Religion

4 Hindus held for Bulandshahr temple vandalism; videos viral with misleading communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya9th June 2023

During the wee hours of June 1, almost a dozen of idols of Hindu deities in four temples in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, were vandalized by some miscreants. According to the…

2017 London acid attack victim’s photo viral in India with false communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya8th June 2023

A photo collage of a woman is being shared by social media users which seemingly shows an acid-attack victim. Several users have claimed that the perpetrator was a Muslim by…

Man crossing tracks left empty cylinder as train came on; 2022 video viral with false communal conspiracy claim

Shinjinee Majumder7th June 20237th June 2023

Days after the horrific Odisha train accident that claimed nearly 300 lives and left over 800 injured, a video that shows a ruptured gas cylinder being retrieved from railway tracks…

UP rape-murder accused Sheel Kumar is Hindu, ‘Rohingya’ claims false: Police

Oishani Bhattacharya7th June 2023

An image of a minor girl is being shared on social media with the claim that she was abducted, raped and killed in a village in the Shravasti district of…

Rly staff have joined Balasore accident probe, reports of ‘absconding’ false. And the station master’s name is not Sharif

Oishani Bhattacharya & Indradeep Bhattacharyya6th June 20236th June 2023

Nearly 300 people were killed and over 800 injured in a horrific train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday, June 2. According to information available at the moment, a…

Mannequin carried on bike: Image from Cairo viral with communal spin in India

Shinjinee Majumder2nd June 20233rd June 2023

An image of a man on a motorcycle seemingly carrying a corpse in the rear seat is viral. The apparent corpse is seen covered with a sheet while a limb…

Molestation video viral with false communal claims, Gaya police to initiate action against Twitter user

Oishani Bhattacharya1st June 20231st June 2023

Trigger Warning: Molestation A video is being shared on social media where one can see a few men molesting a woman even as she pleads for them to stop. It…

Madhya Pradesh: Video of assault on woman viral with false communal claim

Kinjal31st May 20231st June 2023

Trigger Warning: Violence A video of a man beating up a woman is being widely shared on social media. In the video, the man first slaps the woman and later…

Fact check: Telugu actress Sanjjanaa Galrani converted to Islam in 2018, not after watching The Kerala Story

Vansh Shah27th May 2023

Images of Telugu actress Sanjjanaa Galrani (alternatively spelt as Sanjana) and her family have been circulating on social media with the claim that the actress converted to Islam after watching…

Aurangabad: Mentally disturbed Hindu woman defaces image of Ram; video viral with false communal claim

Shinjinee Majumder21st May 202321st May 2023

A clip of a woman throwing eggs at a poster of Hindu deity Ram in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad) is viral on social media. Right Wing propaganda outlet Sudarshan News…