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Video game clip falsely shared as ‘the footage of the drone attack on Qassem Soleimani’ - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 7, 2020
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows the footage of drone attack on the Iranian Military commander Qassem Soleimani. In the post, it is also being claimed that the video footage has been released by the Pentagon. Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post.
Video footage of the drone attack on the Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.
Fact: The footage is from a video game. The Pentagon did not release it. The same video can be found to be uploaded on YouTube in 2015. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through the Yandex Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. The same video was found to be uploaded on YouTube in 2015 with the following description: ‘Development preview of our upcoming game for mobile platforms, “AC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Squadron”. Voted TOP 50 2014 App of the Year at SlideDB’. So, it is an old video from a video game.
Also, previously, the same video was falsely used by Russia to claim that the US is working with ISIS.
To sum it up, a video game clip falsely shared as ‘the video footage of the drone attack on Qassem Soleimani’.
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Video Game Footage Misrepresented as Real-Life Israel-Hamas Conflict Visuals - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 4, 2023
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, numerous video clips, particularly from the video game Arma 3, are being widely circulated on social media, purportedly as real footage of the war. This article aims to verify the authenticity of such videos.
Update (04 December 2023):
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Another video, purportedly showing the destruction of tanks, is being widely shared on social media. It is claimed that the video depicts Hezbollah destroying Israeli tanks. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
A reverse image search of the viral video led us to the same video posted on the Facebook page ‘Mr. Answer’ on 04 November 2023. However, the page clarified that the video is not actual footage of the Israel-Hamas conflict, but a simulation from the video game (ARMA 3). The channel also hosts several such videos of ARMA gameplay.
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Another video, purportedly showing the destruction of tanks, is being widely shared on social media. It is claimed that the video depicts Hezbollah destroying Israeli tanks attempting to enter Gaza with anti-tank missiles. Let’s investigate the claim made in the post.
A reverse image search of the viral video led us to the same video posted on the YouTube channel ‘PRO LLR’ on 24 October 2023. However, the channel clarified that the video is not actual footage of the Israel-Hamas conflict, but a simulation from the video game ARMA. The channel also hosts several such videos of ARMA gameplay.
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A video depicting tanks under missile attack is being extensively shared on social media with the claim that it shows the Lebanese Militant group Hezbollah destroying 22 Merkava tanks and killing 140 Israeli soldiers. Let’s verify the claim made in this post.
A reverse image search of the keyframes extracted from the viral video led us to the same video published on the YouTube channel of ‘PRO LRR’. The channel clearly labels the video as a virtual game simulation from the video game ARMA. Furthermore, the channel hosts numerous other video game simulations. However, according to media reports, while there has been an exchange of fire between Israel’s military and Hezbollah along the tense Lebanon-Israel border, this footage is from a video game simulation and does not depict any real-life event.

source: news-factly

created: December 4, 2023

license: Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

author: Sai Krishna Muthyanolla


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[Video] Here is how the Counting of Votes takes place - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 22, 2019
The counting of votes for the 17th Lok Sabha elections is just days away. But how does such a mammoth counting exercise take place? Here is a guide.
The video explains the following
– Preparations for counting
– Process of Counting
– Tables & Rounds
– Counting of VVPAT slips
– Declaration of Results
For more information, read Factly story on counting process
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Video Explainer: How does the Union Cabinet function?
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 22, 2019
The Union Council of Ministers in responsible for day to day administration of the country & governance in general. But what are the rules that define & allocate work between departments? Here is a detailed Video
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Video inappropriately compares total net profits with annual net profit growth rate of banks in India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 16, 2022
A video comparing the profit of banks in India during Manmohan Singh’s and PM Narendra Modi’s regime is being widely shared on social media claiming that the profit of banks was -11.2 % during 2013-14 and has reached a profit of 1 lakh plus crore rupees during 2020-21. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Profit of banks in India is -11.2% during 2013-14, whereas the profit reached above 1 Lakh crore rupees during 2020-21.
Fact: As per the RBI data, net profit of all the scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) during 2013-14 was ₹80,912.68 crores with the annual net profit growth rate of ‘-11.2%’. Similarly, for 2020-21, net profit is ₹1,21,997.57 with growth rate of ‘1018.14 %’. However, the video inappropriately compares the total net profit during 2020-21 with annual net profit growth rate during 2013-14. Hence the claim made in the video is MISLEADING.
According to the data on ‘appropriation of profit of scheduled commercial banks’ available on RBI’s Database on Indian Economy, the following table shows the net profits of the all scheduled Commercial banks (SCBs) in India over the years:
From the above table, it is evident that the video compares the annual net profit growth rate of ‘-11.2%’ during 2013-14 with the total net profits of ₹1.21 lakh crores during 2020-21. This comparison is inappropriate. It should be noted that net profit of all the SCBs during 2013-24 was ₹80,912.68 crores. The negative net profit in some of the recent years is due to provisioning for Non-Performing Assets (NPA), slow growth among others.
To sum it up, video compares net profit growth rate with total net profits of banks in India, thus making the comparison inappropriate.

created: November 16, 2022


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[Video] India's looming Water Crisis - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 4, 2019
In this video, learn about the water crisis in India, the various related issues.
The delay in monsoons, has once again triggered discussion on water crisis in India. The current water crisis is a result of multiple factors – over exploitation of water resources, contamination of water, lack of storage facilities, varying monsoon seasons, mismanagement of available resources etc.
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Video involving a Woman Congress leader from Odisha shared as a Congress minister from Karnataka - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 8, 2023
A video is being circulated on social media in which a man garlands a woman and then blows kisses at her. A social media post sharing this video describes it as a unique way a woman is honoured for joining Congress in Karnataka. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim:  A woman gets garlanded, and kisses are blown at her while joining the Congress party in Karnataka.
Fact: The video features Odisha Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati and his wife, Meenakshi Bahinipati, and neither of them is associated with the Karnataka Congress. Hence the claim made in the post is False.
Upon investigation, it was found that the video shows Tara Prasad Bahinipati, an MLA from Odisha, garlanding his wife, Meenakshi Bahinipati, and blowing kisses at her.
A search on the internet with relevant keywords led us to a news report published by ‘Latestly.in’ in January 2023, explicitly identifying Taraprasad Bahinipati as the man in the video and Minakshi Bahinipati as the woman.
Taraprasad is MLA of Jeypore Assembly Constituency in Odisha, and his wife, Minakshi Bahinipati, is the Koraput District Congress Committee president. Additionally, News 18 Odia uploaded the same video on their YouTube channel in December 2022, further substantiating its origin.
Furthermore, Tara Prasad Bahinipati shared the same video on his Facebook page on 28 December 2022. The evidence overwhelmingly proves that the individuals in the viral video are Tara Prasad Bahinipati, a Congress MLA from Odisha, and his wife, Meenakshi Bahinipati, and they have no connection to the Karnataka Congress.
To sum up, this post wrongly identifies the woman in this video as a Congress minister from Karnataka; she is a Congress leader from Odisha.


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Video is related to a raid by authorities against counterfeit salt operations in Dera Bassi (Punjab), not Begum Bazaar (Telangana). - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 21, 2019
A post is being shared widely on social media with a claim that the video shows Tata salt being packed into covers by some people in Begum Bazaar (Hyderabad). Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post.
Video shows Tata salt being packed in Begum Bazaar.
Fact: The incident is related to Dera Bassi (Punjab). ‘Tata Salt’ has clarified that the video pertains to a raid conducted by their team along with the Punjab Police against counterfeit salt operations in Dera Bassi. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
In the comment section of the post, it can be seen that a user, claiming to be a representative of ‘Tata Salt’, has posted an image of a news article by the ‘Hindustan Times’ on the incident. He also wrote that ‘this video pertains to a raid done by Tata Salt and Punjab Police to fight counterfeits
When searched on Google with the keywords, the same news article by the ‘Hindustan Times’ was found in the search results. In the article, it can be read that the incident took place at Sundra village in Mohali’s Dera Bassi subdivision. The image of the same article was also posted by the ‘Tata Salt’ on its official Facebook page
To sum it up, the video is related to a raid by authorities against counterfeit salt operations in Dera Bassi (Punjab), not Begum Bazaar (Telangana).
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Video of Rahul Gandhi criticizing Agnipath scheme falsely shared as him advocating for a nonsensical youth employment opportunity - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 2, 2024
A video featuring Rahul Gandhi, where he appears to discuss job opportunities for young people, is being shared widely, claiming that he is making a nonsensical offer (here). In the video, he is heard saying in Hindi, which roughly translates to, “If any young person wants to protect this flag, we will train them for six months, and after four years, we will ask them to leave.” This article aims to fact-check the accuracy of the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing Rahul Gandhi talking about job opportunities for young people, which include termination after four years.
Fact: As per the extended version of Rahul Gandhi’s speech, he made these comments criticizing the Modi government for implementing the Agnipath scheme, which mandates that recruits retire after four years of service. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Although the video shows Rahul Gandhi discussing job opportunities for youth, the extended footage reveals that his comments were actually a critique of the Agnipath scheme introduced by the BJP government. A YouTube search using relevant keywords led us to a year-old news report featuring an extended version of the same speech by Rahul Gandhi. The description of the video labels it as ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi’s attack against the Agnipath Scheme’.
In this speech, Rahul Gandhi was heard criticizing the BJP government for implementing the Agnipath scheme, which requires recruits to retire after four years of service. The Hindi speech by Rahul Gandhi can be loosely translated as, ‘Previously, if someone wished to serve this flag (the tricolour), the Indian government would support them for their entire life in recognition of their service to the nation. This was the relationship between the government and the recruit.’
He then continued, saying, ‘Narendra Modi has disrupted this bond by stating that if any young person wants to protect this flag, we will train them for six months, and after four years, we will ask them to leave.’
Additionally, there have been reports of Rahul Gandhi criticizing the BJP government’s Agnipath scheme during his Bharat Jodo Yatra (here, here & here). Therefore, as per the extended version of the video, it can be concluded that only the part where Rahul Gandhi discusses the intricacies of the Agnipath scheme is shared to falsely imply that he is advocating for a nonsensical employment opportunity for the youth.
To sum up, a video showing Rahul Gandhi criticizing the Agnipath scheme has been misleadingly presented as him advocating a nonsensical job opportunity for the youth.


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Video of 2011 tsunami devastation in Japan is passed off as China’s three gorge dam overflow - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 5, 2021
In the wake of recent floods in most parts of China which caused loss of life and property, a post accompanying a video showing an overflowing waterbody sweeping away boats, vehicles stationed along the embankment is being shared widely across social media. The post claims that the video is related to the overflow of the Three Gorges Dam in China. Through this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of the Three Gorges Dam overflow in China.
Fact: The video actually shows visuals of tsunami sweeping away vehicles and boats in Miyako city, Japan back in 2011. The video has nothing to do with the Three Gorges Dam in China. Also there are no recent news reports of such an incident. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Reverse image search of the screenshots of the video yielded multiple old news articles which published images similar to screenshots of the video. As per the National Geographic article, the image shows a tsunami wave crashing a seawall in the city of Miyako, Japan back in 2011. CNN news video also featured a similar image in its report about 2011 Japan tsunami. More images of the 2011 tsunami devastation in Japan can be seen here.
Taking a cue from these news articles, further search with relevant keywords yielded us a Japanese news report video which featured the same video, the title of the video reads ‘Tsunami, Great East Japan Earthquake – Miyako city, Iwate Pref, Japan [11 Mar 2011]’. Further, a 2015 Tamil news video featured the same visuals in its report marking the fourth anniversary of the tsunami in Japan.
Further, we did not find any recent news reports about the overflow of ‘Three Gorges Dam’ in China. Hence, these pieces of evidence suggest that the video shows visuals of the devastation caused by the tsunami in Miyako city, Japan back in 2011.
To sum it up, the video of the 2011 tsunami devastation in Japan is passed off as China’s Three Gorges Dam overflow.

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Video of 2019 MMTS train accident in Hyderabad shared as recent incident of a train accident - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 6, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it is recent visuals of a train accident. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing visuals of a recent train accident.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows a three-year-old train accident in Hyderabad, Telangana. On 11 November 2019, a Hyderabad MMTS train collided with the Kurnool – Secunderabad Intercity Express near the Kacheguda railway station in Hyderabad. The video does not show visuals of a recent train accident. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video with similar visuals is found published by ‘The New Indian Express’ on 12 November 2019. TNIE published this video with a description, “CCTV footage of MMTS train clash in Hyderabad”.  As per the news report, a Hyderabad MMTS train crashed head-on into the Kurnool City-Secunderabad Intercity Express at Kacheguda railway station on 11 November 2019.
Reporting the details of this accident, several news websites published articles in 2019. They can be seen here, here and here. The South Central Railway officials in a press release said, “Six coaches of the MMTS service and three coaches of the Hundry Express have been damaged. The 12 passengers were rushed to Osmania General Hospital, of whom two were discharged.”
To sum it up, a video showing 2019 MMTS train accident in Hyderabad is shared as recent visuals of a train accident.

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Video of a Bosnian choir's performance is falsely shared as an anthem created by the New Zealand Government. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 18, 2023
A video of a song performance is circulating on social media, claiming that it features an anthem created by the New Zealand government and performed at a Church named ‘Abadala’. Let’s find out the authenticity of this claim through this fact-checking article.
Claim: This song is an anthem created by the New Zealand government.
Fact: This video is of a performance by a choir named ‘Fatih Sultan Mehmet Choir‘ at a concert held on 29 May 2011, in Turkey. It was part of a the choirs’ concert held in the Haiga Irene Musem, Istanbul. This choir is based out of Bosnia and not New Zealand and there is no credible information to prove the claim that it was ceated by the New Zealand Government. Therefore, the claim made in the post is False.
Firstly, we thoroughly searched the internet with relevant keywords to know if the New Zealand government created and produced such an ‘anthem’. But that did not yield any credible information supporting the existence of such an anthem created by the New Zealand government with 99 special names of Allah. Apart from that, we also did not find a Church named ‘Abadala,’ which the post claims to be where this song was performed.
Thereafter, to learn more about the viral video, we took clues from it, which led to its identification and origin. The video features a text reading ‘Saraybosna Fatih Sultan Mehmet Korosu Konseri’ at the bottom right corner. A logo which reads ‘TRT Canli ‘ is also visible on the top left of the video.
Based on these hints, a search using relevant keywords led to a video titled ‘Saraybosna Fatih Sultan Mehmet Korosu Konseri – 2011-05-29,’ uploaded by the Turkish Radio and TV Corporation on their Dailymotion channel 11 years ago in 2011. The video shows a concert held on 29 May 2011 at the Hagia Irene Museum (St. Irene Church) in Istanbul, Turkey.
The performance featured the ‘Fatih Sultan Mehmet Choir.‘ The viral video is obtained from this concert video, which matches it from 4:59 Seconds to 8:28. You can see the keyframe comparison of both these videos below.
Turkish news media outlets reported this incident back then, which can be read here, here and here. The then-president of Turkey, Abdullah Gül ( 2007 to 2014 ), attended the event, and it was mentioned in his blog.
To sum up, the viral video claiming to be a New Zealand government anthem with 99 special names of Allah is actually from a concert held in Istanbul, Turkey, featuring the Sarajevo Fatih Sultan Mehmet Choir.


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Video of a bus accident in 2019 is falsely shared as 'footage of PIA passenger jet that crashed in Karachi’ - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 26, 2020
A video is being widely shared on Facebook claiming it to be the footage of Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet that crashed in Karachi. On 22 May 2020, an aeroplane carrying 91 passengers and 8 crew members from Lahore to Karachi crashed in a residential area near Jinnah international airport minutes before landing, claiming the lives of nearly 97 people. But FACTLY has found the video in the post to be old and not related to any recent incident. The video is of a bus accident that took place on 28 September 2019. FACTLY tried to find more details about the incident but could not find any information from official sources. As the video is known to exist on the internet prior to the PIA passenger jet crash (22 May 2020), the claim is false.
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Claim – Facebook post (archived)
Fact –
1. Old YouTube video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XqUSU6oQ5o
2. Old YouTube video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OIDCCmeP1U
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Video of a character from a game is shared as the first plastic female produced by China - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 14, 2022
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows the first plastic female which has been produced by China. It is also being claimed that it is the first man-made artificial human which can do home chores, look, and talk like a normal human being, except having a soul. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of the first plastic female which has been produced by China.
Fact: The visuals in the video are related to a PlayStation game – ‘Detroit: Become Human’. The female shown in the posted video is not a robot in the real world, but a robot character named ‘Chloe’ in the game. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. It can be seen that the same video was published by the ‘PlayStation’ YouTube channel in May 2018 with the title – “Detroit: Become Human – Shorts: Chloe | PS4”. More visuals related to the game can be watched here.
Also, the official Twitter handle of ‘Detroit: Become Human’ has posted the link to a similar video with the description – “Meet Chloe, the very first personal assistant android built by Cyberlife.” So, it is not a robot in the real world, but a robot character named ‘Chloe’ in the game. More details about the ‘Chloe’ character in the game can be found here.
To sum it up, a video of a character from a game is shared as the first plastic female produced by China.

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Video of a clash between two Hindu groups over Durga idol immersion is shared with a communal narrative - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 13, 2022
A video of a group of men hitting sound and lighting equipment with sticks and stones is being shared on social media. The post claimed this was an attack on Hindus and happened for the first time in Bilaspur. It also says that the terror attack on people participating in the Durga Idol immersion procession continued for half an hour. The viral post can be viewed here. Let’s fact-check the claim made in this post through this article.
Clam: The visuals show a communal attack on Hindus during the Goddess Durga Idol’s immersion procession in Bilaspur.
Fact:  The video from the viral post is of an actual incident which occurred in Bilaspur on 07 October 2022. Reportedly, two Durga puja committees fought over who gets to go first for the immersion. The viral post falsely claims this event as a communal attack on the Hindus, while in reality, both the groups that fought were Hindus. The same can be verified from the names mentioned in an F.I.R registered by the police. Hence, the claim made in this post is MISLEADING.
Searching the internet with relevant keywords led us to multiple news reports about a fight that broke out in Bilaspur over the Durga idol immersion. The video linked in these news articles is the same as the viral video. According to the Times Now, members of two Durga Puja committees fought over who would go first for the immersion. This happened on 07 October 2022 in Bilaspur’s Sadar Bazar.
The police took the groups into custody, and interrogation was on. Factly downloaded the F.I.R copy related to the incident in which we noticed that the names of both the accused and the complainant indicate that they are Hindus.
A few other news reports on this incident can be read here, here and here. News agency ANI has also tweeted the video along with a statement from the police, which can be read here. This evidence indicates that a scuffle which erupted between two Hindu groups is being passed off as a terror attack on the Hindus in the viral post.
#WATCH | Clash broke out between 2 groups during Goddess Durga idol immersion in Sadar Bazar, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/OuGDHpv20j
To sum up, a video of a clash between two Hindu groups over Durga idol immersion is shared with a communal angle.

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Video of a couple exercising in a gym in Trinidad & Tobago is being shared as Love Jihad in India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 31, 2021
A video of a gym instructor touching a woman trainee is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of a Muslim gym instructor trapping a young Hindu woman in Delhi. This post claims that Bilal Ahmed Khan, a Muslim gym instructor in Delhi, is running multiple gyms to trap young women from Hindu families. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Muslim gym trainer’s misconduct with a woman trainee in Delhi.
Fact:  This video shows a gym instructor training his wife in Trinidad & Tobago, not in India. Imran Razac, a fitness instructor in Trinidad & Tobago, is seen training his wife Reshma Razac in this video. They both belong to the same community. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched for the details of this video on the internet, it is found out that this video is related to the Trinidad & Tobago fitness instructor, Imran Razac. This video was found to be published on Facebook and Instagram handles of ‘Body by Imran’ in 2017. They can be seen here and here. A similar workout video of both was found on one of these social media handles. In the description of this video, it is mentioned as the visuals of Imran Razac, training his wife Reshma Razac at his gym.
On observing the Facebook and Instagram handles of Imran and Reshma, it is confirmed that they are a married couple. In 2020, Imran Razac clarified to ‘Alt News’ that woman seen along with him in the workout video is his wife. Also, he clarified that they belong to the same community.
The gym in the video is located in Trinidad & Tobago, not in India. Social media posts, by ‘Body by Imran’ mentioning this gym as ‘Last Circular Gym’ in Trinidad & Tobago can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum it up, an old gym workout video of a married couple in Trinidad & Tobago is falsely shared as visuals of a Muslim gym instructor’s misconduct, with a woman trainee in Delhi.


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Video of a couple falling into a drain in Aligarh is being shared as that from Siliguri, West Bengal - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 18, 2022
A video which shows a couple riding a two-wheeler falling into a drain is being shared widely on social media claiming that the incident occurred in Siliguri, West Bengal. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a couple on two-wheeler falling into a drain is from Siliguri, West Bengal.
Fact: This incident took place in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on 18 June 2022. A couple fell into an inundated drain while visiting a hospital. Locals rescued them and the couple sustained minor injuries. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
We searched the web with relevant keywords and found several news articles reporting the same incident. They can be seen here, here and here. According to these articles, a cop named Dayanand Singh, and his wife fell into an inundated drain in Aligarh while visiting a hospital on 18 June 2022.
An interview with Dayanand Singh can be seen here. Dayanand explains how he and his wife along with the bike on which they were travelling fell into the drain during their visit to a hospital. Dayanand states that people nearby helped them come out of the drain but both him and his wife had sustained some injuries.
To sum it up, video of a couple falling into a drain in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh is shared as that from Siliguri, West Bengal.


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Video of a COVID-19 mock drill in Colombia is being shared as a true incident - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 15, 2020
A video is being widely shared on Facebook claiming that it shows a person infected with COVID-19 succumbing to the disease. But, FACTLY  found that the video is not of a real-life incident. It is of a mock drill conducted by a municipal administration in Colombia. The video was found on the official Facebook account of El Pital Mayor’s Office in the Colombian department of Huila. As per the description of the video, it is of a mock drill conducted in the ‘El Pital’ to raise awareness about COVID-19 among the public in the city.
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Claim – Facebook post (archived)
Fact –
1.    Facebook post – https://www.facebook.com/alcaldiaelpital/posts/1978700305607310
2.    Facebook post – https://www.facebook.com/laboyanoscomoficial/videos/2056117067867201/?v=2056117067867201
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Video of a Dalit man's head being shaved by a mob is shared with a misleading caste angle - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 29, 2023
A video is being shared on social media in which a mob is seen shaving a young man’s head and later assaulting him. According to the post’s description, his name is Lakhan, a Dalit, and the incident happened in Meerut. The later part of this post’s description reads, ‘wonder where are all those leaders who go for photo ops to eat in Dalits house now vanished ?’ Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: A young Dalit man named Lakhan’s head was shaved, and he was assaulted by a mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut.
Fact: According to the news reports, the incident did happen in Meerut. Some people in the Brahmpuri area assaulted a man named Lakhan Kumar. The police clarified that the assaulters and Lakhan both belong to the Dalit community and related to each other. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
We performed a keyword search on the internet to know if such an incident as claimed in the post happened in Meerut involving a person named Lakhan. This search led us to news reports that contained the same video. According to TV 9 and Amar Ujala, a man named Lakhan Kumar was assaulted by the people of Mangat Puram Basti of the Brahmpuri police station area on allegations of molestation. These media reports did not mention the details regarding Lakhan’s caste.
Further search led us to a tweet by The Dalit Voice, with claimed similar narrative to the viral post. Under this tweet, Meerut police responded stating that both the parties involved in this incident are relatives.
दोनों पक्ष आपस में रिश्तेदार हैं। एक के द्वारा दूसरे पर आरोप लगाए गए हैं। प्रकरण में मुकदमा दर्ज है। 4 लोग गिरफ्तार किए गए है।
An Indian Express article published regarding the same incident reports that the police said that both Lakhan and his attackers were Dalits. ‘The police said they arrested four of the assaulters and were looking for the others, ‘ Indian Express stated.  The viral post alludes that a dalit man was beaten and assaulted by people belonging to other communities which is not the case.
The FIR registered in the case also does not mention any sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
To sum up, video of a Dalit man’s head being shaved by a mob is shared with a misleading caste angle.


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Video of a digitally created robot is falsely shared as ‘training video of robot used by the US to kill Al Baghdadi’ - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 6, 2019
A video is being shared widely on Facebook with the claim that it is the training video of the robot used by the U.S delta force in the operation to kill terrorist Al-Bagdadi in Syria. Let’s analyze the authenticity of that claim.
Video shows training of robot used by the US in the operation to kill Al Baghdadi in Syria.
Fact: The robot in the video is not a real one, it is digitally created using ‘CGI’ technique. So, the claim is FALSE.
When searched on YouTube with keywords ‘Robot training’, the same video was found in the search results. The video had the title ‘New Robot Makes Soldiers Obsolete (Bosstown Dynamics)’ and was found to be uploaded by a YouTube channel ‘Corridor’ on October 26, 2019.
When searched on YouTube with keywords ‘Bosstown Dynamics’, a making video of the above video was found in the search results. It had the title ‘We Used CGi to Fake Military Robots’ and was uploaded by a YouTube channel ‘Corridor Crew’ on October 27, 2019.
To conclude, a video of a digitally created robot is falsely shared as ‘training video of robot used by the US to kill Al Baghdadi in Syria’.
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Video of a family died due to novel Coronavirus? No, an old unrelated video. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 4, 2020
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that all the people shown in the video have died due to the recent novel Coronavirus outbreak. Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post.
Video of a family died due to novel Coronavirus.
Fact: The video was found on the internet at least since the last week of December 2019. But the first death from the novel Coronavirus was reported only in the second week of January 2020. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through the Yandex Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. It can be found that the same video was uploaded on YouTube in December 2019. Also, a user has tweeted the same video on 1 January 2020, with a claim different from the post.
While the exact context of the video cannot be ascertained, it is definitely not related to the novel Coronavirus outbreak; because the first death from novel Coronavirus was reported only in the second week of January 2020.
To sum it up, an old unrelated video falsely shared as ‘family died due to infection from the novel Coronavirus’.
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Video of a family fight in Gujarat is falsely being shared as an MLA beating a Dalit man - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 2, 2019
Many Facebook users are sharing a post with a video alleging that a Gujarat MLA, along with his supporters, has attacked a Dalit young man. Let’s try to analyze the claims made in the post.
In Gujarat, an MLA Anil Upadhyay and his followers attacked a Dalit young man for purchasing a car and driving it on roads.
Fact: The video posted is the one related to a clash between the members of a family in Gujarat. So, the claim stands FALSE.
When the video in the post is searched on YouTube with keywords “Man beaten on the road in Gujarat”, the same video was found in a Telugu News Channel V6. They have broadcasted it during their news bulletin. According to the video, in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, a son-in-law was beaten up by his uncle and other relatives on a dowry-related issue. The attackers even hit the person’s car and damaged it later on.
To sum it up, a video of a family fight in Gujarat is shared with a false narrative of MLA beating a Dalit man.


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Video of a fight between two groups in Aerocity (Delhi) falsely linked to actor Ajay Devgan - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 31, 2021
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows drunk Ajay Devgan, a Bollywood film actor, getting beaten over the farmers’ protest issue in Delhi. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of actor Ajay Devgan getting beaten over the farmers’ protest issue in Delhi.
Fact: The video is in no way related to Ajay Devgan. The video shows a fight between two groups at Aerocity in New Delhi. The fight reportedly took place as one of the vehicles ‘slightly touched’ the other vehicle. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, the same video was found to be published by multiple news agencies. ‘India Today’ has published the video on their YouTube channel on 27 March 2021 with the description, – ‘Two groups got involved in the clash in Delhi’s Aerocity. The fight started immediately after a car crashed into another.’
Several media agencies have reported the police saying – “A brawl broke out between two groups in Aerocity when one of their vehicles ‘slightly touched’ another following which two men were arrested…The two parties involved did not file a complaint against each other. But we registered a case under sections of affray and other relevant sections for violation of COVID protocols”. The news reports on the incident can be read here, here, and here. The incident in the video has no connection with either Ajay Devgan or the farmers’ protest.
Also, India Today has reported that Ajay Devgan’s team has issued a clarification saying – “Post the promotion of Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior in January 2020, Actor-filmmaker Ajay Devgan has not visited Delhi. So, media reports of a brawl involving the superstar outside a Delhi pub are absolutely baseless and untrue”. On 29 March 2021, Ajay Devgan tweeted – “I’ve not traveled anywhere. All reports regarding me being in any brawl are baseless.”
Some ‘doppelgänger’ of mine seems to have got into trouble.
I’ve been getting concerned calls. Just clarifying, I’ve not traveled anywhere. All reports regarding me being in any brawl are baseless. Happy Holi
To sum it up, a video of a fight between two groups in Aerocity (Delhi) is being falsely shared as actor Ajay Devgan getting beaten over the farmers’ protest issue.


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Video of a fishermen’s boat drowned in the Bay of Bengal is shared as the boat accident in Papi Kondalu - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 25, 2019
A video of a sinking boat with some travelers is being shared on Facebook with a claim that it is the video of the recent tourist boat that sank in the Godavari river. Let’s try to analyze the authenticity in this post.
Video of the boat accident at Papi Kondalu.
Fact: The video is of some fishermen who went to fishing in the Bay of Bengal, but because of the unfavorable weather and harsh sea conditions, the boat they were traveling sunk. So, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Based on the article published by ‘Firstpost’, it is understood that a tourist boat sunk in the Godavari river on 15 September, 2019 at Devipatnam region in East Godavari district. But the shared video has no relation to this accident.
When multiple screen shots of the video in the post were taken and searched using Google reverse image technique, many search results were obtained which showed that the video is related to a fishermen’s boat that sank in the Bay of Bengal. With this information, when searched on Youtube using keywords, a video aired by ‘India TV’ was found which had the same video clip. According to this report, in July 2019 when some fishermen of Bengal went fishing, their boat sank because of unfavorable weather and harsh sea conditions.
So, the video is not related to the tourist boat that sank in the Godavari river, but is that of fishermen’s boat that sank in the Bay of Bengal.
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Video of a Giant snake toy shared as real visuals of a giant snake spotted at a pond - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 13, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of a giant naga devatha (snake) spotted at a river pond. This video shows hundreds of people watching a five-headed giant snake-like creature swimming in a pond. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a giant snake spotted at a river pond.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows the visuals from a play portraying the Samudra Manthan episode in Hindu mythology. This play was performed in December 2021, in the Bijepur district of Orissa. The video shows a giant snake toy that was used to portray Vasuki, the snake that was used as the rope for the churning of the cosmic ocean. The video does not show a real snake. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video with similar visuals was found published by a YouTube channel in December 2021, with the title, “Sagar manthan PADA BIJEPUR”. The video shows the visuals of a play or drama portraying the Samudra Manthan episode of Hindu mythology.
Several news channels have published the same video in December 2021, reporting it as the visuals from the Samudra Manthan drama portrayed during a Laxmi puja in Bijepur. They can be seen here and here. The video shows a giant snake toy that was used to portray Vasuki, the snake that was used as the rope for churning the cosmic ocean. A man carried this giant snake toy during the play. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post does not show a real giant snake spotted at a river pond.
To sum it up, a video of a Giant snake toy used for the Samudra Manthan play in Bijepur is shared as real visuals of a giant snake spotted at a pond.


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Video of a group of cows swept away in floodwaters is from Mexico, not India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 25, 2020
An article published by ‘Times of India’ on 22 August 2020, shared a video claiming that several cows washed away in the floodwaters in Dewas city of Madhya Pradesh. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Video of several cows washed away in the floodwaters in Dewas city of Madhya Pradesh.
Fact: Video in the article shows a group of cows being washed away in the floodwaters in Nayarit, Mexico. This incident is not related to India. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of screenshots in the video, we found a similar video posted in a YouTube channel named ‘Atolo Kecil’. In the video, it is mentioned that a group of cows swept away in floodwaters in Nayarit, Mexico. It is also mentioned in the video that this incident took place on ‘28 July 2020’. On searching for other official sources using these keywords, we found similar visuals in a video posted by ‘Imagen Noticias’ YouTube channel. ‘Imagen Noticias’ is a TV program telecasted by Mexico based broadcasting television network ‘Imagen Tv’. In this video also, it is described as Zacualpan river overflows in Nayarit drags cattle.
Similar video was found in an article published by ‘UNO TV’ news website. In the article, it is mentioned that at least a dozen cows washed away in ‘Hanna storm’ in Nayarit. From all these sources of evidence, we can conclude that video shown in ‘Times of India’ article is not related to India.
To sum it up, a video related to the floods in Mexico is falsely shared as several cows washed away in the floodwaters in Dewas city.
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Video of a group of men dragging a woman out of an open drain is from Delhi, not UP - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 30, 2022
A video of a group of men dragging out a woman who fell into an open drain is being widely shared on social media. The post (archived) claims that the incident happened in Uttar Pradesh. Let’s fact- check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a group of men dragging a woman out of an open drain in Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: Visual search based on the clues in the video confirmed that the video belongs to Begumpur, Delhi. This area comes under Municipal Corporation of Delhi, which is also responsible for the road conditions of Begumpur area. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING
We ran a reverse image search using keyframes of the video and found that the extended version of the same video was uploaded on YouTube by a Local news channel on 23 August 2022. However, the video claims that the incident took place in Begampur, Delhi. We looked for the clues in the video and found name boards of ‘Fashion World’, ‘….lity Hospital’ and ‘Sahil Fitness Club’.
Taking a cue from this, we looked for the ‘Fashion World’ & ‘Sahil fitness club’ in Begumpur area and couldn’t get any relavant results. Then we looked for the various super-speciality and multi-speciality Hospitals in Begumpur. We came across “Hira’s Multi-speciality Hospital”, whose Google Street view Image matches with name board in the Viral Video.
Using the Google Street view, we found that the incident happened near Main Barwala Road, Begumpur Extension, Delhi-110086. We also found the image of the open drain where the incident took place. The open drain is in front of the Hira’s Hospital. According to the Delhi state election commission’s website and Municipal corporation of Delhi’s website, Begumpur is a ward under New Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Moreover, we found a Twitter user’s complaint to Public Works Department, Delhi regarding the same incident for which they replied “This complaint pertains to MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) @MCD_Delhi.” On multiple occasions, PWD Delhi said Municipal Corporation of Delhi is responsible for these type of road complaints.
This complaint pertains to MCD @MCD_Delhi
To sum it up, video of a group of men dragging a woman out from open drain from Delhi is shared as an incident from Uttar Pradesh.


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Video of a hoarding falling on people in Karachi falsely shared as related to Hyderabad. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 10, 2020
A video of a hoarding falling on people who were travelling on a road is being shared widely on social media with a claim that the incident took place at Mehdipatnam flyover in Hyderabad, Telangana. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a hoarding falling on people at Mehdipatnam flyover in Hyderabad.
Fact: The incident in the video did not take place in Hyderabad or India. It took place in Karachi (Pakistan). News agencies in Pakistan have reported than two people were injured in the accident. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Yandex Reverse Image Search, the same video was found to be uploaded by multiple users on social media with the description that the incident in the video took place in Karachi (Pakistan).
So, when we searched with relevant keywords, many news articles published by prominent news agencies in Pakistan regarding the incident in the video were found in the search results. In the articles, it can be read that the incident happened in Karachi. It has also been reported that two people were injured in the accident and Karachi Commissioner’s Office has directed to remove billboards in the city. The news articles can be read here and here.
To sum it up, a video of a hoarding falling on people travelling on a road in Karachi falsely shared as related to Hyderabad.
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Video of a huge crowd gathered for a religious meeting in Andhra Pradesh is shared as video from Rahul Gandhi’s meeting - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 16, 2024
Ahead of the 2024 General Elections, a video (here, here, here) of a large gathering is shared on social media with a claim that the crowd came to support Rahul Gandhi. Let’s verify the authenticity of the claim through this article.
Claim: Visuals of a huge gathering in support of Rahul Gandhi ahead of the 2024 General Elections.
Fact: The video of the huge gathering is not from Rahul Gandhi’s meeting. This video is from the 47th International Feast of Tabernacle organized by Hosanna ministries. It is held in Gorantla of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
A reverse image search of the keyframes of the viral video led us to an Instagram post featuring similar footage. The post mentions that the video is related to the successful completion of the 47th International Feast of Tabernacles by Hosanna Ministries. In the bottom left corner of the video, a logo with the name ‘Hosanna Ministries Official’ is visible.
When we searched on Instagram using the term ‘Hosanna Ministries Official,’ we found a similar video in a collage format. Additionally, we also found the same video on ‘Hosanna Ministries Official’ YouTube channel.
A search on the internet using relevant keywords revealed that the festival was organized in Gorantla, a suburb of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh under the auspices of Hosanna Ministries from 7 March to 10 March 2024 (here, here, here).
Hosanna Ministries is a Christian organization headquartered in Guntur city of Andhra Pradesh. It organized this program on the occasion of the festival called ‘Feast of Tabernacle’, also known as ‘Gudarala Panduga’ in the local language.  Visuals of the past years’ celebrations can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum up, a video of a large gathering at a religious meeting in Andhra Pradesh is being shared as a video from Rahul Gandhi’s meeting.


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Video of a Karnataka youth drowned in overflowing Arasinagundi waterfall shared as the visuals from Aharbal waterfall in Jammu and Kashmir - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 28, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it is the visuals of a youth who died after falling in the Aharbal waterfall in Jammu and Kashmir. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a youth who fell into the Aharbal waterfall and lost his life in Jammu and Kashmir.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows a youth who drowned in the overflowing Arasinagundi waterfall in Udupi, Karnataka. While a man did lose his life after falling into the Aharbal waterfall recently in Kashmir, the video shared in the post show the visuals of another youth who was swept away near Arasinagundi waterfall in Karnataka. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video showing similar visuals was found published by the CNN-News 18 news on 24 July 2023. The description of the video states, “Karnataka Man Dies After Falling into Overflowing Udupi Waterfall While Shooting A Reel”.
Reporting the complete details of the incident, lately, several other news agencies have also published articles and videos. They can be seen here, here, and here.  As per these news reports, 23-year-old Sharath from Shivamogga district lost his life after falling into an overflowing Arasinagundi waterfall in the Udupi district of Karnataka. The victim reportedly slipped and drowned in the waterfall while posing for an Instagram reel.
While there are latest news reports informing about a 22-year-old Shopian youth falling into the overflowing Aharbal waterfall in Jammu and Kashmir, the video shared in the post shows the visuals of another youth who was swept away in the Arasinagundi waterfall in Karnataka.
To sum it up, a video of Karnataka youth who drowned in the overflowing Arasinagudi waterfall in Udupi is shared as the visuals from Aharbal waterfall in Jammu and Kashmir.


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Video of a landslide in Indonesia is being falsely shared as in Shillong (Meghalaya) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 22, 2020
A video of a massive landslide is doing rounds on social media with a claim that the incident occurred in Shillong (Meghalaya). FACTLY has found that the video clip is related to a landslide in Indonesia, not India. The video clip shows a landslide in the settlements of Chiangjur & Sukanagara in Indonesia. The incident occurred in April 2020. As the video went viral with the same claim, the Meghalaya Police have also clarified that the video is not related to Shillong.
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Claim –  Facebook post (archived)
Fact –
1. News video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcbptmKpCI
2. News video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzwaQxBtLGc
3. ‘Meghalaya Police’ tweet – https://twitter.com/MeghalayaPolice/status/1263485778438520833
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Video of a landslide in Indonesia is being falsely shared as the one on Goa-Madgaon highway - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 23, 2020
A video of a massive landslide is doing rounds on social media with a claim that the incident occurred on Goa-Madgaon highway and the Mumbai-Goa highway was closed for that reason. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a landslide on Goa-Madgaon highway.
Fact: The landslide in the video occurred in the settlements of Cianjur & Sukanagara in Indonesia, not on Goa-Madgaon highway. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we subjected the screenshots of the video to reverse image search technique, a video of Indonesian news channel ‘Tribun Jateng’ was obtained in the search results. As per the news video, the incident occurred in the settlements of Cianjur & Sukanagara in Indonesia in April 2020.
Another Indonesian news channel ‘Metro TV News’ has also reported that the incident occurred in Cianjur town of Indonesia. So, the landslide in the video occured in Indonesia.
Earlier, when the same video was viral as a landslide on Shillong (Meghalaya) highway, ‘FACTLY’ has debunked the claim and has written a fact-check article.
To sum it up, video of a landslide in Indonesia is being falsely shared as the one on Goa-Madgaon highway.
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Video of a Lawyer’s speech at Anti-CAA protest is falsely linked to Himalaya Company - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 20, 2021
A video of a person ranting on Reliance and Ramdev’s products is being shared claiming that the person is the Himalaya Company’s Chairman. This speech of his is being widely shared on social media through a post. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Himalaya Company Chairman ranting on Reliance and Patanjali.
Fact: The person making the speech was Bhanu Pratap Singh, a well-known lawyer and not the Chairman of Himalaya Company. Meraj Manal is the Chairman of Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, we found a YouTube video containing the same visuals. This YouTube video was uploaded on 25 January 2020, with a Hindi title translated as, ‘Stop saying Hindustani – Bhanu Pratap Singh! There was panic among Muslims on CAA’. At 4.39 timestamp, the video has been clipped and shared as a 2-minute 20-second video attached to the post. According to the description of the YouTube video, the person in the video is Bhanu Pratap Singh, a well-known lawyer. In his speech, he was addressing the public sitting on a dharna in Mustafabad, Delhi after hearing in the Supreme Court on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
According to the Himalaya Company’s website, Mr. Mohammad Manal was its founder and passed away in 1986. Meraj Manal is the current Chairman of Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd.
To sum it up, a video of a Lawyer’s speech at an Anti-CAA protest is falsely linked to the Himalaya Company.


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Video of a man adulterating milk in Hyderabad is shared as that from Mumbai - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 21, 2020
A post with the video of a man who can be seen adulterating milk is doing rounds on social media with a claim that the video is from a dairy farm in Mumbai, whereas the same video is shared in another post (archived) with a communal claim that the man seen in the video is a Muslim. Through this article let’s verify the claim made in these posts.
Video of man adulterating milk at a dairy in Mumbai.
Fact: According to news reports, the incident took place in a dairy in Dabeerpura, Hyderabad and not Mumbai. When we reached out to SHO, Dabeerpura over the phone, he acknowledged the same. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Google search with the keywords ‘man adulterating milk’ led us to a news article which reported the incident. According to the article, the incident took place in Jahangeer dairy in Dabeerpura, Hyderabad. News video reporting of this incident can be seen here. With this, we can conclude that the incident did not take place in Mumbai.
As per the news article, the man who is seen adulterating milk is Raju, working in the dairy owned by Mohd Ghouse. According to the reports, a case has also been registered against the owner. The owner of the dairy is a Muslim and the man who is found adulterating milk is a Hindu.
When we reached out to SHO- Dabeerpura, he acknowledged that the incident indeed took place under the Dabeerpura Police jurisdiction. He also acknowledged that the particular dairy is owned by a Muslim, however, the man who adulterated milk is not from the same community.
To sum it up, video of a man adulterating milk in Hyderabad is shared as that from Mumbai.
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Video of a man forced to lick spit in Surat is being shared with a communal narrative - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 2, 2020
A video of a man being slapped, doing sit-ups, and forced to lick spit on the vehicle’s bonnet is shared on social media claiming that a Muslim man is forced to lick a Hindu man’s spit to make him break his Ramzan fast in Surat. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a Muslim man being forced to lick a Hindu man’s spit to break his Ramzan fast in Surat.
Fact: The video shows an incident that took place in Surat on 6 April 2020 i.e. weeks before the Ramzan month had started this year. Also, both the victim and accused in the incident belong to the same religion. So, there is no communal angle to it. Hence the claim is FALSE.
When searched on YouTube with the keywords, it was found that the ‘TV9 Gujarati’ had telecasted a news item regarding the incident on 07 April 2020. As per this video, the incident took place at Surat and the man seen slapping was identified as Salman.
Further information regarding the incident can be found in the FIR filed over the incident. As per the report, the victim is Aslam Ansari and he stated that when he had gone out to buy medicines for his mother on 6 April 2020, two unknown youths had stopped him and the accused thrashed him and made him lick his spit. Both the victim and the accused belong to the same community (Muslims). So, there is no communal angle to the incident. Also, the same has been confirmed by the Police when other fact-checkers have contacted them.
To conclude, a video of a man forced to lick spit in Surat is being shared with a communal narrative.
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Video of a man-made spillway in the Lake Berryessa reservoir is shared as visuals of a giant natural whirlpool - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 24, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of a giant whirlpool formed inside a river or a lake. Several social media users have shared this video describing it as a natural phenomenon caused by the changes in climate. Those posts can be seen here and here. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a giant whirlpool formed inside a river.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows the giant ‘Glory Hole’, a man-made spillway constructed inside the Lake Berryessa in California. The spillway was constructed to drain the excess water in the reservoir during an overflow. The video does not show a natural whirlpool. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video with similar visuals was found in an article published by ‘The Sun’ on 03 March 2018. This article reported it as the visuals of the giant ‘Glory Hole’, a man-made spillway constructed inside the Lake Berryessa in California.
When we searched for further details of this giant ‘Glory Hole’, we found that the spillway was constructed in 1957 as an alternative to the more common chute. Glory Hole, a 200 feet deep circular pipe with a diameter of 72 feet, will take in water like a drain once the reservoir is overcapacity. This spillway is used to control the overflow of the water in Lake Berryessa. A few other videos showing the water drain visuals of ‘Glory Hole’ can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, video of a man-made spillway inside California’s Lake Berryessa was shared as the visuals of a giant natural whirlpool.


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Video of a man sleeping alongside three Cheetahs is from a breeding centre in South Africa. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 13, 2020
A post with the video of a man sleeping alongside three Cheetahs is going viral on social media with the claim that the video is from Pipleshwar Mahadev Temple Mochal (Sirohi) where the Cheetahs sleep with the servant of the temple every day. Through this article lets fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a man sleeping alongside three Cheetahs is from Pipleshwar Mahadev Temple Mochal (Sirohi) and the man in the video is none other than the servant of the temple.
Fact: The video is from a breeding centre in South Africa and the man in the video is Dolph C Volker, an animal advocate. The video has nothing to do with the temple mentioned in the claim. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Google search with the keywords ‘man sleeping alongside cheetahs’ led us to a longer version of the video in the post which is published on YouTube. The video was uploaded on 21 Jan 2019 in a YouTube channel called Dolph C Volker (animal advocate according to the about section of the channel). As per the description of the video, these Cheetahs are from a Cheetah breeding centre called Cheetah Experience in South Africa where he spent the night sleeping alongside these Cheetahs.
Also, we found a news article dated 11 June 2020 which reported the same video when it went viral back then. The news article can be read here. With this, we can conclude that the video has nothing to do with the temple and the servant mentioned in the post.
A twitter user also mentioned that the video is from an experiment called “The Cheetah Experience” conducted in South Africa in 2018.
This is from an experiment called “The Cheetah Experience”  conducted in South Africa in 2018 .
The man is named Dolph Volker an American who volunteered for it.
The anamel is named Gabriel & Volker  hand-fed it and spent many nights sleeping nxt to him in the wild.
Several other publications wrote about this American Dolph C Volker, who was in the video. These articles also wrote about the project. They can read here and here.
To sum it up, the video of a man sleeping alongside three Cheetahs is from South Africa.
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Video of a mentally unstable man killing himself is shared as an Army aspirant’s suicide due to Agnipath scheme - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 1, 2022
Against the backdrop of the recent Agnipath protests all over the country, a video of man hit by a train is being widely shared on social media claiming that the man is an army aspirant and killed himself as he is ineligible for the post according to new recruitment rules.
Claim: Visuals of an army aspirant killing himself by standing in front of a running train, as he is ineligible for the post according to new recruitment rules under Agnipath scheme.
Fact: The man in the video is B. Sanjay Kumar (28), a native of Odisha, who was staying in Hyderabad. He was working in a hardware shop and was suffering from mental illness. On 21 November 2021, he went to Ramagundam Railway station and committed suicide by standing in front of a moving train. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
We searched the internet with relevant keywords and found that several news agencies have already reported this incident. They can be seen here, here and here
According to these reports, B. Sanjay Kumar (28), who was from Odisha, was staying with his grandfather in Hyderabad. Sanjay was working at a hardware shop and was suffering from mental illness and was undergoing treatment for the last three years. On 21 November 2021, he went to Ramagundam Railway station and committed suicide by standing in front of a speeding train. Railway Police registered the case and initiated the investigation.
Additionally, Agnipath scheme is a new scheme introduced by the Government of India on 14 June 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. The scheme is scheduled to be implemented from September 2022. On 16 June 2022, violent protests erupted in several states in India with army aspirants demanding a rollback of the new scheme. Public property was also damaged in many of these protests.
To sum it up, the deceased in this video was not an army aspirant and change in army recruitment rules was not the reason for his suicide.

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Video of a minor tribal girl being thrashed in Gujarat is shared with a false narrative - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 11, 2020
A video of a girl being thrashed by a group of people has gone viral on social media with a claim that a Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh was beaten for drawing water from a well that belongs to an upper caste community. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Video of a girl beaten up by a group of people in Uttar Pradesh for drawing water from a well that belongs to an upper caste community
Fact: The incident in the video took place in Gujarat, not in Uttar Pradesh. A tribal girl of Chhota Udepur district (Gujarat) was brutally beaten by her relatives for eloping with a man from the same village. After the video went viral on social media, the Police have booked a case on the people who were involved in the incident. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google reverse image search, it is found that the incident shown in the video took place in Gujarat, not in Uttar Pradesh. A tribal girl of Chhota Udepur district (Gujarat) was brutally thrashed by her relatives for eloping with a man from the same village. After the video went viral on social media platforms, the Chhota Udepur Police have filed an FIR against the three men who were involved in this incident. A Police officer, while explaining about the incident to media, said that the family thought she brought disrespect to the family, and hence the relatives thrashed her brutally in front of the public. The news articles related to the incident can be read here and here.
To sum it up, a video of a minor tribal girl brutally beaten for eloping in Gujarat is being falsely shared as a Dalit girl beaten in Uttar Pradesh for drawing water from a well that belongs to an upper caste community.
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Video of a mob destroying a railway station in ‘Bangladesh’ is shared as that of ‘India’ - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 3, 2020
A video of a mob destroying a railway station is being widely shared on Facebook with the claim that the incident took place in India. Let’s analyze the authenticity of the claim.
Video of a mob destroying a railway station in India.
Fact: The video shows a mob destroying ‘Brahmanbaria railway station’ in Bangladesh. So, the claim is FALSE.
In the video, at one point, the name board of the railway station can be spotted. The text on it is in Bengali; its English translation is ‘Brahmanbaria’.
When searched on Google with the text ‘Brahmanbaria railway station vandalised’, an article of ‘The Observer’ was found in the search results. From that article, it was found that, in 2016, few students of a madrasa have destroyed the furniture, machinery and other accessories at Brahmanbaria railway station in Bangladesh and it has caused a considerable loss to the station. The same can also be read in the news report of ‘The Daily Star’.
To summarize, a video of a mob destroying a railway station in ‘Bangladesh’ is being shared as that of ‘India’.
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Video of a mock drill by Jharkhand Police is falsely shared as Police firing on Muslims in Jammu & Kashmir - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 21, 2019
A video that shows Policemen firing on civilians is being shared across the social media with the claim that it took place in Kashmir and the Police are firing at the Muslims. Let’s try to analyze the veracity of that video.
Video of Kashmir Police firing at Muslims in Jammu & Kashmir.
Fact: The video shows a mock drill activity conducted by Jharkhand Police. So, the claim made in the post stands FALSE.
When the video in the post is run through ‘InVid’ plugin, several keyframes were obtained. On subjecting these keyframes to reverse image search technique, a certain keyframe directed to the same video on YouTube. The video has the title “Moke Dreal of Khunti Police” and was found to be uploaded on November 1, 2017.
When searched with keywords on YouTube, another video that was shot from a different angle was found. In the video, a red building with ‘Jagdamba Steel’ shop can be seen. When looked for it on Google maps, it was found to exist at Khunti in Jharkhand. Also, the surrounding buildings in the video matched with the buildings beside the ‘Jagdamba steel’ shop.
On observing the video, one can easily conclude that the video is a mock drill because:
1. The crowd in the video can be seen standing relaxed on both sides of the road while the police are shooting.
2. At various instances of the video, people can be spotted recording the event casually.
3. In the video, people can be heard laughing and talking casually.
To conclude, a video of a mock drill by Jharkhand Police is falsely shared as Police firing on Muslims in Jammu & Kashmir.
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Video of a mock drill is falsely shared as terrorist being caught in Faridabad - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 27, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that a terrorist was caught in Faridabad recently. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a terrorist caught in Faridabad recently.
Fact: Faridabad Police clarified that the video was part of a mock drill conducted by CISF in a metro station recently. We could not find any recent news reports of a terrorist being arrested in Faridabad metro station. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a video with similar visuals was found on YouTube. The YouTube video was uploaded by a channel named ‘Faridabad News’ which says that the viral video is not related to a terrorist, but a mock drill organised by the CISF in Faridabad metro station.
When we searched online with relevant keywords, we found a tweet by Faridabad police saying that the video was from a mock drill by CISF. If a terrorist had been arrested in Faridabad, it would have been reported by major news outlets. We could not find any recent news reports of such an arrest being made.
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To sum it up, video of a mock drill is falsely shared as terrorist being caught in Faridabad.


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Video of a motorcyclist falling into a pothole in Brazil is being falsely shared as an incident from Hyderabad - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 9, 2019
A video of a motorcyclist falling into a pothole on the road is being shared widely with the claim that the incident took place in Hyderabad. Let’s analyze the authenticity of that claim.
The video was posted on Facebook in 2016, but it is now being shared again in the wake of the recent heavy rainfall in the Hyderabad city.
Video of a motorcyclist falling into a pothole on the road is from Hyderabad.
Fact: The incident took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2015. It is in no way related to Hyderabad. So, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When searched on YouTube with the keywords ‘Motorcycle falls in pothole’, many search results were obtained. The video clip in the post was found among those search results and has the title ‘Motorcycle falls in hole – Brazil’. When searched on Google with relevant keywords, a news video of ‘CBS News’ regarding the incident was found on YouTube and it had the timestamp January 27, 2015. The video has the following description – ‘Video shows a motorcyclist in Sao Paulo, Brazil, driving into a pothole big enough to swallow his bike. The cyclist walked away unhurt. But the bike? Not so much. A tow truck had to pull it out of the huge hole caused by a broken water main. CBSN’s Vladimir Duthiers reports’.
A newspaper report which corroborates that the incident took place in Brazil can be read here.
To conclude, a video of a motorcyclist in Brazil falling into a pothole is falsely shared as that of an incident from Hyderabad.
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Video of a murder in Delhi’s Jafrabad is being shared with a false communal narrative amid the 2024 Lok Sabha elections - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 17, 2024
A video of a few people stabbing a person is widely circulating across social media platforms (here, here, here & here). The claim accompanying the video suggests that it shows a Hindu man being attacked by Muslims in the Seelampur area of Delhi. Through this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals of a Hindu man being attacked by Muslims in the Seelampur area of Delhi.
Fact: The viral video shows visuals of a murder that happened in Delhi’s Jafrabad area on 05 May 2024. According to news reports and the police, the name of the deceased in this incident is Nazir. A senior Delhi Police official confirmed that all the accused and the deceased in this incident are Muslims, and there is no communal angle. Recently, in April 2024, another murder occurred in Seelampur. According to news reports, on 12 April 2024, a man named Shahnawaz was shot dead in broad daylight by a minor in Delhi’s Seelampur, in the E block of Khabri market. The SHO of Seelampur confirmed that there is no communal angle involved in this case either, and that all the accused, including the minor, are Muslims, and the deceased is also a Muslim. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
To verify the authenticity of the viral claim and gather information about the video, we conducted a Google reverse image search using keyframes from the viral footage. This search led us to a news report published by ‘Newsnine‘ on 07 May 2024. According to the report, the victim in this incident was identified as 35-year-old Nazir, who was brutally stabbed to death in an attack in Delhi’s Jafrabad area on the evening of 05 May 2024. Police records indicate that several criminal cases were registered against Nazir. The incident is suspected to have been fueled by personal rivalry.
Taking a cue from this, we further searched to know more about this incident. This search led us to several news reports (here, here & here). According to these reports, Nazir, the deceased in this incident, was a resident of Chauhan Bangar in northeast Delhi. Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey stated that a team from Jafrabad police station apprehended four juveniles in connection with the case. He also revealed that the assailants confessed to committing the murder because Nazir had threatened one of them two days before the fatal attack. We also found a video of the DCP (northeast) of the Delhi Police speaking to the media about this incident on ‘ANI’.
We further accessed the FIR filed in this case on the Delhi Police website. According to the FIR, this incident took place on Street No. 6, Chauhan Bangar, Jafrabad, North East Delhi, on 05 May 2024, around 6:45 PM, and the name of the deceased is Nazir alias Nanhe. However, the FIR did not disclose any accused names. ‘The Quint’ contacted DCP North East Delhi, Joy Tirkey, regarding this incident. He confirmed that there is no communal angle involved in this incident. He stated that, up to now, five accused have been arrested, all of whom are Muslims, and the deceased is also a Muslim.
Recently, in April 2024, another man was murdered in Seelampur, Delhi. According to news reports (here, here, & here), Shahnawaz, a 35-year-old man, was shot in the head by a minor boy in broad daylight on 12 April 2024, in Delhi’s Seelampur, in the E block of Khabri market. The assailant, a minor boy, was apprehended two days after the murder. Three other suspects were identified as Rehan (single name), Salman Faizan, and Shoaib Mastan. According to the police, the two men, along with a 16-year-old juvenile, were budding gangsters who shot Mohammad Shahnawaz after he refused to pay them protection money. FIR filed in this case can be seen here.
We contacted the SHO of Seelampur regarding this incident. He confirmed that there is no communal angle involved. He stated that all the accused, including the minor, are Muslims, and the deceased is also a Muslim.
To sum up, a video of a murder in Delhi’s Jafrabad is being shared with a false communal narrative amid the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.


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Video of a Muslim boy stabbed in Hyderabad falsely shared with a communal narrative - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 8, 2020
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that a Hindu boy has been stabbed and killed by Muslims in Andhra Pradesh. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a Hindu boy stabbed and killed by Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.
Fact: The incident in the video took place in Hyderabad (Telangana), not in Andhra Pradesh. The boy in the video is Mohammed Imran Khan. The Police suspect that he was killed over a family dispute. The accused in the case are Imran’s half-brothers and their associates. There is no communal angle to the incident. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, a similar video was found in the search results. In the description of the video, it was written that the incident happened in Hyderabad (Telangana) and the name of the boy is Imran Khan. So, when searched with the keywords, many videos related to the incident were found. Talking to media, Imran’s brother accused the stepbrother (son of their father’s other wife) Mehtab and his associates behind the murder. The videos can be watched here and here.
The news articles regarding the incident can be read here and here. In the ‘Telangana Today’ article, it can be read that the accused in the case are Mehtab Taleb, Arbaz, Amir and Ghouse. Talking to media, Chakravarthy Gummi (Additional DCP (Task Force)) said, ‘After the death of Ghalib Khan (father), the elder son of Habeebunnisa got a government job on compassionate grounds and she had reportedly retained the property also. Ruksana, the second wife, developed a grudge as she felt that she did not get an equal share in the property of her husband or other benefits. Therefore, Ruksana’s sons, Taleb, Ghouse and Mehtab, planned to kill Imran, Habeebunnisa’s son’. Talking to FACTLY, the Rein Bazar SHO has also clarified that the claim made in the post is not true and that the victim & accused both are Muslims. He also mentioned that family disputes could be the reason for the crime. The FIR filed in this case by the Rein Bazar police can be seen here.
To sum it up, the boy in this video is not a Hindu and the incident happened in Hyderabad.
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Video of a Muslim man being assaulted by mob is being shared with a false communal angle - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 16, 2022
A social media post accompanying a video of a bearded man being assaulted by people, while a group of bystanders watch is being widely shared with a communal claim that the video shows a Muslim man being thrashed by Hindu extremists in Delhi. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals of Hindu extremists thrashing a Muslim man in Delhi.
Fact: It is true that the viral visuals show a Muslim man being assaulted by a mob, however, the reason for the assault is alleged stalking and harassment of a minor girl by the man. Police have registered a case against the person under POCSO act upon the complaint of the minor girl. Multiple news agencies have reported the incident. The assault had no communal angle linked to it. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Popular Twitter user and Global Correspondent for Byline Times CJ Werleman initially tweeted the same video with a similar claim. Most likely, the video went viral across social media platforms, after CJ Werleman’s tweet. However, he later deleted the video and posted clarification saying the individual who is seen being beaten is credibly accused of sexual assault.
I deleted this tweet because turns out there was more to this story – the individual was credibly accused of sexual assault. This doesn’t justify vigilante violence, but it also doesn’t make him a sympathetic character. pic.twitter.com/qypOJ6xNIr
As the video went viral on social media, multiple media outlets reported the visuals and the context surrounding the incident (here, here & here). As per these reports, the bearded man shown in the video was beaten for allegedly stalking and misbehaving with a 13 year old girl.
As per these reports, police have identified the accused as Irfan Khan (37), an accountant who is married and has three children.
DCP Shahdara, Delhi tweeted on 12 May 2022, that Shahdara police station had received a complaint on 07 May about the public assault on a person in Nathu Colony, Delhi. Police rescued him from the crowd, and later a case was registered for stalking under the POCSO Act after the 13-year-old victim’s complaint, leading to the man’s arrest. Further, the tweet states that their initial enquiry found that the person used to stalk and molest a 13 year old minor girl.
Police team rescued the person & subsequently a case was registered against him under stalking & POCSO Act on the complaint of victim & he was arrested.(2/2)#DelhiPoliceUpdates@ANI@PTI_News
Further, DCP Shahdara, Delhi, speaking to BOOM confirmed that the viral visuals are indeed a result of accusation of stalking and harassment. All these establish the fact that while the viral shows a Muslim man being assaulted, there is no communal angle to the incident and the assault was a result of alleged stalking and harassment of a minor girl.
To sum it up, video of a Muslim man being assaulted by mob is being shared with a false communal angle.


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The woman disrupting Eid Prayers in this video from US is a Muslim, not Hindu - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 24, 2023
A video of a saree-clad woman being dragged away by security staff from a gathering is being shared on social media. The post which shares this video claims that the woman is a Hindu, and that she disrupted prayers held in Virginia by climbing onto the pulpit of a mosque. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: Video of a Hindu woman disrupting Eid Prayers in Virginia.
Fact: This incident took place during the Eid Prayers on 21 April 2023 at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS), Sterling, Virginia. The ADAMS community clarified on social media that the woman seen in the video is mentally ill and belongs to the Muslim community. Hence the claim made in the post is False.
To know more details about the video, we performed a basic keyword search on the internet, which led us to a news article published by ‘The Kashmir Monitor’, which contained a few screenshots from the viral video.
According to the article, this incident happened at the ‘All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Centre’s mosque in Northern Virginia in the US.’ The ADAMS Centre released a statement on their social media which said ‘We want to clarify that the recent incident at the mosque on Friday, 21 April, during the ADAMS Sterling, Virginia, Eid prayer involved an individual from the Muslim community struggling with mental health issues.’ Further, they asked for forgiveness in the statement and requested people who posted this video to remove it from social media.
A post shared by All Dulles Area Muslim Society (@adams.center)
According to their Facebook page, the ADAMS centre was established in 1983 to serve the local Muslim population in Virginia.
To sum up, a video of a Muslim woman who created a ruckus during an Eid prayer in Virginia is shared with a false claim that she is a Hindu.


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Video of a Pakistan Origin Italian Woman is shared as Hindu girl brutally beaten by Muslim husband - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 22, 2019
On Facebook, a post with a video of a girl narrating domestic violence she had faced due to her husband is being shared widely. In the post, the video has the following description – “This should be an eye opener for all the Hindu girls eloping with Muslim boys. Another #LoveJihadShe was beaten brutally & was forced to drink urine! Hindu girls must avoid interacting with Momoz as much as possible. Who knows you may be their next target!”. Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post.
Video of a Hindu girl who was brutally beaten by her Muslim husband
Fact: The video is of a Pakistani-Italian woman assaulted by her husband. So, the claim made in the post stands FALSE.
When the video in the post is run through the ‘InVid’ plugin, several keyframes were obtained. On subjecting these keyframes to reverse image search technique, a certain keyframe lead to the same video in a tweet by Twitter user ‘Aurora Borealis’ on August 15, 2019. The tweet had the text- “Alishba Khan Italian-Pakistani girl who went through extreme domestic violence and was made to drink her husband’s urine ( in a viral video on social media ) has been rescued by police and now in protection in Italian consulate her husband Ali Jabir Moti who belongs to an influential family, is still at large”.
A thread in the comments section of that tweet leads us to Pakistani journalist Iqrar ul Hassan Syed’s tweet on August 13, 2019, that had the same video. In his tweet, he mentioned that the girl in the video is an Italian of Pakistan origin and she was subjected to domestic violence by her husband Ali Jaber Moti.
In another tweet by him on the same day, Hassan Syed has enclosed an FIR copy filed against the girl’s husband Ali Jaber Moti at Darakhshan Police Station in Karachi.
We checked  if this incident was reported in the media, a newspaper article of “Samaa Tv”  was found. The article mentioned that the incident was first brought to light by journalist Iqrar ul Hassan Syed and it was taken into cognisance by the Italian Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo. The article also had the tweet of Pontecorvo mentioning that the matter will be looked into by his officials in Karachi.
Pontecorvo in another tweet mentioned that the Italian Consulate was dealing with the issue and they have rescued the girl while her husband is still absconding.
To sum it up, video from Pakistan shared as Hindu girl brutally beaten by Muslim husband.
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Video of a Pakistani wrestler shared as wresting video of Bageshwar Dham Sarkar - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 9, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it to be a wrestling video of Madhya Pradesh’s Bageshwar Dham temple head Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. This post claims it as the visuals of Dhirendra Shastri, also known as Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, defeating a wrestler in the wrestling arena. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Wresting video of godman Bageshwar Dham Sarkar.
Fact: The skinny wrestler who was seen defeating his opponent in the video is Pakistan’s Malakhra or Malakhro sportsman Ghullam Hussain Pathan. The video has nothing to do with Bageshwar Dham Sarkar. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video with similar visuals was found published by the Pakistan-based ‘Sachal TV’ news channel on 06 November 2020. This news channel published the video with the title, “New Sindhi malakhra Ghullam Hussain Pathan”. Malakhra or Malakhro is an ancient Sindhi wrestling sport practised mostly in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
Also, on comparing the pictures of the wrestler seen in the video and of Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, it can be noticed that the wrestler seen in the video is not Bageshwar Dham Sarkar.
When we searched for further sources, we found similar wrestling videos on the YouTube and Facebook handles of Pakistani wrestler Ghullam Hussain Pathan. Ghullam Hussain Pathan is a famous Malakhra sportsman from Sindh province in Pakistan. A few interview videos of Ghullam Hussain Pathan can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, a video of a Pakistan wrestler is being shared as a wrestling video of Bageshwar Dham Sarkar.

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Video of a passenger train crashing into a truck in Indonesia shared as that from India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 8, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it is the visuals of another train accident that recently took place in India. In the wake of the recent Balasore train accident in Odisha, this video is going viral on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing another train accident that recently took place in India.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows a train accident that recently took place in Indonesia. The video has nothing to do with India. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video showing similar visuals was found in an article published by the ‘Sky News’ website on 19 July 2023. According to this news source, a passenger train crashed into a truck that had stalled out on a railway track in Indonesia.
Reporting the details of this train accident, several news sites published articles in July 2023. They can be seen here, here, and here. According to these reports, a truck experienced a breakdown while crossing a railway track. When the driver left to seek assistance, a train collided with the truck, resulting in a fiery explosion. The incident reportedly took place in Central Java in Indonesia. Authorities say that the train was too close to be stopped and confirmed that only one passenger had suffered minor injuries in the accident. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post shows a recent train accident in Indonesia, not in India.
To sum it up, a video showing a train crashing into a truck in Indonesia was shared as the visuals of a recent train accident in India.

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Video of a person caught smuggling drugs in Bangladesh is being linked to India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 28, 2021
A video showing a man wearing a burqa, being checked by the police is being shared through a post claiming that this is how arms were smuggled into the country during Pulwama attacks. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows how smuggled arms are entering India.
Fact: The video was taken in the city of Raozan in Bangladesh and not in India. The person in the video was caught by the Raozan police while he was smuggling drugs under the guise of being a pregnant woman wearing a burqa. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video with relevant keywords, a video with similar visuals was found on YouTube. The YouTube was uploaded on 11 March 2021 by the channel named, ‘Smile Tv Bangla’. The English translation of the video, which is written in Bengali, is, ‘Smile Tv Arrested for drug trafficking.’ According to the description of the YouTube video, two traffickers were caught by the police in Raozan, Chittagong, and sent to jail. Raozan is a city in Bangladesh whereas Pulwama is a city in India.
When we searched on the internet with relevant keywords, a news report about the incident was found. Raozan police have arrested Sagar (20) and Amena Begum (19) by setting up a check post in Jalil Nagar area of Chittagong-Rangamati Road after they received secret info about the two traffickers. The accused were smuggling drugs under the guise of being a pregnant woman wearing a burqa. The Raozan Police Station, on their Facebook page, had posted about the incident and the related video.
To sum it up, a video of a person caught smuggling drugs in Bangladesh is being linked to the Pulwama attacks & smuggling arms into India.
UPDATE (28 March 2022):
The same video is again being shared praising PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath after the Karnataka High Court had recently upheld state government order that had banned headscarves in classrooms. But as explained above the video is not related to India and is from Bangladesh

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Video of a petrol bunk explosion in Pakistan is falsely shared as Hindu extremists killing Muslims in India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 18, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that Hindu extremists are killing Muslims in India. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Hindu extremists killing Muslims in India.
Fact: The video is from Pakistan and not from India. The visuals are from a petrol bunk blast in Karachi which reportedly happened because of a short-circuit in an electric room nearby. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When a reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, the same video was shared by several Twitter users. They can be seen here and here. These users mention these visuals to be from a fuel station blast in Nazimabad, Karachi.
When we searched online using relevant keywords, a video with similar visuals was found uploaded on YouTube by GTV Network (a Pakistan-based news channel) which says the visuals are from a blast in Karachi.
On 29 October 2021, an explosion near a petrol pump in Karachi had killed at least four people and injured several others. According to Pakistani news websites (here and here), a short-circuit inside an electric room near the petrol bunk had resulted in the explosion.
When the same video went viral attributing it to communal violence in Tripura, Factly had earlier debunked the claim.
To sum it up, a video of a petrol bunk explosion in Pakistan is falsely shared as Hindu extremists killing Muslims in India.

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Video of a ragging incident in Sri Lanka falsely shared as ‘Muslim sisters harassed by RSS members in India’ - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 11, 2020
A video of a few men pouring water at burqa-clad women is making rounds on social media with a claim that Muslim sisters are being harassed by RSS members in India. But FACTLY has found the video to be not related to India. It shows a ragging incident that took place at a Sri Lankan university. FACTLY has already debunked the video last year when it went viral with a similar claim in Telugu.
Sources:
Claim – Facebook post (archived)
Fact –
1. News article – http://puthithu.com/?p=40200
2. Facebook post – https://www.facebook.com/LankaSunNew/videos/486275322112251
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Video of a railing collapse in Bolivia is passed off as from a COVID-19 vaccine centre in Bandra - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 6, 2021
We received a video on our WhatsApp tip line number (+91 9247052470) that shows a tragic incident of railing collapse which led to people falling onto the floor amidst pushing & shoving among a large crowd of people on a narrow walkway. The video was being circulated with a claim that the incident happened at a COVID-19 vaccine centre in Bandra, Mumbai (Maharashtra). A screenshot from the video can be viewed below. Through this article let’s fact-check the veracity of the claim.
Claim: Video of railing collapse at a COVID-19 vaccine centre in Bandra, Maharashtra.
Fact: The incident actually took place Bolivia, when a large group of students tried to enter a lecture hall.  A railing collapsed amidst this rush which led to students falling off from the fourth floor. The video has nothing do with a vaccine centre in Maharashtra. Also, no such incident is reported from Maharashtra or for that matter from India. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Simple Google search with the keywords ‘students railing collapse’ yielded multiple news articles and videos which reported the same video. According to one such report dated 03 March 2021 by New York Post,  the video actually shows an incident of a college balcony railing collapse that killed seven college students in Bolivia. As reported in the article, the tragedy happened in the El Alto university’s financial sciences building, when a large group of students attempted to enter a lecture hall for an assembly.
Even the Independent reported the video as an incident of a railing collapse that took place in Bolivia’s El Alto university when a large crowd of students tried to enter a lecture hall.
Also, if an incident of such a grave nature took place in India, the entire media would have reported it. But we could not find any news reports of a railing collapse at a vaccine centre in Bandra, Maharashtra. All these establish the fact that the video is indeed from Bolivia and has nothing to do with a vaccine centre in Bandra.
To sum it up, video of a railing collapse in Bolivia is passed off as from a COVID-19 vaccine centre in Bandra.