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Shah Rukh Khan’s father was not six during Quit India movement – false claim viral

Kinjal29th October 2021

A newspaper clipping of a report on Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s father is viral on social media. It is titled, “Shah Rukh Khan’s father Mir Taj Mohammad Khan was…

Awareness video falsely viral as Muslim man spikes Hindu woman’s drink to rape her

Priyanka Jha28th October 2021

A CCTV clip is viral on social media. Hariom Rajawat, a supporter of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, shared the video and wrote that it showed a Muslim…

Video from Bangladesh viral as Muslims in West Bengal demand closure of Kali Temple

Kinjal & Aqib Pathan27th October 2021

A video of a crowd raising slogans of ‘Allahu Akbar’ on the streets is viral on social media. It has been claimed that Muslims staged a demonstration to halt the…

Teacher trashes student for ‘loitering’, Sudarshan News injects false communal spin

Kinjal21st October 2021

Sudarshan News tweeted a video on October 16 that shows a teacher beating a pupil in class. The channel claimed that a Christian teacher in Tamil Nadu brutally beat up…

Is this an ISKCON monk killed in Bangladesh? No, 2016 photo from West Bengal

Archit20th October 202120th October 2021

On October 15, ISKCON Noakhali tweeted that its devotees were violently attacked and a temple was vandalised in Bangladesh’s Noakhali. It also claimed that a devotee was killed in the…

Old video of man hacked to death in Bangladesh viral as recent communal violence

Archit20th October 2021

[Disclaimer: Viral video depicts extreme violence. Only screenshots are used as identifiers.] Disturbing reports of communal violence in Bangladesh continue to unfold a series of targeted attacks against the minority…

Photos of Quran recital viral as Muslim parents marry their children

Kinjal20th October 20215th July 2022

Two juxtaposed photographs are viral on social media with the following claim – “Father married his own daughter so mother got furious and married her own son.” The pictures show…

Durga Puja pandal displaying namaz timings is from Bangladesh, not West Bengal

Pooja Chaudhuri19th October 2021

A photograph of a Durga Puja pandal is widespread on social media. The image shows that a board has been placed outside the pandal that displays the timings of Islamic…

Video from Tripura falsely linked to Bangladesh violence against Hindus minorities

Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair18th October 2021

The rising violence in Bangladesh against the minority Hindu community over an alleged incident of desecration of the Quran during Durga Puja celebrations in Cumilla, Chittagong division, has led to…

Video of cars vandalised is from Chhattisgarh, not UP; unrelated to Durga Puja

Kinjal18th October 202118th October 2021

A video of a crowd vandalising vehicles parked on the street is being circulated widely. Chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ can be heard in the clip. It has been claimed…

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