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JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh faked head injury? Screenshot of old broadcast shared with false claim

Jignesh Patel & Pooja Chaudhuri24th January 202025th January 2020

On January 20, Twitter user Anil Jacob posted a screenshot of a TV9 Bharatvarsh broadcast featuring Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh. He claimed that injury marks…

Old video from Manipur shared as women receiving cash in the backdrop of CAA protests

Jignesh Patel24th January 202024th January 2020

A video of a man purportedly handing out cash to a group of women, many of whom are holding the flag of Congress party, is widely circulating on social media…

CAA Protests: Morphed image claims Shaheen Bagh protesters paid Rs 500 per day

Archit23rd January 2020

Several social media users and pages have shared an image which shows women standing in front of a banner which reads ‘Fix rate 500/ day 7 pm to 12 pm…

RSS member’s photo falsely shared as Mangaluru airport bomb suspect Aditya Rao

Pooja Chaudhuri23rd January 202023rd January 2020

A photograph of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Prabhakar Bhat with a member of the organisation is widely circulating across social media platforms. It is being claimed that the member…

Robbery attempt communalised as Kali idol vandalised in Bengal’s Siliguri

Pooja Chaudhuri & Nibedita Sen22nd January 202023rd January 2020

A set of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that an Idol of Hindu deity Kali in Gate Bazar Kali Mandir, Siliguri was demolished. Twitter user Roop…

Photo of Kanhaiya Kumar falsely shared as celebrating death of 76 CRPF soldiers in 2010

Nibedita Sen21st January 202021st January 2020

A photograph of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, including Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya is circulating on Twitter with the claim that the death of 76 Central…

Video from 2018 falsely viral as Indian Constitution burnt by RSS members

Pooja Chaudhuri21st January 202021st January 2020

A video is massively viral with the claim that members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) burnt a copy of the Indian Constitution. One @IncKinju shared the clip on Twitter with…

Old video from Rajasthan viral as eviction in Assam after NRC implementation

Pooja Chaudhuri21st January 202021st January 2020

“NRC started in Assam. They have begun evicting people from their homes. The media doesn’t show it, they are being sold so it is our responsibility now to share this…

No, PM Modi’s wife Jashodaben did not attend anti-CAA rally at Shaheen Bagh

Nibedita Sen21st January 202021st January 2020

A photograph of a group of women is being shared with the claim that it shows Jashodaben, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife, attending a rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act…