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Scripted video of Hindu man marrying his two daughters believed to be true

Abhishek Kumar15th July 2022

A video of a middle-aged man in wedding attire standing alongside two brides in a temple is circulating widely on social media. Both women claim that the man is their…

No, video of boy reciting Azaan in school is not from Jharkhand

Shinjinee Majumder14th July 2022

A clip of a primary school student rendering Azaan is going viral. Social media users have claimed that it is from a village in Jharkhand where 75% of the population…

Fact-check: Did an ‘Islamic mob’ attack constable Sandeep after Kanhaiya Lal’s murder?

Abhishek Kumar12th July 2022

On June 28, 2022, tailor Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered by two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The attackers made a video of the incident and shared it on social…

‘Flood jihad’ – NewsX, other media outlets, journos communalise Silchar floods

Archit11th July 202212th July 2022

While reporting on the Assam floods in June, The Indian Express stated that Silchar — southern Assam’s biggest town and the gateway to the three districts on the bank of…

Viral video of armed civilians chasing a buffalo is from Pakistan

Abhishek Kumar11th July 202211th July 2022

A video of a group of people chasing a buffalo with advanced weapons like rifles, and pistols is gaining a lot of traction on social media. In the video, it…

No, youth pouring beer on Shivling in this video are not Muslims

Kinjal6th July 2022

A 26-second video of two men pouring beer on a Shivling has been circulating widely on social media. It is being claimed that the two are Muslims who committed this…

Staged child kidnapping video from Egypt viral in India targeting Muslims

Archit5th July 2022

A 30-second clip circulating on the Indian social media ecosystem – Twitter and Facebook – shows a person in a burqa allegedly drugging a child in public and placing the…

Police denies ‘RSS links’ of man falsely believed to fake Muslim identity in Jaipur

Kalim Ahmed1st July 2022

On June 28, two Muslim men beheaded a tailor named Kanhaiya Lal Sahu at his shop in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The two assailants recorded the barbaric incident on their phones and…

Fact-check: Muslim man thrown out of London’s Wembley Stadium for namaz offering?

Kalim Ahmed28th June 2022

A minute-long video clip where a man wearing a bandana gets punched by security personnel is widely circulating on social media. In the video, we can see a group of…

Zee News claims Buddhists “clashed” with Muslims in Ladakh. But what is the truth?

Archit27th June 2022

On June 16, Zee News posted a two-minute broadcast that showed people marching on hilly terrain. The march was carried out to create awareness for establishing a Gompa in Kargil,…

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

Land dispute in Hindu family turns violent; axe attack video from Bangladesh viral with false communal angle