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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…

Video shared to make misleading claim that Hathras victim’s family did her last rites

Pooja Chaudhuri30th September 20201st October 2020

A 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was allegedly tortured and gang-raped by four upper-caste men on September 14. She succumbed to her injuries on September 29. The UP…

Old images and videos of farmer protests shared as recent

Kinjal30th September 2020

Farmers have been holding demonstrations across the country in protest of the agricultural ordinances that were recently passed in the Parliament. Amidst this, some pictures and videos were being circulated…

Photos of protests against gold smuggling case in Kerala shared as farmer protests

Kinjal30th September 202030th September 2020

Few images of injured protesters are circulating on social media with the claim that they depict farmers who were beaten during the ongoing protests. It is also being claimed that…

Fact-check: Did Yogi Adityanath say dead Muslim women should be raped?

Priyanka Jha & Anuradha Prasad29th September 20201st October 2020

A video featuring Abhishek Banerjee has been trending recently on social media. Banerjee is a Trinamool Congress MP and the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. In the…