Religion

False claim that UP police arrested ‘Naved Alam’ for dumping bodies in Ganga viral

Archit24th May 20212nd June 2021

A viral claim suggests that the Uttar Pradesh police has arrested ‘Naved Alam’ for digging out dead bodies and dumping them in the Ganga river to defame Chief Minister Yogi…

Old videos falsely viral as Hindus angry with god over COVID throw idols

Anuradha Prasad17th May 2021

Several social media users and a few Urdu and Bangla media outlets have been sharing two videos recently. In the first set of visuals, a bulldozer is seen picking up…

Video from Pakistan viral as Muslims flouting lockdown in Delhi for Eid shopping

Kinjal15th May 2021

A video of a densely packed marketplace has gone viral on social media as New Delhi’s Jafrabad and Seelampur areas. It has been claimed that the video shows Muslims who…

Fake Inshorts graphic viral as Kerala couple refuses ambulance with Hanuman sticker

Pooja Chaudhuri14th May 202114th May 2021

A screenshot of an alleged news piece uploaded by news summary mobile application Inshorts is massively viral on social media. It claims that a Kerala couple passed away after refusing…

Old videos stitched together to falsely claim ‘Hindus retaliating in West Bengal’

Aqib Pathan & Pooja Chaudhuri10th May 2021

A massively widespread video compilation has been shared with the claim that Hindus have started retaliating in West Bengal. The state had witnessed violence soon after TMC emerged victorious in…

Postcard News makes false allegation to target Muslim volunteers performing last rites in Karnataka

Mohammed Zubair9th May 2021

Karnataka witnessed close to 600 deaths due to COVID on May 8, its highest since the start of the pandemic. The infection shows no signs of decelerating as the state…

Arrest of two men in Mumbai for possessing 7kg uranium communalised online

Anuradha Prasad8th May 20218th May 2021

In a recent tweet, BJP Yuva National Convenor Devang Dave claimed that the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) arrested two people, including a man named Abu Tahir, for illegal possession of 7…

How BJP MP Tejasvi Surya communalised BBMP bed scam with misinformation

Archit7th May 20218th May 2021

On May 4, BJP MP from South Bangalore constituency Tejasvi Surya entered the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) South zone COVID war room during work hours (around 3 pm) and…

Social media users cherry-pick names of Muslim accused in Gujarat fake Remdesivir racket

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd May 2021

The rapidly growing COVID-19 cases in India has left family members of coronavirus positive patients fending for Remedsivir, a patented anti-viral drug approved by the USA’s FDA. Even as the…

Brutal murder of two sadhus in Bihar’s Madhubani falsely communalised online

Archit28th April 2021

A widespread claim on social media suggests that two sadhus were killed in Madhubani’s Dharohar Temple for opposing ‘love jihad’. Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) member Vijay Shankar Tiwari’s tweet with…