Religion

No, Delhi Health Minister did not say no one from Nizamuddin Markaz tested positive for COVID-19

Archit15th April 202015th April 2020

A 16-second clip of Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendra Jain has gone viral on social media. On April 14, Facebook page ‘Mohsin Rfi Khan sp’ posted the viral video along with…

Pakistani Mufti provoking people to flout lockdown shared to target Indian Muslims

Ketan15th April 2020

On April 13, a Facebook profile which goes by the name Karamveer Chamar Hindu Yodha posted a video of a person addressing a crowd. After listening to the audio, it…

Video of fruit vendors in Indore shared with false anti-Muslim angle

Archit15th April 202015th April 2020

Since April 6, Alt News has received several requests to fact-check a 30-second video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. In the video, we can…

Alt News video verification: Muslim vegetable vendor assaulted in Badarpur, Delhi

Archit13th April 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users shared a 45-second video of a vegetable vendor beaten up by another man who is accompanied by at least three other persons. He asks the…

UP police’s mock drill video shared as ‘corona Jihadis’ arrested during lockdown

Kinjal13th April 202013th April 2020

A video showing a group of policemen gunning down men rushing past a blockade is doing the rounds on social media. As soon as their car reaches the blockade, the…

Video from Pak falsely linked with Hindu man’s alleged murder by Muslim men in Rajasthan

Pooja Chaudhuri11th April 202011th April 2020

A gruesome video of two men hacking another with an axe has been shared on social media in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. It is being claimed that the…

Video viral with false claim that Muslims scatter notes on the road to spread coronavirus

Kinjal11th April 202011th April 2020

Two videos which show currency notes scattered on the road are viral on social media with the claim that “coronavirus-infected notes were scattered by the Muslim community” in Video 1…

Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle

Archit9th April 20209th April 2020

A two-minute video which shows a group of men aggressively interrogating a man in a red shirt is widely circulating on social media. The men interrogating in Haryanvi ask –…

Viral audio clip blaming Kejriwal for exodus of migrants workers falsely attributed to Harish Salve

Archit8th April 2020

On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a 21-day nationwide lockdown, barring essential services, to contain coronavirus. As a result, lakhs of migrant labours across India began walking hundreds…

Morphed newspaper clipping claims Tablighi Jamaat’s Maulana Saad donated Rs 1 crore to PM CARES fund

Kinjal8th April 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic has caused an economic crisis in India, multiple individuals came forward to donate money in the PM-CARES fund which has reportedly raised Rs 6,500 crore since…