Religion

Hindu woman beheaded 6 Muslims in Varanasi after rape threat? Fake report viral; no such incident, confirm police

Shinjinee Majumder19th June 2023

An image of an apparent report by UP Tak (a Lucknow-based media outlet from India Today’s ‘Tak’ cluster) is viral in which it is claimed that a Dalit woman is…

Shivam from UP beat up wife over dowry, video shared with ‘Abdul’ jibe to communalise crime

Kinjal19th June 2023

Trigger warning: Violence A video of a man beating a woman is being widely shared on social media. In the video, this man first hits the woman with a stick…

Ghaziabad: 2022 incident of woman’s murder by suspecting lover shared with false ‘Love Jihad’ claims

Abira Das19th June 202319th June 2023

Several users have claimed on social media that a young woman named Asha, a resident of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, was brutally assaulted and murdered by her lover, Nadeem when she…

Kedarnath pilgrims assaulted by mule operators: Video viral with false communal claim, all accused Hindu

Oishani Bhattacharya16th June 2023

A video is viral on social media with the claim that in Kedarnath a few horse and mule operators had assaulted some devotees with sticks. The users also claimed that…

Paharganj video: Woman slit own wrist after altercation with friend; Sudarshan News added ‘Jihad’ twist

Kalim Ahmed13th June 2023

A 33-second long video in which a mob is roughing up a young man while a woman with her wrist slit stands next to him is viral on social media…

Video of Meerut boy & girl shared with false ‘Love Jihad’ claims, cops initiate action against users

Oishani Bhattacharya12th June 2023

[The story uses only screenshots of relevant social media posts, instead of embedding the actual posts, to withhold the identity of the minors involved.] Last week, a video from Meerut…

4 Hindus held for Bulandshahr temple vandalism; videos viral with misleading communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya9th June 2023

During the wee hours of June 1, almost a dozen of idols of Hindu deities in four temples in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, were vandalized by some miscreants. According to the…

2017 London acid attack victim’s photo viral in India with false communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya8th June 2023

A photo collage of a woman is being shared by social media users which seemingly shows an acid-attack victim. Several users have claimed that the perpetrator was a Muslim by…

Man crossing tracks left empty cylinder as train came on; 2022 video viral with false communal conspiracy claim

Shinjinee Majumder7th June 20237th June 2023

Days after the horrific Odisha train accident that claimed nearly 300 lives and left over 800 injured, a video that shows a ruptured gas cylinder being retrieved from railway tracks…

UP rape-murder accused Sheel Kumar is Hindu, ‘Rohingya’ claims false: Police

Oishani Bhattacharya7th June 2023

An image of a minor girl is being shared on social media with the claim that she was abducted, raped and killed in a village in the Shravasti district of…