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This is NOT the video of man beaten in MP’s Neemuch, police deny caste/ communal angle

Abhishek Kumar15th April 202116th April 2021

[Warning: The video shows violence and may be distressing for some readers.] A gruesome video is being circulated on social media with the claim that a young Muslim labourer was…

Video of husband stabbing wife to death in Delhi shared with ‘love jihad’ spin

Anuradha Prasad13th April 202116th April 2021

Videos showing violence against woman take little time to be circulated with ‘love jihad’ claims in India. Two videos have recently been shared with similar communal overtones. In the first,…

False conspiracy about ‘love jihad’ in Noida spun based on 2017 image from Lucknow

Archit9th April 2021

Around the first week of April, several social media users posted an image of a policeman interrogating a couple, while passers-by record the incident on phone cameras. The image has…

Still from 2014 Bhojpuri movie shared as violence against Hindu woman in West Bengal

Alt News Staff7th April 202115th April 2021

West Bengal elections have become a hotspot for communal misinformation as claims suggesting that the Mamata Banerjee government is unsympathetic towards the state’s Hindu population are widespread. In the latest…

Image of 2013 Bangladesh riots shared as violence against Hindus in West Bengal

Pooja Chaudhuri7th April 2021

A photograph of a rioting mob has been shared amid West Bengal elections with the claim that it depicts violence against Hindus in Hooghly. #StandWithBengalHindus is the hashtag used along…

Old sexual assault video from Andhra revived with false communal spin

Priyanka Jha6th April 20216th April 2021

A disturbing video of a man sexually assaulting a girl while another records the act has been shared with the claim that a Muslim woman ‘handed over’ her Hindu friend…

Muslim couple marrying Hindu foster daughter to Hindu man shared with misleading claim

Anuradha Prasad3rd April 2021

Several social media users have shared a picture with the claim that Muslim parents in Kerala married their daughter into a Hindu family. “She will be safe in the Hindu…

Fact-check: Did Muslims enter a ‘temple’ in Maharashtra’s Malanggad to disrupt aarti?

Archit3rd April 20213rd April 2021

Two videos have surfaced on social media that show a heated confrontation between Muslim and Hindu communities at a place of worship. The videos show them arguing near two enshrined…

Sudarshan News communalises clash between Muslim groups at Uttarakhand’s Jaspur dargah

Pooja Chaudhuri1st April 20212nd April 2021

A fight that broke out between two groups was reported by Sudarshan News as Muslims attacking and chasing ‘secularists’ with sticks for offering chadar at Jaspur dargah in Uttarakhand. उत्तराखंड में जसपुर दरगाह…

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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