Religion

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…

Viral audio falsely claims Muslim vendors have sprung up in Surat to spread coronavirus

Jignesh Patel7th April 20208th April 2020

A 6:24 minute audio clip is circulating on messaging applications such as WhatsApp. In the audio clip, a man introduces himself as a resident of City Light area of Surat,…

Media misreport: Tablighi Jamaat members defecate in open after being refused non-veg food

Jignesh Patel7th April 20207th April 2020

On April 4, Hindi daily Amar Ujala published an article with the headline, “क्वारंटीन वार्ड में भर्ती जमातियों ने मांगा मांसाहारी भोजन, नहीं देने पर खाना फेंका, फिर खुले में…

Old video from Philippines shared with false claim of Muslim man spitting on bread

Priyanka Jha7th April 20208th April 2020

A video of a man opening sealed packets of bread from a loading truck while licking his fingers has gone viral on social media in the light of the coronavirus…

Old video falsely shared as mother-daughter duo caught selling drugs in Shaheen Bagh

Archit7th April 20207th April 2020

A three-minute video which appears to depict seizure of illegal drugs is being circulated on social media with the claim that it is a recent incident from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh….

Old video of Texas teen spitting in jar viral again with misleading communal insinuation

Pooja Chaudhuri6th April 202014th June 2023

A video of a man spitting in a jar with the label ‘Sweet Tea’ and placing it back on a supermarket rack is making the rounds across social media platforms….