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Old photos of mock drill in Kerala school falsely shared as communal violence in UP

Priyanka Jha25th February 202225th February 2022

Recently, an audio clip accompanied by an image is making the rounds on social media. The photo shows a group of girls in hijabs with burn marks and injuries on…

Video of youth’s killing in Delhi last year shared with false communal spin

Kalim Ahmed25th February 2022

[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some. Viewer discretion is advised.] A 30-second-long video clip of a man getting stabbed by three people is widely being circulated on social media…

Men in burqa: Old video from Andhra Pradesh shared again with false claims

Kalim Ahmed21st February 202212th May 2023

A video of a man dressed in a burqa caught by the police is being circulated on social media with varied claims. Some users claimed the men were throwing stones…

Kishan Bharwad’s murder sparks false claim of Muslims being forced out of Gujarat village

Kinjal17th February 2022

A man named Kishan Bharwad was shot and killed in Dhandhuka, Gujarat for allegedly posting an “objectionable” religious Facebook post. Since then, several claims related to the murder have been…

Surat: Man kills woman for rejecting love proposal, false communal spin added online

Archit15th February 2022

[Disclaimer: The viral video depicts violence. It has not been embedded in this report.] Two clips that show a man slitting a woman’s throat in public have been shared online….

Photo of man standing on Indian flag is from Pakistan

Kalim Ahmed15th February 202216th February 2022

A photo of a man disrespecting the Indian tricolour by placing it on the ground and standing on it is widely being circulated on the messaging app WhatsApp. The photo…

Karnataka hijab row: JDS member Najma Nazeer’s photos viral with misleading claims

Archit10th February 202210th February 2022

Several educational institutes in Karnataka have barred women who adorn a hijab from entering college premises on the account of not following the dress code. The matter is now sub…

No, this is not a photo of Muskan, the student who took on saffron-clad mob in Mandya

Pooja Chaudhuri9th February 202210th February 2022

The ban on hijab that started with a college in Udupi has spread to multiple other districts in Karnataka. While female Muslim students have been protesting against the discriminatory regulation,…

Karnataka hijab row: Muslim mob falsely accused of injuring female student in ‘stone-pelting’

Kalim Ahmed9th February 20229th February 2022

Violence has spread to several districts in Karnataka amid colleges prohibiting students to attend classes wearing hijabs and the government backing the ban. As Muslim students protest against the ban…

Old video from Punjab falsely shared as woman buring burqa accidentally sets herself ablaze

Kalim Ahmed8th February 20228th February 2022

A 1:12-minute long video of a group of women atop a water tank burning a piece of cloth, and one of the women immolates herself during the incident, is circulating…

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