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Old image of Amitabh Bachchan’s visit to Ajmer Sharif shared as recent visit to Haji Ali dargah

Kinjal14th September 202014th September 2020

A picture of actor Amitabh Bachchan has gone viral recently, allegedly from his recent visit to the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai. It is being claimed that he made the…

Old case of Muslim woman’s ‘honour’ killing revived as Hindu girl killed in ‘love Jihad’

Kinjal14th September 202030th September 2021

A picture of a woman’s corpse along with a wedding card from an interfaith marriage has been shared on both Twitter and Facebook. A woman’s photo also accompanies the posts,…

Photo of child marriage in Pakistan shared as India to target Brahmin community

Priyanka Jha12th September 202012th September 2020

An image is being shared where a girl child can be seen seated with an elderly man. It is being claimed that the man is Shivnath Chaturvedi who is getting…

Image of mosque in crowded locality in MP viral as Mumbai

Archit11th September 202011th September 2020

Several users on Twitter and Facebook shared an aerial image of a crowded locality. The most prominent structure in the image is a mosque. As per the viral claim, the…

Images from Malayalam series viral as RSS man beaten at Muslim wedding in Kerala

Archit10th September 202010th September 2020

Several Twitter and Facebook users have juxtaposed two images of a man, one of which shows him badly wounded. The text on the image reads, “This is mr. Chandraboss (RSS…

Old video of girl sexually assaulted in Andhra Pradesh viral as recent incident from Kerala

Priyanka Jha10th September 20206th April 2021

A disturbing video of a man sexually assaulting a girl and another recording the act has been circulating on social media with the claim that it is from Kerala. Those…

Video of woman hacked to death in Brazil revived with ‘love Jihad’ claim

Pooja Chaudhuri8th September 202012th September 2020

A video of a woman gagged, tied and hacked to death with an axe has been widely shared on social media with the claim that she was a victim of…

Right wing groups film minors, give false ‘love Jihad’ angle to birthday parties held in Bhopal

Archit7th September 20207th September 2020

Since September 3, several Twitter and Facebook users have posted multiple videos where members of right-wing fringe groups Sanskriti Bachao Manch and Bajrang Dal are moral policing children. They can…

Old video of vandalism by football fans in Switzerland revived as violence by Muslims in WB

Pooja Chaudhuri & Kalim Ahmed5th September 202026th March 2022

On 21st March, in a brutally violent incident in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, eight houses were attacked and set on fire, killing eight people, including women and children. This was…

Photos of two unrelated cases viral to manufacture a false ‘love Jihad’ story

Kinjal3rd September 2020

Twitter handle ‘@BJPBalochistan’ shared three pictures on August 27 along with the claim that a Hindu girl died in a ‘love Jihad’ incident. Two out of the three pictures are…

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Video from Bangladesh of man popping child’s balloons falsely shared with communal angle

The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links