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Still from 2014 Bhojpuri movie shared as violence against Hindu woman in West Bengal

Alt News Staff7th April 2021

West Bengal elections have become a hotspot for communal misinformation as claims suggesting that the Mamata Banerjee government is unsympathetic towards the state’s Hindu population are widespread. In the latest…

Image of 2013 Bangladesh riots shared as violence against Hindus in West Bengal

Pooja Chaudhuri7th April 2021

A photograph of a rioting mob has been shared amid West Bengal elections with the claim that it depicts violence against Hindus in Hooghly. #StandWithBengalHindus is the hashtag used along…

Old sexual assault video from Andhra revived with false communal spin

Priyanka Jha6th April 20216th April 2021

A disturbing video of a man sexually assaulting a girl while another records the act has been shared with the claim that a Muslim woman ‘handed over’ her Hindu friend…

Muslim couple marrying Hindu foster daughter to Hindu man shared with misleading claim

Anuradha Prasad3rd April 2021

Several social media users have shared a picture with the claim that Muslim parents in Kerala married their daughter into a Hindu family. “She will be safe in the Hindu…

Fact-check: Did Muslims enter a ‘temple’ in Maharashtra’s Malanggad to disrupt aarti?

Archit Mehta3rd April 20213rd April 2021

Two videos have surfaced on social media that show a heated confrontation between Muslim and Hindu communities at a place of worship. The videos show them arguing near two enshrined…

Sudarshan News communalises clash between Muslim groups at Uttarakhand’s Jaspur dargah

Pooja Chaudhuri1st April 20212nd April 2021

A fight that broke out between two groups was reported by Sudarshan News as Muslims attacking and chasing ‘secularists’ with sticks for offering chadar at Jaspur dargah in Uttarakhand. उत्तराखंड में जसपुर दरगाह…

Muslims falsely blamed after UP youths accidentally hit themselves with acid bottles on Holi

Kinjal1st April 20211st April 2021

[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some.] A video of cream applied on the bodies of two burn victims has been shared on social media with the claim that they…

Women in this photo are not Bangladesh Liberation War ‘freedom fighters’

Anuradha Prasad30th March 2021

Vishwa Hindu Parishad spokesperson and joint secretary (Konkan) Shriraj Nair recently shared a collage of two photographs. The first is black and white, featuring four women seated in a jeep…

Violence between police and civilians in Rajasthan given false communal spin

Priyanka Jha27th March 2021

Video footage of a mob beating two policemen has gone viral on social media. It also shows the crowd attacking another officer who tried to save his colleague. Users are…

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Video of husband stabbing wife to death in Delhi shared with ‘love jihad’ spin

False conspiracy about ‘love jihad’ in Noida spun based on 2017 image from Lucknow