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Sulli Deals: Organised attempt to blame a Muslim youth for the app

Mohammed Zubair, Pratik Sinha & Pooja Chaudhuri15th November 202115th November 2021

On July 4, dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves “up for sale” on an app that went by the name “Sulli Deals”. The app uploaded publically available pictures…

Old image from unrelated case shared as actor Poonam Pandey in hospital

Priyanka Jha15th November 2021

On November 8, ANI cited the Mumbai police informing that actress Poonam Pandey’s husband Sam Bombay was arrested in Mumbai after she complained of assault. She was admitted to a…

Old image of Shahrukh Khan morphed to show him sporting “vote for MIM” t-shirt

Archit13th November 2021

Several social media users have shared an image of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan wearing a t-shirt with the text ‘Vote for MIM’ and a logo of a kite. MIM is…

Did an NGO file a plea to stop road construction along India-China border?

Kinjal13th November 2021

A photo of people sitting with placards in their hands has been shared on social media. One of the placards allegedly reads, “No road on Indo-China border”. It is being…

Old video falsely shared as Muslims sell cake laced with impotence pills to Hindu children

Archit13th November 2021

Several people on the internet have shared a video of a man unwrapping mini cakes “Luppo”. The video shows the man take out white pills from inside the cake. It…

Awareness video falsely viral as “Muslim baba” rendering a couple unconscious to rob them

Pooja Chaudhuri12th November 2021

A purported CCTV video that shows a man robbing a couple has been shared on social media. Before the robbery, a man passes by the couple and drugs them with…

Video of men adulterating rice is not from India; shared with anti-Muslim spin

Archit12th November 202112th November 2021

A video of men working at a food processing factory has been shared on the internet. In the video, the men can be seen lollygagging and pouring a liquid on…

Old image of injured Hindu priest shared with false claim of an attack by Muslims

Priyanka Jha10th November 2021

An image of a gravely injured man, claimed to be priest Amit Pandey of the Vindhyachal Temple in Mirzapur, is viral on Twitter. It has been alleged that he was…

Buddha relics from Sri Lanka shared as “stone” from Ashok Vatika where Sita used to sit

Priyanka Jha10th November 2021

A video is widespread on social media with the claim, “The rock on which Sita Mata used to sit in the Ashok Vatika was flown to Ayodhya today via Sri…

Fact check: Does this video show a cleric spitting on food?

Pooja Chaudhuri9th November 202114th January 2023

A video of a man scooping some food from large cooking pots and seemingly blowing on it and mixing it with the food in the pot has been shared on…

Religion

NSA Ajit Doval did say ISI recruited more Hindus than Muslims in India; his ‘deepfake’ claim is false

AI video of COAS Upendra Dwivedi saying Indian Army to reduce non-Hindu soldiers by 50% goes viral