shinjinee Majumder & Kinjal29th June 2023

A video of a man being beaten up by a schoolgirl is viral on social media with the claim that the man, a Muslim, molested a Hindu female student and…

Video of Kota Allen Institute students offering namaz and shouting Jai Sri Ram is from June 23, 2023

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair27th June 202328th June 2023

On June 26, journalist Meer Faisal tweeted a video of several students raising ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogans as a reaction to their Muslim peers offering Namaz at the Allen Institute…

Delhi Congress leader Asif Khan’s spat with cop: Old video viral with false ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ claims

Kalim Ahmed27th June 2023

A 1:26-minute-long video has gone viral on social media, capturing a man engaged in a heated altercation with a police officer and threatening him. The claim accompanying the video suggests…

Clipped video of Priyank Kharge’s address to cops shared with false claim of ‘promoting cow-slaughter’

Oishani Bhattacharya26th June 202326th June 2023

A 30-second clip of Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge holding a meeting with police officers is being shared on social media with the claim that he is instructing the police to…

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