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Chennai skating boy misidentified as ‘Jamal Mallik’, fictional character from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Kinjal6th August 2020

A video of a young boy performing stunts on rollerskates has gone viral on social media. As per claims, the boy is “Jamal Malik from Mumbai”. Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA…

Video from China shared as vehicles driving on potholed road in Mumbai

Pooja Chaudhuri6th August 20207th August 2020

A video of vehicles driving over a huge pothole on the road has been shared with the claim that it is from Mumbai. #vehicles suspension testing in #Mumbai #RoadSafety #MumbaiRains…

Moscow’s forest soccer field shared as football ground in Ukhrul, Manipur

Archit5th August 20205th August 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users have posted an image of a football ground surrounded by trees. As per social media claims, the football ground is from Ukhrul in Manipur. A…

Delhi doctor’s arrest in kidney transplant racket viral with false COVID angle

Archit5th August 202019th April 2021

Several Facebook users have shared a message that claims that a doctor named Devendra Sharma was arrested for surgically removing the kidneys of healthy people by falsely declaring them COVID…

Coronavirus: Old video of crowded KR Market in Bengaluru shared as recent

Kinjal3rd August 20203rd August 2020

A video of a crowded market is being widely shared on social media. The video has been shot from a high vantage point and shows people shopping. On July 31,…

Mock drill video shared as terrorist caught by Delhi police in Gaffar market

Pooja Chaudhuri31st July 2020

A video of policemen escorting a man from the basement of a building has been shared on social media as “terrorist” caught in Delhi’s Gaffar market. The person recording the…

Old video from South Africa shared as monkeys inside hospital in India

Kinjal29th July 2020

A video of monkeys inside a hospital ward was shared by Pakistan-based Geo News reporter Murtaza Ali Shah as India on June 26. A hospital somehere in India taken over…

Coronavirus: Photos, videos viral with false “organ trading of dead bodies” claim

Archit & Kinjal25th July 202027th July 2020

Multiple social media users claimed that organs were missing from the dead body of a patient who died of COVID-19 in Mumbai. On July 20, IBN 24×7 News (archived link)…

Fake audio advising against COVID tests viral in the name of Maharashtra MLA Geeta Jain

Archit24th July 202024th July 2020

A two-minute audio clip where a woman narrates that the Central government is giving Rs 1.5 lakh per coronavirus positive patient to urban local bodies is viral on WhatsApp. As…

Video of truck crashing into helicopter in Brazil viral as Amritsar

Archit23rd July 202023rd July 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users shared a 30-second video of a truck crashing into a helicopter’s blades on the street. Social media claims that this incident happened in Amritsar, Punjab….

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Bajrang Dal activist who ‘stopped’ Blinkit meat delivery says he was saving Sanatan Dharma

Alt News finds Punjab police’s X account shared & deleted contentious post alluding to George Floyd’s killing; police deny