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Unrelated video shared as Hathras victim being felicitated for academic success

Jignesh Patel6th October 20206th October 2020

A video of a young woman walking amongst a group of people bowing to her, touching her feet and offering flowers is doing the rounds on social media. It is…

Old video of Babul Supriyo’s convoy attacked shared as Health Minister Harsh Vardhan beaten

Kinjal5th October 20207th October 2020

A video of a mob beating up a man adorning white clothes is being circulated widely on social media platforms. Several users have claimed that the person being thrashed is…

Video of AAP MLA Ajay Dutt’s skirmish with Delhi police viral as Rahul Gandhi

Archit5th October 20206th October 2020

A 30-second video that shows policemen aggressively escorting a man is viral with Malayalam text that reads, “His father was the Prime Minister, father’s mother was the Prime Minister, and…

Viral: Morphed image of Yogi Adityanath watching Hathras victim’s cremation ‘live’

Anuradha Prasad5th October 2020

A 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated in the wee hours of September 30. Family members were locked inside…

Old video from Brazil that shows stacks of fake currency notes viral with false claim

Archit5th October 2020

A two-minute clip that seemingly portrays cash stacked up on a barricaded road is viral. The text associated with the video claims, “This is not a Building, these are the…

Punjab woman constable’s death in road accident given rape-murder spin on social media

Mohammed Zubair5th October 20205th October 2020

Photographs of the dead body of a woman constable have been widely shared on social media with the claim that she was raped and murdered in Congress-ruled Punjab. The pictures…

Old CCTV footage of woman kidnapped in Karnataka viral as UP

Mohammed Zubair5th October 2020

In the backdrop of the uproar against the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, a CCTV footage of a woman being kidnapped in broad daylight is…

Fact-check: Does this photo show Rahul Gandhi holding UP cop by his collar?

Pooja Chaudhuri4th October 20204th October 2020

A Dalit woman’s alleged gang-rape in Hathras sparked protests in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi after UP police cremated the victim’s body against her family’s consent. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s handling…

BJP leader accused in different rape case misidentified as father of accused in Hathras case

Archit3rd October 20203rd October 2020

Photographs of a man with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are being circulated on Twitter and Facebook with the claim…

Old image of Sri Lankan artist viral as woman protesting against rape in India