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Video of rape-accused lynched in Bangladesh shared with claims that Hindu boy beaten & killed in Bengal

Prantik Ali1st May 2025

Trigger Warning: The story has visuals of graphic violence. Readers’ discretion advised. A 90-second-long video of a boy brutally lynched by a mob is doing the rounds on social media….

Welsh church fire has no Indian or Pakistani links, South Wales Police rubbishes social media claims

Oishani Bhattacharya1st May 2025

On April 24, a huge fire engulfed a 19th-century Welsh chapel in Port Talbot town of Wales. A video of the ablaze Bethany English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel quickly went viral…

Mass resignations in Pakistan army after Pahalgam attack? Media outlets’ reportage based on fabricated letter

Shinjinee Majumder30th April 20252nd May 2025

In the aftermath of the horrific terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, in which at least 26 people were killed, social media remains rife with several unverified claims,…

Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

Shinjinee Majumder & Abhishek Kumar29th April 20253rd May 2025

At least 26 people were killed in the picturesque Baisaran valley near Pahalgam in Anantnag district on April 22 in the deadliest terror attack targetting tourists in Kashmir in recent…

Bajrang Dal workers in Bengal to tackle ‘jihadis’? Ram Navami video falsely viral

Pawan Kumar28th April 2025

Against the backdrop of the recent communal violence that broke out during protests against the Waqf Amendment Act in Murshidabad, West Bengal, a video went viral on social media in…

Fire at Lahore airport? ABP, News18, Financial Express, others publish reports based on video from 2024

Ankita Mahalanobish28th April 202529th April 2025

A video showing plumes of smoke coming out of vents in the ceiling in a crowded indoor place was widely shared on social media with claims that a fire had…

Anantnag encounter video from 2021 viral as crackdown after Pahalgam attack

Prantik Ali27th April 2025

Within days of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, a video has gone viral on social media showing a house engulfed with fire and smoke. Gunshots can be heard throughout the…

Old video of shelling viral as Indian army retaliating against Pakistan after Pahalgam attack

Prantik Ali26th April 2025

A day after the deadly terrorist attack at Baisaran valley, near Pahalgam, Kashmir (on April 22) killed at least 26, a video showing a group of army men using a…

Pahalgam: AI-generated images showing bodies strewn on a meadow viral after April 22 attack

Abhishek Kumar25th April 2025

At least 26 people were killed in the picturesque Baisaran valley near Pahalgam in Anantnag district on April 22 in the deadliest terror attack targetting tourists in Kashmir in recent history. According to…

Politics

‘Bring 10 Muslim girls, get a job’: No action yet against UP BJP leader for incendiary speech

Col Sofia Qureshi’s video on ‘saffronisation’ and using Indian Army for gimmicks ahead of Bihar Elections is fake