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Woman dancing at BJP’s R G Kar protest? No, viral video is from a Bengal village fair

Indradeep Bhattacharyya26th August 2024

A video of a woman dancing to peppy music is widely viral on social media. On the dais behind the dancer, one can see ‘Justice for R G Kar’ posters….

Golam Azam was not in the emergency building at the time of R G Kar crime: Multiple testimonies support his alibi

Shinjinee Majumder & Oishani Bhattacharya24th August 2024

The two persons who have been most frequently named in social media theories as accused in the R G Kar rape and murder case in Kolkata are Arshean Alam and…

Supreme Court did not say R G Kar crime scene was altered; false claim by editor of propaganda outlet

Ankita Mahalanobish24th August 2024

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud heard the Kolkata R G Kar rape and murder case on August 22, 2024. This was…

Bangladesh: Harassment of Rajshahi civic official Taufiq Islam falsely shared by Indian RW as attack on Hindus

Indradeep Bhattacharyya22nd August 202423rd August 2024

Several Right-wing X (formerly Twitter) handles have shared a 2.15-minute video claiming that it shows the harassment and physical assault of a Hindu teacher in Bangladesh. Numerous incidents of targeted…

The ‘news’ of Ankita Bauri raped & murdered in Bengal while returning from August 15 protest is fabricated

Prantik Ali21st August 2024

Several social media users have shared the ‘news’ that a girl named Ankita Bauri, a student of Burdwan University in West Bengal, was raped and murdered while she was on…

Arshean Alam social media trial: Alt News probe finds he was at home at the time of the R G Kar rape-murder

Shinjinee Majumder & Oishani Bhattacharya20th August 202420th August 2024

A 31-year-old doctor was allegedly raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical Hospital and College in Kolkata in the wee hours of August 9. Her body was discovered…

Pelvic girdle, hyoid bone broken? R G Kar victim’s post-mortem report says no fracture found

Oishani Bhattacharya & Pratik Sinha19th August 202421st August 2024

Following the alleged rape and murder of a doctor (postgraduate trainee) at the government-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, various claims about the circumstances of her…

150 grams semen found in R G Kar victim’s body? No, post-mortem report mentions weight of genitalia

Pratik Sinha & Indradeep Bhattacharyya18th August 202419th August 2024

A week into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor (a postgraduate trainee) at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, several theories have surfaced in public discourse…

Seminar room at R G Kar Hospital – the crime scene – was not impacted by the midnight violence after Kolkata rape & murder

Indradeep Bhattacharyya18th August 202421st August 2024

A week into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor (a postgraduate trainee at the pulmonary medicine department) at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, several theories…

‘What is our fault?… that we are Hindus?’ Tales of attacks on minorities pour in from Bangladesh

Shinjinee Majumder18th August 2024

“..We always remained silent; whatever the students did, they did well. We had nothing to say. We stayed quiet… everything they did was fine. But today, why should we be…

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