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Viral video: Doctor sexually assaulting patient is Giovanni Quintella Bezerra from Brazil, not ‘Islam Mohammad’

Kalim Ahmed27th February 2023

Trigger Warning: Description of sexual assault A video clip of a doctor sexually violating a patient is widely circulating on social media with the claim that a pregnant woman was…

Video of Pak man beating up son shared with false communal claim

Vansh Shah26th February 2023

In the last few days, several social media users affiliated with the Right Wing have shared a video on Twitter, which shows a man physically assaulting a child. The users…

“Teach a lesson to sons of Afzal”, says T Raja Singh, turns Latur Shiv Jayanti into platform for incendiary speech

Kalim Ahmed21st February 202321st February 2023

Days after making a blatant call for violence against Muslims at the ‘Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha’ in Mumbai, Telangana legislator T Raja Singh on February 19 took part in Shiv…

Nikki Yadav murder: Both accused & victim are Hindu; no communal angle to crime

Abhishek Kumar17th February 202317th February 2023

The murder of a young woman named Nikki Yadav allegedly by her live-in partner Sahil in West Delhi recently made headlines. According to reports, the accused strangled his girlfriend with…

Muslim man lynched for blasphemy in Pak, RW Twitter users claim he was a Christian

Kalim Ahmed14th February 2023

[The following story contains descriptions of violence and graphic videos.] On Saturday, February 11, a mob attacked a police station in Nankana Sahib, in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The crowd entered…

‘When will you kill Muslims & Christians?’: At Jantar Mantar, Hindutva leaders call for massacre of minorities

Priyanka Jha13th February 202313th February 2023

On February 5, 2023, speakers at two events held at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar openly called for the slaughter of Muslims and Christians. The first programme, the ‘Sanatan Dharma Sansad’, was…

Bangladesh school boy murder: False communal claim by Right Wing handles

Shinjinee Majumder10th February 202310th February 2023

Trigger Warning: Dead body Several social media users have shared the image of the body of a boy, seemingly a minor, with the claim that he had been murdered because…

Clipped video viral; Bengal cleric Taha Siddiqui didn’t ask Muslims to wage war against Hindus

Indradeep Bhattacharyya4th February 202328th April 2024

An X (Twitter) user named Gargi Mukherjee (Modi Ka Parivar) has shared a video of a speech by Pirzada Taha Siddiqui of Furfura Sharif in West Bengal and written, “Why police…

Old video from Andhra Pradesh shared as Muslims disrupting Hindu outfits’ rally in Mumbai

Abhishek Kumar3rd February 2023

Members of Hindu nationalist outfits held a rally in Maharastra’s capital Mumbai on January 29, raising five key demands. Along with members of the BJP and the Shiv Sena’s Shinde…

Video of Kerala man assaulted by women shared with false communal claim

Shinjinee Majumder3rd February 20233rd February 2023

A video, in which a man can be seen getting assaulted by several women, was recently viral with the claim that the man was a Muslim and the women beating…

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Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

Land dispute in Hindu family turns violent; axe attack video from Bangladesh viral with false communal angle