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2013 video from Bangladesh viral as police brutality after Assam NRC

Priyanka Jha3rd January 20203rd January 2020

In the backdrop of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a video is being widely shared on social media, especially WhatsApp, with…

Audio superimposed on 2015 image falsely suggests Modi govt jailed Muslim women

Priyanka Jha2nd January 2020

On December 30, 2019, Twitter handle @GoSlowplz tweeted a video and wrote, “Plz save these ladies. What the hell have done modi. Rt” The video shows an image of women locked behind bars…

Old video falsely shared as posters of Hindu deities burnt during CAA protests

Archit2nd January 20206th February 2020

On January 2, several social media users shared a video and claimed that anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters burned pictures of Hindu gods during a rally. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra…

Pak users falsely claim Canada deports Indian students for submitting fake IELTS results

Archit2nd January 2020

Since December 28, several social media users have posted a video of students standing in a queue at Toronto Pearson International Airport. These posts claim that the video shows Indian…

Old video of SP leader Mavia Ali shared as that of Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui

Alt News Desk2nd January 20202nd January 2020

In the backdrop of widespread protests opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act, BJP National spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a video along with a text saying, “Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui is saying…

No, the elderly man pelting stone in Kanpur is not Muslim cleric from Muzaffarnagar

Jignesh Patel31st December 201931st December 2019

Author Bhaavna Arora tweeted two images – a screenshot of an injured elderly man and a photo of an old man who can be seen pelting a stone – along…

CAA Protest: Video of Jabalpur police vandalising vehicles shared as UP police

Jignesh Patel31st December 2019

A video of cops vandalizing vehicles was shared on social media with the claim that the incident took place in Uttar Pradesh. Twitter user Fahad posted the video and wrote,…

No, Danish Kaneria is not among Pakistani players offering Namaz in this photo

Niddhi Rathi & Jignesh Patel30th December 2019

BJP Mahila Morcha national in-charge of social media, Priti Gandhi, tweeted a photograph of the former Pakistani cricket team offering namaz. She wrote, “Picture of Pakistan cricket team during Inzamam-ul-Haq’s…

Video from Sri Lanka shared as Muslims beaten in a detention centre in Assam

Pooja Chaudhuri30th December 2019

A video of policemen rounding up people and thrashing them with batons inside what looks like premises of a prison is viral on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that…

CAA Protests: Old video from Pakistan shared as cow slaughtered on Indian flag in Hyderabad

Nitika Amin30th December 2019

A video is circulating on WhatsApp showing a group of men slaughtering a cow on the Indian national flag. Several individuals have sent verification requests of the video on the…

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Hyderabad: ‘Cow vigilantes’ raid truck, find plywood instead of cattle, vandalize it anyway

I swear I won’t do anything for Muslims, says Bengal BJP MLA Ritesh Tiwari