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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

Archit3rd October 20203rd October 2020

An image of a woman dressed in barbed wires and metal sheets is viral on Facebook and Twitter with the claim that she is protesting against increasing rape incidents in…

Morphed image of Pakistani politician shared in India

Kinjal1st October 20201st October 2020

An image of a person sitting in a flight with a bottle of liquor on the table next to him is circulating on social media. On September 26, Twitter user…

Old video of PM Modi’s mock funeral staged in Tamil Nadu shared as Haryana

Jignesh Patel1st October 20201st October 2020

A video of protesters staging a mock funeral of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone viral on social media. It is being claimed that the procession was carried out in…

Satirical FB post on Ayub Khan marrying his daughter draws ridicule for Congress leader

Pooja Chaudhuri1st October 202023rd November 2020

Facebook user ‘Tarunnam Khan’ has caused quite a stir with a post where she claimed that she married her ‘father’ Ayub Khan. The person tagged was Hyderabad Congress leader Ayub…

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Unrelated videos viral as footage of weapon seizure in Lucknow with communal claims

Muslim man held minor girl at knifepoint after failed ‘love jihad’ attempt? No, video viral with false communal claims