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This video of a monkey ringing the bell is from Devarayanadurga temple in Karnataka, not Ayodhya Ram Mandir - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 3, 2021
A post accompanying a video of a monkey ringing bells atop a flagstaff (Dwajasthambam) by swinging it is being widely shared across media platforms with a claim that video shows an incident that happens every day at Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Through this article let’s fact-check the veracity of the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a monkey ringing bell at Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
Fact: The video of a monkey ringing the bells atop flagstaff (Dwajasthambam) actually shows Sri Bhoga Narasimha Swamy Temple, Devarayanadurga in Karnataka. Furthermore, there is no proper temple like structure at Ayodhya, and the proposed temple is still under construction. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Google search with relevant keywords led us to a similar video on YouTube. However, as per the description, the video shows the Devarayanadurga temple in Karnataka.
Taking a cue from the YouTube video, a search on Google Maps with ‘Devarayanadurga temple Karnataka’ as a keyword yielded many photos of this temple shared by users. By juxtaposing screenshots of the video in the post and the above-mentioned YouTube video with images from Google Maps, we can spot many similarities. This proves that the video in the post indeed shows ‘Sri Bhoga Narasimha Swamy Temple, Devarayanadurga’ in Karnataka.
Further, there are few travelogue videos on YouTube that feature the Devarayanadurga temple in Karnataka. Even in these videos, we can see the same flagstaff (Dwajasthambam) and the same premises surrounding it similar to the one in the video in the post. A couple of such travelogue videos can be seen here and here.
Furthermore, there is no proper temple-like structure at Ayodhya, and the proposed temple is still under construction. Hence, all these pieces of evidence prove that the video in the post does not show Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
To sum it up, this video of a monkey ringing the bells actually shows Devarayanadurga temple in Karnataka and not Ayodhya Ram Mandir.


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This video of a Muslim man asking Hindu youth to remove National flag from vehicles is a scripted one - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 19, 2022
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows a Muslim man objecting to the display of Indian flag on the vehicles. In this video a Muslim man can be seen arguing with Hindu youth by repeatedly shouting “You shouldn’t put National flag on Vehicles”. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Muslim man objecting the display of National Flag on vehicles.
Fact: The video shared in the post is a scripted one. The disclaimer at 2:08 minutes shows that the video is completely fictional, scripted and made for awareness purpose only. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE
We watched the video carefully and found that at 2:08 minutes, a disclaimer appears at the bottom of the screen for a couple of seconds. The disclaimer reads “This Video is a complete fiction, all the events in the video are scripted and made for awareness purpose only. This does not promote any kind of activity or defame any kind of rituals. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental”
Upon further investigation, we came across an extended version of this scripted video on YouTube uploaded on 14 August 2022. At the end of the video, when asked why shouldn’t we display flag on vehicles, the Muslim man explains, “when flags are put on vehicles, they may fall down, and people walk on them which is a disrespectful thing. That’s why national flag shouldn’t be kept on vehicles”.  We couldn’t find out the original creator of this video. This article will be updated, when required information is available.
To sum it up, this video of a Muslim man asking Hindu youth to remove National flag from vehicles is a scripted one.

source: news-factly

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

author: Sai Krishna Muthyanolla


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This video of a person being attacked with sticks is from Rajasthan, not Uttar Pradesh - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 30, 2021
A video accompanied by a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that the video shows a person being attacked with sticks in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a person being attacked with sticks is from Meerut, UP.
Fact: The video is from Jhalawar city in Rajasthan and not from Meerut. The person attacked in the video was Krishna Valmiki, who succumbed to his injuries after being beaten with sticks and iron rods in Jhalawar city in Rajasthan. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, the same video was found in a tweet published on 07 July 2021. The tweet was made by a BJP politician named Laxmikant Bhardwaj who was a former spokesperson for the BJP in Rajasthan. He questions Rahul Gandhi for his silence on the murder of a Dalit youth. He further says, ‘Krishna Valmiki was brutally murdered by Sagar Qureshi, Raees, Imran, Akhtar Ali, Ishu Qureshi in Jhalawar, Rajasthan.’ There was no mention of the video being taken in Meerut, UP.
राजस्थान के झालावाड़ में कृष्णा वाल्मीकि की पीट पीट कर , सागर कुरैशी, रईस , इमरान , अख्तर अली, इशु कुरैशी ने बेरहमी से हत्या कर दी …
दलित युवक की इस निर्मम हत्या पर कब चुप्पी तोड़ोगे @RahulGandhi जी ? pic.twitter.com/siHTaWH1TT
When we searched on the internet with relevant keywords, a news article about the same incident with a similar image is found. The person attacked in the video was Krishna Valmiki, who succumbed to his injuries after being beaten with sticks and iron rods in Jhalawar city in Rajasthan. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have protested, calling the death a result of mob lynching. The police booked the accused under IPC section 302 (murder) and denied it was mob lynching. ‘Jhalawar SP Kiran Kang Sidhu said the attack was a result of past enmity between two groups.’
The UP Police Fact Check (official Twitter handle of UP Police) tweeted and debunked the same claim made about the video. ‘This video is not from Uttar Pradesh but from Jhalrapatan police station, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan.’ The link to the Times of India article about the same incident was also provided in the tweet.
यह वीडियो उत्तर प्रदेश से न होकर थाना झालरापाटन, जनपद झालावाड़, राजस्थान का है। कृपया बिना सत्यापन के भ्रामक पोस्ट कर अफवाह न फैलाएं।https://t.co/o78LJeIJv7#UPPViralCheck#UPPolice https://t.co/KGUHCpn0Pe pic.twitter.com/iL2DYMpwvL
To sum it up, visuals of a person being attacked with sticks in Rajasthan are shared as that of an incident in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

created: September 30, 2021


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This video of a rickshaw-puller breaking down in tears is from Bangladesh, not India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 13, 2020
A video of a rickshaw-puller breaking down in tears while his rickshaw is being seized by the Government officials is widely circulating on social media. Sharing this video, some social media users claim that the law in our country is only for poor people. In the post, it also claims that this incident took place in West Bengal. Let’s verify the claims made in the post.
Claim: Video of an Indian rickshaw-puller crying while his rickshaw is being seized by the government officials.
Fact:  Person crying in the video is Fazlur Rahman, a rickshaw-puller from Dhaka in Bangladesh.  Fazlur Rahman was crying as his rickshaw was seized under Dhaka Municipal corporation eviction drive on ‘05 October 2020’. This incident is not related to India. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On observing the video carefully, it can be found that the text displayed on the video is in the Bengali language. Also, at the 0.25 minute of the video, we could see the crying person speaking to the mike with the logo ‘Jamuna TV’. ‘Jamuna TV’ is a Bangladesh based news channel. On searching for information about this video using these keywords, we found the same visuals in a video posted by ‘Jamuna TV’ official YouTube channel on ‘06 October 2020’. In the video, it is described as the screaming of a rickshaw-puller. Similar visuals were found in a video posted by Bangladesh news portal ‘bdnews24.com’ on YouTube. In the description of the video, it is mentioned that the rickshaw-Puller Fazlur Rahman was seen crying in Dhaka’s Jigatala area after his vehicle was seized during DSCC’s eviction drive on ‘05 October 2020’. Article published by ‘bdnews24.com’ news website about this incident can be seen here.
Fazlur Rehman lost his Job amid the coronavirus pandemic. He bought the battery-powered rickshaw for his livelihood by taking a loan of  80,000 Bangladeshi Taka. Recently, the Dhaka South City Corporation(DSCC) banned the movement of motorised, engine-driven and battery-run rickshaws and vans. Fazlur Rehman’s rickshaw was seized in the eviction drive conducted by DSCC on ‘05 October 2020’. More articles reporting this incident can be seen here and here.
When this crying video of Fazlur Rahman went viral on social media, few donors came forward in support of Fazlur Rahman. According to the article published by ‘Dhaka Tribune’, Bangladesh based E-Commerce company Shwapno donated two rickshaws to Fazlur Rahman. It is reported in ‘Times Now’ news article that a stranger donated rickshaws to the two other rickshaw-pullers along with Fazlur Rahman.
To sum it up, the rickshaw-puller crying video shared in the post is from Bangladesh, not related to India.

created: October 13, 2020


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This video of a sadhu being assaulted by a man is falsely shared with a communal narrative - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 3, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that a Sadhu’s hair was cut and was beaten by a Muslim youth in Kandwa. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Sadhu beaten up by a Muslim youth in Kandwa, MP.
Fact: The man who assaulted the Sadhu in the video was identified as Praveen Gaur; the accused is not a Muslim. Praveen Gaur, who is the son of a hotelier, dragged a Sadhu to a hair salon and cut his hair in Madhya Pradesh’s Kandwa. The accused assaulted and abused the Sadhu after they got into an argument when the Sadhu was asking for alms. 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 in Hindustan Times. According to the news report by HT, the man who assaulted the Sadhu was identified as Praveen Gaur. The accused had been detained, and nowhere in the article was it mentioned that the accused was a Muslim.
Praveen Gaur, who is the son of a hotelier, dragged a Sadhu to a hair salon and cut his hair in Madhya Pradesh’s Kandwa. The accused assaulted and abused the Sadhu after the Sadhu got into an argument with him when he was asking for alms. The incident is reported to have occurred in MP’s Patajan village recently; the video had gone viral on social media.
To sum it up, this video of a Sadhu being assaulted by a man is falsely shared with a communal narrative.


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This video of a tiger strolling on a highway was shot at Valparai hill station in Tamil Nadu, not Karnataka - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 18, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of a Tiger spotted on Virajpet-Makutta road in Karnataka. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a tiger spotted on Virajpet-Makutta road in Karnataka.
Fact: The tiger in the video was spotted at Valparai hill station located in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. Raj Mohan, a photographer by profession had shot this video while he and his wife were travelling on a highway in Valparai. Raj Mohan and his wife first shared this video on their social media handles. This video is not from Virajpet-Makutta road in Karnataka. 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 on the ‘Times Now’ Facebook page on 02 February 2022. The channel reported it as the visuals of a tiger strolling on a highway in Tamil Nadu.  Reporting the complete details of this video, the ‘Times Now’ published an article. According to the article, this video was taken at Valparai, a hill station located in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. This video was reportedly shot by a photographer named Raj Mohan.
Reporting the same, a few other news websites have also published articles on 01 February 2022. They can be seen here and here.
Raj Mohan shared this video on his Twitter handle on 31 January 2022. He mentioned in the tweet that he had shot this video when he and his wife were travelling on a road in Valparai, Tamil Nadu. Rajmohan’s wife Spoorthi had first shared this video on her Instagram handle with a description, “Woke up to this at Valparai!!!! Literally, woke up to a tiger and stopped dead in my tracks for a few seconds when @rajography shouted ‘Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger’ while I was fast asleep after a disappointing sunrise shoot”.
Woke up to this at #valparai!
As narrated by my wife-
Literally, woke up to a #tiger and stopped dead in my tracks for a few seconds when @rajography47 shouted 'Tiger Tiger Tiger' while I was fast asleep. Click below to read rest of the story. #TamilNaduhttps://t.co/9jcCxRiJ5F pic.twitter.com/7CEJAAxU6f
There are several instances in the past where locals and tourists have spotted tigers near Virajpet taluk in the Kodugu district of Karnataka. But we could not find any recent news reports of a tiger being spotted on Virajpet-Makutta road.
To sum it up, a recent video of a tiger spotted strolling on a road in Tamil Nadu was falsely shared as from Karnataka.

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This video of a truck with billboards displaying the Ayodhya Ram Mandir visuals is from Sydney (Australia). - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 26, 2020
A video of a truck with billboards displaying the visuals of Ayodhya Ram Mandir is being shared widely on social media with a claim that the video was shot in Israel. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a truck with billboards in Israel showing the visuals of Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
Fact: The video was taken in Sydney (Australia), not in Israel. The video was taken at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Sydney. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, no results were found. So, when searched if any such billboards were displayed in any foreign country, two results were found in the search results. One is at New York Times Square and the other is at Blacktown City Council, Sydney. Similar visuals on the billboards can be seen in the posted video and the Sydney video. But there is no truck in the Sydney video.
When we searched further about the Sydney billboard, it was found that the billboard was placed by ‘Hindu Council of Australia’. So, when we looked on their Facebook page, the same video of the billboard at Blacktown City Council, Sydney can be seen. Also, in another video on their Facebook page, the truck in the posted video can be seen. The same license plate and other similarities can be seen.
In the Sydney video, the man mentions that the truck started from Swami Narayan Temple, went across the city and reached Harris Park. So, when we looked on Google Maps, the same parking lot, as seen in the posted video, can be found behind the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir building.
Also, in the street view of the same location on Google Maps, the building in the posted video can be seen.
FACTLY has also tried to contact ‘Hindu Council of Australia’ and this article will be updated when we receive their response.
To sum it up, a video of a truck with billboards in Sydney displaying the Ayodhya Ram Mandir visuals falsely shared as a video from Israel.
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స్క్రిప్టెడ్ వీడియోని పిల్లలు పుట్టడం కోసం ఒక మహిళ కాళ్ళు చేతులు కట్టేసి మురుగునీటిలో పడేసిన దృశ్యాలంటూ షేర్ చేస్తున్నారు - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 22, 2023
పిల్లలు పుట్టడంలేదని ఒక వ్యక్తి తన భార్యను 11 రోజులు తిండి పెట్టకుండా మురుగునీటిలో కాళ్ళు చేతులు కట్టేసి పడేసిన దృశ్యాలంటూ సోషల్ మీడియాలో ఒక వీడియో బాగా షేర్ అవుతోంది. మురుగునీటిలో 11 రోజులు తిండి నీరు తాగకుండా ఉంటే వారికీ సంతానం లభిస్తుందని ఒక యోగి చెప్పడంతో, మహిళ భర్త, అత్తయ్య, ఆమెను నీటిలో కట్టిపడేసినట్టు తెలుపుతున్నారు. సామాజిక చైతన్యం వస్తే తప్ప ఇటువంటి సంఘటనలు జరగకుండా ఉంటాయని ఈ పోస్టులో తెలుపుతున్నారు. ఆ పోస్టులో ఎంతవరకు నిజముందో చూద్దాం.
క్లెయిమ్: పిల్లలు పుట్టడం కోసం ఒక మహిళను కాళ్ళు చేతులు కట్టేసి మురుగునీటిలో పడేసిన దృశ్యాలు.
ఫాక్ట్ (నిజం): పోస్టులో షేర్ చేసినది ఒక స్క్రిప్టెడ్ వీడియో. అంకుర్ జటుస్కరన్ అనే కంటెంట్ క్రియేటర్, ఈ వీడియోని ఎంటర్టైన్మెంట్ మరియు ప్రజలలో సామాజిక అవగాహన పెంపొంధించాలనే ఉద్దేశంతో రూపొందించారు. ఈ వీడియోలో చూపిస్తున్నది వాస్తవంగా చోటుచేసుకున్న ఘటన కాదు. కావున, పోస్టులో చేస్తున్న క్లెయిమ్ తప్పు.
ఈ పోస్టు వివరణ భాగంలో ఇటువంటి మరికొన్ని ఒరిజినల్ వీడియోల కోసం అంకుర్ జటుస్కరన్ ఫేస్‌బుక్ పేజీని క్లిక్ చేయండి అని ఒక ఫేస్‌బుక్ లింక్ జతచేసి ఉంది. ఈ వివరణ ఆధారంగా పోస్టులో షేర్ చేసిన వీడియో కోసం వెతికితే, ఈ వీడియోని అంకుర్ జటుస్కరన్ 16 డిసెంబర్ 2022 నాడు తన ఫేస్‌బుక్ పేజీలో పబ్లిష్ చేసినట్టు తెలిసింది.
ఈ వీడియోని ఎంటర్టైన్మెంట్ మరియు ప్రజలలో సామాజిక అవగాహన పెంపొంధించాలనే ఉద్దేశంతో రూపొందించినట్టు వీడియోలో చూపించిన వివరణలో తెలిపారు. మూఢనమ్మకాలను ప్రజలు నమ్మకూడదనే ఆలోచనతో ఈ వీడియోని రూపొందించారు. అంకుర్ జటుస్కరన్ రూపొంధించిన మరికొన్ని స్క్రిప్టెడ్ వీడియోలను ఇక్కడ, ఇక్కడ చూడవచ్చు. పై వివరాల ఆధారంగా పోస్టులో షేర్ చేసిన వీడియో ఒక స్క్రిప్టెడ్ వీడియో అని ఖచ్చితంగా చెప్పవచ్చు.
చివరగా, స్క్రిప్టెడ్ వీడియోని పిల్లలు పుట్టడం కోసం ఒక మహిళ కాళ్ళు చేతులు కట్టేసి మురుగునీటిలో పడేసిన దృశ్యాలంటూ షేర్ చేస్తున్నారు.


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This video of a woman getting abducted is from Kolar (Karnataka). - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 5, 2020
A CCTV video of a man abducting a woman is being shared widely on social media with a claim that the incident happened in Uttar Pradesh. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: CCTV video of a man abducting a woman in Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: The abduction incident in the video took place in Kolar (Karnataka). Previously, the same video was also falsely shared as an incident in various parts (ECIL and Vikarabad) of Telangana. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
FACTLY has previously debunked the same video when it went viral with different claims that the incident happened in various parts (ECIL and Vikarabad) of Telangana. A Kannada news channel has published a news report with the same video in August 2020. As per the news report, the incident took place in Kolar (Karnataka) and the woman was eventually rescued by the police. A few news articles regarding the incident can be read here and here.
To sum it up, this video of a woman getting abducted is from Kolar (Karnataka), not from Uttar Pradesh.

created: October 5, 2020


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This video of Aaj Tak anchor Chitra Tripathi criticizing the Modi government and claiming NDA's defeat in the 2024 elections is digitally manipulated - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 5, 2024
An alleged video featuring ‘Aaj Tak’ news anchor Chitra Tripathi criticizing the BJP-led central government and claiming that Rahul Gandhi is more popular than Prime Minister Modi is circulating widely on social media platforms. Additionally, the video suggests that in a survey conducted by NEWS 24, more than 80% of people support the I.N.D.I.A alliance. In this article, let’s fact-check the claim presented in the post.
Claim: Video clip of Aaj Tak anchor Chitra Tripathi criticizing the BJP-led central government and predicting the NDA’s defeat in the 2024 general elections.
Fact: The viral video is fake, as the original audio was replaced with a digitally created audio of Chitra Tripathi’s to one of clips of her old show. In the original video uploaded on 21 July 2023 by Aaj Tak, Chitra Tripathi was anchoring a debate show called “Dangal,” where she discussed violence against women in Manipur during internal disturbances in the state. Chitra Tripathi, through a post on X(Twitter), clarified that the viral video is fake and has also requested authorities to take action against it. Therefore, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Chitra Tripathi is associated with Aaj Tak, and the video shows her as affiliated with News 24. This prompted us to suspect that this viral video might be an edited version of its original. To investigate further, we conducted a reverse image search on the internet using keyframes from the viral video. This search led us to the original video on the YouTube channel of Aaj Tak, published on 21 July 2023. In that video, Tripathi was anchoring a debate on the show “Dangal.” Notably, she wore the same dress and made the same finger gesture as seen in the viral video. However, we discovered that the original debate in the video was about violence against women in Manipur during the internal strife in the state.
The viral clip appears around the 2:15-minute mark. Here is a comparison of similar frames from the viral video and the original video published by Aaj Tak.
Subsequently, we discovered a clarification post by anchor Chitra Tripathi on her official X(Twitter) account, denouncing the viral video as fake and stating that her video is being misused. She also tagged the Delhi Police and Ashwini Vaishnav, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, demanding strict action against those sharing these videos. From all this information, it is evident that the viral video is fake, as a digitally created audio has been added to the original video of Chitra Tripathi’s old show.
फेक न्यूज़ है , मेरे वीडियो का ग़लत इस्तेमाल किया जा रहा है.
इन लोगों के खिलाफ कड़े एक्शन की जरुरत है. @DelhiPolice @AshwiniVaishnaw https://t.co/mufNRXJdQk
To sum up, this  viral video featuring Aaj Tak  anchor Chitra Tripathi criticizing the Modi government and claiming NDA’s defeat in the 2024 elections is digitally manipulated and fake


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This video of Akhilesh Yadav appealing to anti-social elements to vote for SP is doctored - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 21, 2022
A social media post accompanying a video of Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav speech is going viral across social media platforms. In the viral speech Akhilesh can be heard appealing people in Hindi, which loosely translates to ‘those who want to take law & order into their hands, those who don’t want to follow the law, they should vote for the Samajwadi Party. Those who want to do injustice to the poor, they should vote for the Samajwadi Party.’ Let’s fact-check the veracity of the video shared in the post.
Claim: Video of Akhilesh Yadav appealing for votes and asking anti-social elements to vote for the Samajwadi party.
Fact: Akhilesh Yadav’s speech in Auraiya, wherein his appeal to anti-social elements to refrain from voting to Samajwadi Party is digitally edited to show as if he appealed the anti-social elements to vote for SP. Akhilesh Yadav made such appeals earlier during his interaction with media. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
The viral video is a doctored version of an excerpt from Akhilesh Yadav’s speech at the Samajwadi Party Workers Conference (Karyakarta Sammelan) held on 16 February 2022 in UP’s Auraiya.
YouTube search with relevant keywords led us to a video titled ‘National President’s Workers’ Conference – Auraiya’ on Samajwadi Party’s official YouTube channel. The 21 seconds viral video is taken out from this speech of Akhilesh Yadav. From 23:52 to 24:14 timestamp of this speech, we can hear Akhilesh making an appeal that is exactly opposite to the appeal made in the viral video. In the original speech, Akhilesh’s appeal goes like ‘those who have to take law and order into their hands, and do not follow the law, they should not vote for Samajwadi Party. Those who want to do injustice to the poor, they should vote for the Samajwadi Party.’
From this, it is clearly evident that this part of Akhilesh’s speech is digitally edited to show that he is appealing to anti-social elements to vote for the party. Further, this is not the first time Akhilesh made such appeals. There are news reports of Akhilesh Yadav making similar appeals earlier which can be read here and here.
To sum it up, this video of Akhilesh Yadav appealing to anti-social elements to vote for SP is doctored.

created: February 21, 2022


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This video of an alleged gun fire inside a tunnel is from Udaipur, not from Jaipur - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 24, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the recent visuals of a violent riot that took place inside the Transport Nagar tunnel in Jaipur. The video shows a mob assaulting a few people, firing bullets in the air and attempting to drive vehicles on each other by waving weapons. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of an open gun fire incident that took place recently inside the Transport Nagar tunnel in Jaipur.
Fact: The incident shown in the video had taken place inside the Chirwa tunnel in Udaipur, not in Transport Nagar tunnel in Jaipur. Udaipur police through a tweet confirmed that the video shows a violent riot that broke out inside the Chirwa tunnel in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Udaipur Police also mentioned that no such case of gun fire has come to their notice and that the sound of hitting bikes with sticks was misinterpreted as gun firing. 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 the ‘News 18’ news channel on 05 March 2022. ‘News 18’ reported that a mob of more than a half dozen youth had created a ruckus inside the Chirwa tunnel on the Nathdwara Highway NH-8 in Udaipur. Reporting the same, a few other news channels have also published the same video on their YouTube channels in March 2022. They can be seen here and here.
According to the reports, the youth have intentionally created this ruckus by assaulting people and firing bullets in the air. This incident had reportedly taken place on the night of Mahashivrathri.
When this video went viral on social media, Udaipur police through a tweet confirmed that the violent riot shown in the video did take place inside the Chirwa tunnel on the Nathdwara Highway. Udaipur Police clarified that no such case of gun firing has come to their notice and said that the sound of hitting the bikes with sticks was misinterpreted as gun firing. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shows a violent riot that had taken place inside the Chirwa tunnel in Udaipur, not at the Transport Nagar tunnel in Jaipur.
उक्त मामले में  चिरवा टनल में फायरिंग की कोई घटना नहीं हुई है।  इस संबंध में वायरल हो रहे वीडियो की जांच की जा रही है।इसमें जूम इन देखा गया है, जिसमें लाठी-डंडे लेकर बाइक पर मारने की आवाज को फायरिंग माना जा रहा है, ऐसा कोई मामला पुलिस के संज्ञान में नहीं आया है।
To sum it up, this video showing a violent riot inside a tunnel is from Udaipur, not from Jaipur.


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This video of army personnel forming a human chain to rescue people from floods is from Nainital, not Sri Ganganagar - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 19, 2022
A video is being  widely shared on social media with a claim that it shows army personnel forming a human chain to rescue people from floods in Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan). Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows army personnel forming a human chain to rescue people from floods in Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan).
Fact: The posted video shows an old incident in Nainital (Uttarakhand). It is not related to Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan). Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. The official Twitter account of ‘DNA’ has tweeted the same video in October 2021 with the following description – “#ViralVideo: Indian Army forms human chain to rescue stranded people in Nainital”. Many other news agencies have also reported that the incident in the video is from Nainital (Uttarakhand). Some of those news reports can be read here and here.
Similar visuals of the surroundings in Nainital can be seen in the Google Street View of that place. So, the video is not from Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan). However, several news agencies have reported recently that the army has been deployed to handle the rescue operations in Sri Ganganagar.
To sum it up, this video of army personnel forming a human chain to rescue people from floods is from Uttarakhand, not Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan).


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This video of Arvind Kejriwal threatening the people of Gujarat is an edited one - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 22, 2021
A post is being shared on social media claiming it as the video of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal threatening the people of Gujarat in a public meeting. The post claims it as the visuals of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) public meeting held in 2012. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Arvind Kejriwal threatening the people of Gujarat in a 2012 public meeting.
Fact: Video shared in the post is an edited one. In the original video, the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal criticized Amit Shah and the BJP government’s agenda that challenges the people of Gujarat. This public meeting was held on 18 October 2016 at Surat city in Gujarat. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search, a video with similar visuals was found in a tweet by BJP leader Harsh Sanghavi. Harsha Sanghavi posted this video claiming it as the visuals of Arvind Kejriwal’s hatred towards the people of Gujarat. Responding to this tweet, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat clarified that the video shared by Harsh Sanghavi is an edited clip. AAP Gujarat shared the extended version of Arvind Kejriwal’s speech in their tweet. In the extended version of the video, Kejriwal spoke about Amit Shah’s agenda that challenges the Patidar community and the people of Gujarat.
ये देखिए @BJP4Gujarat सूरत के विधायक @sanghaviharsh जी के निम्न स्तर के कार्य – आम आदमी पार्टी की गुजरात में बढ़ती लोकप्रियता को देखकर ऐसे फेक वीडियो शेयर कर जनता को गुमराह कर रहे हैं । https://t.co/Dx5QzAuzgq pic.twitter.com/HiyxxsaZkh
When we searched for the other reliable sources using relevant keywords, we found the video of Arvind Kejriwal’s complete speech on the Aam Aadmi Party YouTube channel. This video was published on 18 October 2016, with the title ‘Arvind Kejriwal Addresses people at Surat’. The same visuals in the post can be seen from the 14.39 minutes of this video. In the extended version of the video, Arvind Kejriwal said, “पुरे  गुजरात को challenge हे  अमित शाह का,  की  ‘मे  गुजरात को ऐसेही चलाऊंगा, अगर  मेरे  खिलाफ कोई  विरोध करेंगे थो मे  कुचल दूंगा। और  गुजरात वालो, जो कर सकते हो करो,  मेरे  बिघाड  सकते हो थो बिघाडो’”।. When translated to English it says “Amit Shah is challenging the people of Gujarat with an agenda that if you protest against me, I will crush you”. The full version of Kejriwal’s speech can also be seen here. By editing the context about Amit Shah in Arvind Kejriwal’s speech, this video in the post is being shared with a false narrative.
According to ‘The Hindu’ article, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal held a public meeting at Surat city in Gujarat, on 18 October 2016. Arvind Kejriwal reportedly criticized Amit Shah and the BJP Government in Gujarat for the 2015 Patidar reservation agitation in his speech. From all these pieces of evidence, it is concluded that the video shared in the post is an edited clip of Aravind Kejriwal’s speech in 2016.
To sum it up, an edited video of Arvind Kejriwal’s old speech is being shared now with a false narrative.

created: February 22, 2021


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This video of Ashok Gehlot explaining the abbreviation for ‘RAM’ is being shared without full context - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 3, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that Ashok Gehlot had said, ‘Ra’ in ‘Ram’ stands for Ram and ‘M’ stands for Mohammad. Let us fact-check the video.
Claim: Ashok Gehlot says ‘Ra’ in ‘Ram’ stands for Ram and ‘M’ stands for Mohammad.
Fact: Ashok Gehlot quoted the words of Dariyavji Maharaj of Ramsnehi Sect, a religious/spiritual sect in Rajasthan. Ashok Gehlot said, “Dariyavji Maharaj had said that ‘Ra’ in ‘Ram’ means Ram and the ‘M’ means Mohammad.” The video was edited without giving the full context. On 28 May 2022, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addressed a gathering at the International Ramsnehi Sampradaya Shri Dariyav Peeth, Ren; and commended the Ramsnehi Sampradaya Peeth as an example of communal harmony. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a video with similar visuals was found on the official YouTube channel of Ashok Gehlot. At 41:25 timeframe, the YouTube video was cut, to make this 11-second viral video. However, the full context of the viral video was missing. Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot quoted the Dariyavji Maharaj, it was not his words.
At 41:23 timeframe, Ashok Gehlot, taking a paper in his hands, says, “Dariyavji Maharaj had said that ‘Ra’ in ‘Ram’ means Ram and the ‘M’ means Mohammad.”
On 28 May 2022, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addressed a gathering at the International Ramsnehi Sampradaya Shri Dariyav Peeth, Ren; a function organised by the Ramsnehi sect, a religious sect in Rajasthan. The CM talked about the growing polarisation in the country and assured that his government will not allow communal tension and riots in Rajasthan; and develop the state further. Ashok Gehlot even said that Dariyavji Maharaj, who propagated the devotion of Ram, used to stay in that place, and he was a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity.
To sum it up, this video of Ashok Gehlot giving an abbreviation for ‘Ram’ is shared without full context.


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This Video of birds flocking in sync with the mustering sheep is a morphed one - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 14, 2023
A video circulating on social media shows birds appearing to flock in sync with sheep moving on the ground, is being shared as real visuals of birds and sheep dancing together. Let’s verify the authenticity of the video.
Claim: Real Visuals of birds and sheep dancing together.
Fact: The original video solely depicts sped-up footage of sheep mustering on a field in New Zealand, without any murmuration of birds in the sky. The visuals of birds flocking were subsequently added to the video, creating the false perception of synchronized occurrences. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
After conducting a reverse image search of the viral video, we traced it back to the original video posted on the ‘nzpasturefed’ Instagram channel on 28 May 2022.
A post shared by NZ Pasture Fed (@nzpasturefed)
The video shows a sped-up version of sheep mustering in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. In the video, dogs can be seen herding a flock of sheep in a field.
According to local media reports, the video gained widespread attention when actor Hugh Jackman shared it on his Twitter account on 03 July 2022. However, the original video does not feature any birds flocking in the sky contrary to what is depicted in the viral video.
Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the footage depicting the birds flocking in the sky had been added to the original video, creating the illusion that they were flocking in synchronization with the sheep mustering on the ground. In addition, we created a demonstrative video by combining the original footage with readily available clips (here, here, and here) of birds flocking.
Murmuration refers to the phenomenon where a large group of birds, typically starlings, fly together in a coordinated and intricate manner, creating mesmerizing patterns in the sky. Murmuration serves multiple purposes like deterring predators, promoting social bonding and collective decision-making, aiding navigation, and information sharing, assisting with thermoregulation, and even serving as courtship displays.
To sum it up, a morphed video depicting birds flocking in synchronization with sheep mustering on the ground is being shared as authentic footage.


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This video of BJP leader Scindia mistakenly asking people to vote for Congress is not related to the UP Elections (2022) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 21, 2022
A video is being shared widely on social media in which BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia can be seen asking people to vote for Congress (‘Hand’ symbol) on the third (date), but later realises his mistake and asks to vote for BJP (‘Lotus’ symbol). It is being claimed that the incident in the video happened recently in the context of the current 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections. The sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections will be conducted on 03 March 2022. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia mistakenly asking people to vote for Congress in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections (2022).
Fact: The video is neither related to the current Assembly Elections (2022) nor Uttar Pradesh. The video shows Jyotiraditya Scindia’s slip of the tongue at a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh (in 2020). Assembly bypolls happened in Madhya Pradesh on 03 November 2020 as Scindia and a few other legislators switched over from Congress to BJP in March 2020. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. ‘Amar Ujala’ had published the same video in November 2020 and wrote – “Jyotiraditya Scindia Tongue Slips Appealed to Vote Congress Instead of BJP MP By Poll Election”. Assembly bypolls took place in Madhya Pradesh on 03 November 2020 as Scindia and a few other legislators switched over from Congress to BJP in March 2020. The video is related to that election in Madhya Pradesh. The rally was streamed live, on 31 October 2020, on Imarti Devi’s Facebook page (the posted clip can be watched at 45:45 in the video).
Many news agencies have reported in November 2020 about Jyotiraditya Scindia’s slip of the tongue at a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh. So, the video is neither related to the current Assembly Elections (2022) nor Uttar Pradesh.
To sum it up, the posted video of BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia mistakenly asking people to vote for Congress is not related to UP Elections (2022).


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This video of BSP supremo Mayawati extending support to BJP is related to 2020 UP MLC elections - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 9, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as recent visuals of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati declaring her support to BJP for the upcoming 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. In the video, Mayawati said that her party will even for BJP to defeat the Samajwadi Party in the elections. In the wake of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections in March 2022, this post is being widely on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: BSP leader Mayawati declared her party support’s to BJP in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections in March 2022.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows Mayawati’s old press conference held in October 2020. In the press meet, Mayawati said that her party will vote for BJP and all other opposition parties to defeat Samajwadi Party’s second candidate in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Elections. After a few days of her announcement, Mayawati took a U-turn and said that she would rather retire from politics than align with the BJP. Recently, amid the Uttar Pradesh Election campaign, Mayawati accused BJP of ‘Anti-Dalit’ policies. The video shared in the post is old and not related to the upcoming 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When we searched to check whether BSP leader Mayawati had made any such statement recently in the wake of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Elections, we could not find a single news article reporting this information. If Mayawati had made any such statement, several news agencies would have published articles reporting that news.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video with similar visuals was tweeted by the ‘ANI’ news agency on 29 October 2020. ‘ANI’ through that tweet reported that Mayawati in a press meet announced that her party will vote for BJP or any party’s candidate in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Elections to defeat Samajwadi Party’s second candidate.
#WATCH BSP Chief Mayawati says that her party will vote for BJP or any party's candidate in future UP MLC elections, to defeat Samajwadi Party's second candidate.
"Any party candidate, who'll be dominant over SP's 2nd candidate, will get all BSP MLAs' vote for sure," she said. pic.twitter.com/ki4W6ZAwgE
Reporting the Mayawati’s statement, several news websites published articles in October 2020. They can be seen here, here, and here. But a few days after this statement, Mayawati took U-turn and said that she would rather retire from politics than align with the BJP.
As part of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, Mayawati slammed both the BJP and Samajwadi party in several of her public rallies. Recently, on 04 February 2022, Mayawati accused BJP of implementing ‘Anti-Dalit’ policies.
Earlier, when a 2006 video of Mayawati declaring her support to BJP in the Uttar Pradesh local body elections was shared as a recent video on social media, FACTLY published a fact-check article debunking it.
To sum it up, an old video related to the MLC elections in UP was shared as the recent visuals of Mayawati declaring her Party’s support to BJP for the upcoming 2022 UP Assembly Elections.

created: February 9, 2022


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This video of cameraman outrunning athletes is from a commercial - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 26, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that professional runners were surprised to see a cameraman with the camera in his hand win the race. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Cameraman winning a race amongst professional runners.
Fact: This video of cameraman winning a professional race is a commercial for ‘Powerade’, it is not a real race. The commercial was directed by Jake S Wynne along with Jim Canty out in South Africa, replicating an Olympic stadium event. 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 video was a commercial for ‘Powerade’. It is an advertisement and not real. According to the description of the video, the commercial was directed by Jake S Wynne along with Jim Canty.
When searched in google with relevant keywords, the same video was found on the official website of Jake S Wynne, the director of the commercial who is based in the UK. The video was uploaded on YouTube, way back in 2007 by Jake himself. He says that the commercial was directed out in South Africa, replicating an Olympic stadium event.
However, there is a similar video from China which has gone viral on the internet. A college student from Datong University in China outran the runners in a 100m race, all the while holding a camera in his hand. It is reported that the student videographer was in-charge of capturing a 100-meter racing event held in the campus.
To sum it up, this video of cameraman outrunning professional runners in a race is a commercial for ‘Powerade’, it is not a real race.


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Video of a car bouncing off a truck and a bus created using CGI is being shared as a real incident. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 9, 2021
A post accompanying a video of a car bouncing off the top of a truck and a bus plying on a subway is being shared across social media platforms with a claim which reads ‘INCREDIBLE Video captured from UK shows a car fly over TWO roads on top of busses to evade Police’. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a car bouncing off the top of a truck and a bus plying on a subway.
Fact: This video is created using computer graphics by Dionysis, a UK-based graphic designer. He shared it on his social media accounts and YouTube account named ‘2ncs’. More such videos created by him can be found in these accounts. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Reverse image search of the screenshots of the video led us to an Instagram post that shared the same video. This verified Instagram account named 2ncs (Graphic Designer) shared the video with hashtags like #3d and #animation which indicates that this video is created using computer graphics.
Taking a cue from the Instagram account, Google search with relevant keywords led us to the website with the web address 2ncscgartist.wixsite.com. In the about section of this website, we can find the same Instagram account mentioned above which makes it clear that this website is related to the same Instagram account. Further, from the about section, we can infer that ‘2ncs’ Instagram account is run by the UK based Dionisis, who designs cars using computer graphics and 3D graphics.
Further, in the YouTube channel provided in the Instagram account, we found many similar videos created using computer graphics. One particular video on this channel shows a similar making video created using computer graphics.
Factly has approached Dionisis through his Instagram account seeking clarification regarding the viral video. This article will be updated upon receiving his response.
To sum it up, video of a car bouncing off a truck and a bus created using CGI is being shared as a real incident.


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This video of cars piling up on the Agra-Noida Yamuna Expressway due to dense fog is from 2017 - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 5, 2023
A video of multiple vehicles crashing into each other on a highway is being shared on social media.  The posts claim that this incident happened recently in Indore. Let’s know the details behind this video through this article.
Claim: Visuals of a vehicles piling-up on a highway in Indore due to dense fog.
Fact: The viral video is from an accident that took place on the Agra-Noida Yamuna Expressway in 2017. Reportedly, eighteen cars slammed into each other on the expressway due to dense fog that led to low visibility. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
To check the claim’s veracity, we performed a basic keyword search on the internet, leading us to a YouTube video that contained the same visuals as the viral post. The video titled’ Massive pile up on Agra Delhi Highway’ was uploaded to YouTube on 8 November 2017.
To learn further details about the accident, we refined our keywords and searched the internet, which led us to news reports and another YouTube video related to this accident. According to a news report published by India Today on 8 November 2018, ‘Eighteen cars rammed into each other on the Agra-Noida Yamuna Expressway due to low visibility. Speeding cars rammed into one another while people on the footpath were shouting and requesting the drivers to slow down.’ This incident happened because of the dense fog covering the road’s surface. A few more news reports on this incident can be read here and here.
To sum it up, this video of cars piling up on an expressway due to dense fog is from 2017.

created: January 5, 2023


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This video of Cristiano Ronaldo saying Inshallah is not after his joining the Al Nassr club - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 6, 2023
A social media post with a video featuring football star Cristiano Ronaldo saying Inshallah is being widely shared. The post claims that Ronaldo said this after he joined the Al Nassr club. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: Cristiano Ronaldo said Inshallah in a live social media stream after joining Al Nassr FC.
Fact: This viral video is from an Instagram live that Cristiano Ronaldo did in October 2020, before he joined the Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr in December 2022. In the Instagram live Q&A session, Ronaldo said, ‘Of course, of course, Khabib is going to win, my brother. Inshallah. Siuuuuu.’ He was backing Russian former mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov ahead of a game. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
We performed a reverse image search with a few viral video screenshots, leading to a Facebook post from 2020. In the post titled…Cristiano Ronaldo: “Khabib is going to Win, InshAllah“, a slightly longer version of the viral video is available in which he can be seen saying, “Of course, of course, Khabib is going to win, my brother. Inshallah. Siuuuuu.’
Based on this video information, we looked for relevant media reports and found a few from October 2020. Reportedly, Ronaldo said this in an Instagram video. He said this in support of the Russian mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov ahead of a game.
You can read the news reports here and here. It is clear from this that he said Inshallah in an Instagram live video in 2020, which is much bedore December 2022, when he joined AL Nassr FC.
To sum up, this video of Cristiano Ronaldo saying Inshallah is not after him joining Al Nassr; It is an old video.

created: January 6, 2023


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This video of crocodile attacking a woman is from Mexico, not Odisha - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 30, 2021
A video is being widely shared claiming that there was a crocodile attack in Debi River in Cuttack, Odisha. The visuals in the video show a crocodile moving in a waterbody with a deceased person in its jaws. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Crocodile attack in Debi river, Cuttack, Odisha.
Fact: The video is from Tamaulipas, Mexico and not from Odisha. A crocodile attacked and killed a woman on 21 June 2021 when she was allegedly washing her clothes on the shore of Laguna del Carpintero Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Though crocodiles were spotted recently in Devi River, there are no recent news reports about a deceased woman in the jaws of a crocodile in Devi River. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a YouTube video with similar visuals was found. The YouTube video was uploaded on 23 June 2021 by ‘Reynaldo Bernard De Dios De La Cruz’ with the title ‘Crocodile eats a lady’. Even the location of the YouTube video was tagged as ‘Tampico’. Therefore, this video may not have been from Odisha as Tampico is a city in Mexico.
Taking a cue that this video could be from Tampico, we searched Google with relevant keywords and found a video from a website named ‘worldstarhiphop’ with the title ‘Damn: Crocodile Spotted with A Woman in His Mouth Swimming Through a Lake!’ In the description of the video, it says that a crocodile attacked and killed a woman on 21 June 2021 when she was allegedly washing her clothes on the shore of Laguna del Carpintero. Laguna del Carpintero is in Tampico City, Tamaulipas State in Mexico.
We looked for local news articles from Mexico, whether any such incidents of a Woman getting attacked by a crocodile were reported. We found a couple of articles that confirm that this incident had indeed taken place. ‘Numerous area residents witnessed the attack. Videos show the large crocodile coasting through lagoon waters with the deceased woman in its jaws.’ The body of the woman attacked was recovered by officials there. The articles can be seen here and here.
According to various news articles and video reports, crocodiles have been frequently sighted in Devi River in Odisha recently. A video of a 10-feet crocodile in the river went viral recently, which was spotted on 22 July 2021. The people nearby were advised by forest officials not to venture into the river. The video reports can be seen here, here, and here. None of the videos show a woman being attacked by a crocodile. There are no recent news reports about a deceased woman in the jaws of a crocodile in Devi River.
To sum it up, this video of a crocodile attacking a woman is from Mexico, not Odisha.
Update (06 September 2021): The same video is now being shared as being from Ramgarh Taal Lake in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.


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This video of crowd singing ‘Vande Mataram’ was taken at Dubai Stadium, not at the Gabba - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 20, 2021
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows crowd singing ‘Vande Mataram’ at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (also called the ‘Gabba’) after India won the last test match. The same video is being shared on YouTube (archived) with a similar claim. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of the crowd singing ‘Vande Mataram’ after India won a test match at the Gabba (Australia).
Fact: The video is an old one. It was taken at the Dubai Stadium, not at the Gabba. 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 uploaded on YouTube in August 2020 with the title – “Crowd sang ” VANDE MATARAM” in IND VS PAK CRICKET Match at DUBAI”. The India-Australia fourth test happened at the Gabba between 15 January – 19 January 2021.
Also, in the video, the ‘Ring of fire’ lighting system of the Dubai Stadium can be seen. So, it can be concluded that the video is not a recent one and not taken at the Gabba.
Another video (archived) is being shared with a similar claim that an Australia fan chanted ‘Vande Mataram’ slogans after India won the match at the Gabba.
On the video, the logo of ‘World Cricket Fans’ can be seen. So, when we searched with the keywords, the same video was found to be posted by ‘World Cricket Fans’ on 18 January 2021 (i.e. Day 4 of the test match), whereas India has won the test match on 19 January 2021 (i.e. Day 5 of the test match). The video is credited to ‘Ashutosh Misr’. Ashutosh Misr has also posted the same video on his Twitter profile on 18 January 2020. In the comments section, he mentioned that he took the video. The video of the same Australian fan from another angle can be seen here. While it is true that the video was taken at the Gabba, it was not taken after India’s win.
To sum it up, the video of the crowd singing ‘Vande Mataram’ was not taken at the Gabba. It was taken at the Dubai Stadium.

created: January 20, 2021


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This video of David Warner removing Coca-Cola bottles during a press conference is old and unrelated to the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 29, 2023
A viral video on social media claims that Australian cricketer  David Warner removed Coca-Cola bottles from a table during a press conference like how soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo did a few years ago. It is being claimed that Coca-Cola is an Israeli brand. The Palestinian flag in the post implies David Warner’s actions are related to his support of Palestine in the context of the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: David Warner removed Israeli Coca-Cola bottles from a table during a press conference in support of Palestine.
Fact: This is an old video from 2021 which happened in a press conference held during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021.  In the original video, David Warner kept the Coca-Cola bottles back and said nothing about Palestinen when he did this. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To learn more about the viral video, we conducted a basic keyword search online. This search led us to the full video clip from 2021 showing David Warner removing the Coca-Cola bottles from a table during a press conference. We also found a few news reports (here, here, and here) on this along with the video.
Reportedly, in a press conference held during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, David Warner removed two Coca-Cola bottles displayed on the press conference table in front of him and said “Can I remove this?”  “However, he was asked to put them back. To this, Warner said, “If it is good for Cristiano, it’s good enough for me.” Wion reported.
This makes it clear that the viral post spins a false narrative around this incident of him removing Coca-Cola bottles from the press conference table as something he has done in support of Palestine. In reality, he did not even mention anything about Palestine when removing the bottles.
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Additionally, through a quick Google search, we found that Coca-Cola is not an Israeli brand. Coca-Cola was produced first by John Stith Pemberton who was a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia which is in the United States, not Israel.
To sum up, the viral claim that Australian Cricketer David Warner removed Coca-Cola bottles during a press conference in support of Palestine is False.

created: November 29, 2023


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This video of DMK MP T.R. Baalu’s speech on 'demolishing 100- year-old temples' is clipped and is shared out of context - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 19, 2024
Several posts (here, here, and here) are circulating on social media platforms, featuring a video allegedly showing Tamil Nadu’s DMK MP T.R. Baalu stating, “I have destroyed a 100-year-old temple; I have demolished Saraswati temple, Lakshmi temple, and Parvati temple.” The claim accompanying the video suggests that DMK MP T.R. Baalu made these comments with pride in demolishing temples. Let’s fact-check these claims in this article.
Claim: Video showing Tamil Nadu’s DMK MP T.R. Baalu saying with pride that he has demolished 100-year-old temples.
Fact: On 27 January 2023, T.R. Baalu delivered this speech during a conference in Madurai, advocating for the implementation of the Sethusamudram project. Originally, Baalu was recounting his tenure as a union minister and describing instances where places of worship, such as temples, mosques and churches, were demolished for various development projects. This viral video has been created by clipping segments of his speech and is being shared out of context. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
To gather information about this viral video, we conducted a relevant keyword search. This led us to a video live-streamed on YouTube by ‘News 18 Tamil Nadu’ on 27 January 2023, titled ” LIVE: Conference urging implementation of the Setu Sea Canal Project Sethusamudram Project.”(Upon translation from Tamil to English). The conference was held in Madurai and was attended by members of the DMK and allies.
Upon reviewing the entire video, we found that the viral clip of T.R. Baalu starts at 49 minutes and 53 seconds. Originally T.R. Baalu was talking about the time he served as the union minister and how his department had to demolish places of worship like temples, mosques, and churches for several development projects.
From the timestamp 49.45 of the video, TR Baalu can be heard saying “It was said about human beliefs now. How should human beliefs be?  I had demolished a 100-year-old temple on behalf of my other department. I had demolished a 100-year-old temple during a 4-lane highway project and a 100-year-old mosque in Kolkata. I have demolished temples, mosques, and churches. People come when we demolish the religious places located on the highway path. Jyoti Basu, former CM of West Bengal questioned me that even though the vote bank is an issue, is it right to involve in religious beliefs? I answered him that I had demolished three temples of goddesses namely Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati which were located on GST Road in my constituency despite knowing that I would not get votes. But I know how to get votes. My friends suggested not to do it quoting the vote bank. But I had no options. They need another temple to be built by the government, which I did with additional facilities including a dining hall that could accommodate 100-200 people”. (Upon translation from Tamil to English). From this, it is clear that T.R. Baalu’s speech has been clipped and edited in different portions and is being shared out of context.
During this search, we have also come across several reports (here, here, & here) published in January 2023, stating that an edited video clip of DMK MP T.R. Baalu’s remarks on temple demolition has been made viral by several BJP leaders and shared out of context. According to the ‘Indian Express’ news report, Tamil Nadu state BJP chief K. Annamalai shared an edited clip of DMK MP T.R. Baalu’s speech at an event in Madurai and alleged that DMK members take pride in demolishing 100-year-old Hindu temples. After the video went viral, DMK supporters on social media noted that the clip was edited and shared a longer version of the speech made by Baalu in support of the Sethusamudram Project.
To sum up, this video of DMK MP T.R. Baalu’s speech on ‘demolishing 100- year-old temples’ is clipped and shared out of context.


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This video of five men falling into a drain is from Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), not Chembur (Maharashtra) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 11, 2022
A post with a video is being widely shared on social media.  The video shows five men falling into a drain as the concrete slab under them breaks. The post description mentions the location as Amar Mahal, Chembur. Let’s fact-check the claim in this article.
Claim: Visuals of five men falling into a drain as the concrete slab under them breaks; this incident happened in Chembur (Maharashtra).
Fact: This incident happened in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) on 07 April 2022. Since an incident from Jaisalmer is being shared as an incident from Chembur, the post is MISLEADING.
After searching the internet using relevant keywords, we found a Facebook post with the same video. In the post, it is written – ‘Jaisalmer: drain belts broken, 5 people fell, watch viral video‘.
Further, searching on the internet with relevant keywords, we found few news reports about this incident. Reportedly, this incident happened in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer on 07 April 2022. Five men were standing in front of a puncture shop, and suddenly the slab under them broke, and they fell into a dry drain. All of this was recorded on a CCTV nearby. Other reports on this incident can be read here, here, and here. We can conclude from this that the post incorrectly claims this incident happened in Chembur.
To summarise, a video of an incident in Jaisalmer is falsely shared as an incident from Chembur, Maharashtra.


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This video of Hijab Clad women fighting is from Lebanon, not India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 30, 2023
In the context of PM Narendra Modi speaking about the Uniform Civil Code recently (here and here), a video of a few hijab-clad women fighting with each other is being shared on social media with a description that reads, ‘Long overdue meeting of Wife no.1, Wife no.2, Wife no.3, and Wife no.4! This is why Uniform Civil Code is required in India.’ Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Four wives of an Indian Muslim man fighting with each other.
Fact: This video is from Lebanon and shows a few mothers of children studying in the Beddawi School in Tripoli, North Lebanon. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
We performed a reverse image search on a few key frames to learn more details about the viral video. This search led us to several news reports on this incident.
Reportedly, a fight broke out between a few mothers in a school in Tripoli, North Lebanon. These news reports (here and here) mentioned that the video of them quarrelling with each other while carrying their babies spread like wildfire on social media in Lebanon and Arab countries.
To sum up, the video of a fight between women in a school in Lebanon is falsely attributed to India.


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This video of Karnataka High Court CJ reprimanding an advocate is not related to the Hijab case - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 21, 2022
Following the Karnataka High Court’s judgment upholding the restriction of Hijab in educational institutions, a social media post accompanying a video of the Chief Judge reprimanding a lawyer for hiding material evidence is being widely shared with a claim that Karnataka High Court stripped the lawyer who defended the petitioners of the hijab case. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals showing Karnataka High Court Judge stripping the lawyer, who defended the petitioners of Hijab case.
Fact: The viral visuals actually show Karnataka High Court proceedings dated 03 March 2022, much before the hijab judgment was pronounced. The proceedings were related to a commercial appeal and not the hijab case. Moreover, the CJ did not strip off the lawyer as claimed in the viral post but spared the advocate taking his age into consideration. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
In order to instill transparency, the Karnataka High Court live streams its proceedings on its official YouTube channel. Upon examining the videos of court proceedings available on the channel, we came across a video on this channel that carried similar visuals as shown in the viral post.
As per the description of the video, the video shows the court proceedings of  03 March 2022 whereas the judgment of the Hijab case was pronounced on 15 March 2022. This means the viral visuals are available much before the judgment for the hijab case is delivered.
From the viral visuals and also from the above-mentioned court proceeding visuals, it is evident that it is Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi  who is chairing the bench.
Search on the Karnataka High Court website using the details obtained from the above-mentioned video, we accessed the judgment copy related to the viral visuals, wherein the Chief Justice reprimanded an advocate.
From the judgment copy, it is evident that the proceedings are related to a commercial appeal and not the hijab case. As per the judgment the name of the advocate who got reprimanded by the CJ is G. Sanjay. However, he is not among the advocates who represented the petitioners in the hijab case. The group of advocates who represented the petitioners in the hijab case can be viewed below.
Further, the Chief Justice did not strip off the advocate as claimed in the viral post. As per the Judgement, the court spared the advocate taking this young age into consideration.
To sum it up, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice reprimanding an advocate in a case related to commercial appeal is passed off as him stripping of the advocate representing the petitioners in the hijab case.


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This video of Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying 'Stop Kamal Nath' is manipulated - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 3, 2023
A video circulating on social media claims to show the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, discussing election strategies with officials. In the alleged video, Chouhan appears to speak about Congress leader Kamal Nath and his party, discussing how they need to be stopped as they may introduce improved welfare schemes for the people of Madhya Pradesh. This fact-check article is aimed at deciphering the truth behind this claim.
Claim: The viral video shows Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan discussing election strategies and referring to Kamal Nath
Fact: The original video was actually a meeting held by Chouhan to review a fire incident in Bhopal’s Satpura Bhawan. There was no audio in the original video. Audio has been digitally added to make the viral video. Hence, the claim is False.
To fact-check this claim, by observing the logo of ANI in the video, we performed a search on the internet using relevant keywords. This search led us to an X post by ANI on 13 June 2023, which contained similar visuals as in the viral clip. According to the post’s description, the visuals show a review meeting held by Chouhan with senior government ministers and officials concerning a fire incident at Bhopal’s Satpura Bhawan.
#WATCH | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan holds a review meeting with ministers of the state government and senior officials over the incident of fire at Bhopal's Satpura Bhawan. pic.twitter.com/XyIsjd5LA0
Interestingly, there was no audio in the ANI video, contradicting the viral clip’s voice-over. A similar video related to this meeting was uploaded on ANI News’s YouTube channel, which also lacked audio. This means that the original video may have been manipulated by digitally adding a voice-over to create the impression of Chouhan discussing election strategies. You can find news reports on this meeting here and here.
An additional search on the internet looking for instances where Chouhan made such statements yielded no positive results, lending more credence to the fact that the claim is false.
To sum up, the viral video falsely suggests that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was discussing election strategies when, in actual fact, he was reviewing a fire incident in Bhopal’s Satpura Bhawan.

created: November 3, 2023


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This video of Mayawati extending support to the Congress party in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh elections is fabricated - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 18, 2023
A widely shared video features BSP leader Mayawati declaring her support for the Congress party in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh state assembly elections. In the viral video, Mayawati states that BJP is anti-Dalit and voices her support for the Congress, endorsing Kamalnath for the position of chief minister. This article aims to examine the credibility of the shared video.
Claim: Video shows BSP chief Mayawati declaring her support for the Congress party in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh state assembly elections.
Fact:  This is a fabricated video created by digitally overlaying a voice that mimics Mayawati onto an unrelated video of her speaking to the media. Original video shows Mayawati criticizing both the BJP and Congress, asserting that they have been engaged in a competition to demonstrate who is a more prominent ‘Hindutvavadi’ and a devout ‘Hindu bhakt.’ Further, in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh elections, BSP did not lend her support to either the BJP or the Congress. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
The Madhya Pradesh state assembly elections concluded on 17 November 2023, while elections for Rajasthan and Telangana are scheduled for 23 and 30 November 2023, respectively. Contrary to the viral video’s claim, BSP chief Mayawati did not lend her support to the Congress party in the recent Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. The video in question is digitally manipulated, involving the morphing of an old video featuring Mayawati addressing the media.
Conducting a reverse image search on the screenshots from the viral video led us to a news report featuring Mayawati addressing the media in Lucknow on 13 July 2023. The body language exhibited by Mayawati in this news report mirrors that of the viral video. A side-by-side comparison of screenshots from both videos confirms this similarity, suggesting that the viral visuals were extracted from this particular news report.
However, during this address, Mayawati criticized both the BJP and Congress, asserting that they have been engaged in a competition to demonstrate who is a more prominent ‘Hindutvavadi’ and a devout ‘Hindu bhakt.’ And her speech does not endorse the Congress party, contrary to the assertion made in the viral post. Another news report of Mayawati’s media address can be viewed here. This indicates that the viral video has been created by digitally overlaying a voice that mimics Mayawati onto earlier footage of her speaking to the media.
As far as the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections are concerned, Mayawati did not lend support to either the BJP or the Congress. In fact, news reports indicate that she commenced her campaign in Madhya Pradesh by criticising the Congress party.
It is important to highlight that after the 2018 Madhya Pradesh assembly results, where the Congress emerged as the largest party but fell two seats short of the majority mark of 116, BSP chief Mayawati declared her support for the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. She emphasized that their common goal was to prevent the BJP from forming the government.
To sum it up, this video of Mayawati extending support to the Congress party in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh elections is fabricated

created: November 18, 2023


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This video of men brutally thrashing women is from Amethi in UP, not from Rajasthan - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 25, 2021
A video accompanied by a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that the visuals of men assaulting women are from Rajasthan. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of men brutally thrashing women in Rajasthan.
Fact: The video is from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and not from Rajasthan. In the video, a mother and her daughter were publicly thrashed in Amethi because they were protesting the grabbing of their land. The incident happened in Bhatgawan village of Gauriganj Police Station area which comes under the Amethi Police. The video of an incident of land dispute in Rajasthan went viral when a woman was seen trying to attack a JCB. The woman was reportedly assaulted. 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 is found in a tweet. The tweet was made on 18 November 2021 by a local journalist, who says that a woman and her daughter were beaten up when they were opposing a land grab by some men in Bhatgawan village. To his tweet, the Amethi Police replied by saying that necessary legal action is being taken by registering a case (15 November 2021) under relevant sections, at the Gauriganj Police Station. The Gauriganj Police Station comes under the district of Amethi.
प्रकरण दिनांक 15.11.2021 का है, जिसमें थाना गौरीगंज पर सुसंगत धाराओं में अभियोग पंजीकृत कर आवश्यक विधिक कार्यवाही की जा रही है ।
A mother and her daughter were publicly thrashed in Amethi because they were protesting the grabbing of their land. The incident happened in Bhatgawan village of Gauriganj Police Station area which comes under the Amethi Police. TV9 Uttar Pradesh had tweeted about the same video, on 17 November 2021.
#UttarPradesh
अमेठी में सरेआम मां-बेटियों की पिटाई
जमीनी विवाद में दबंगों ने महिला और उसकी बेटियों को बेरहमी से पीटा, दबंगों पर महिला की जमीन हड़पने का आरोप, विरोध करने पर सरेआम की पिटाई, गौरीगंज थाना क्षेत्र के भटगवा गांव का मामला।#Viral | @amethipolice | @Uppolice | pic.twitter.com/l5ybv8TrUi
An incident of land dispute happened recently in Rajasthan as well. The video of the incident went viral when a woman was seen trying to attack a JCB. The woman was reportedly assaulted.
To sum it up, this video of men brutally thrashing women is from Amethi in UP, not from Rajasthan.

created: November 25, 2021


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This video of MiG landing on a dam is a simulation, not a real one - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 13, 2021
A video accompanying a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that it shows the beautiful landing of MiG Aircraft on a Dam. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a real MIG Aircraft landing on a dam.
Fact: This is a simulation video created with the help of Digital Combat Simulator World. DCS World is a simulation game developed by Eagle Dynamics. MiG is a family of military fighter aircrafts designed by a Russian company. MiG-21 is India’s longest-serving fighter plane which is planned to be phased out because of several accidents over the years. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, the same video was found on YouTube. The YouTube channel is named ‘cptVLK’ and the video was published on 17 October 2020 with the title, ‘MiG 29 landing on the dam 😉 DCS’. In the comments section below the video, one of the users asked ‘Which video game? I will recommend to my nephew’. The channel replied saying ‘DCS World here is the link for download…’.
DCS World is a simulation game developed by Eagle Dynamics which is a software development company established in 1991. According to its Facebook page, ‘Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World) is a free-to-play digital battlefield game whose dream is to offer the most authentic and realistic simulation of military aircraft, tanks, and ships possible. Simulation videos of some other aircrafts can be seen in their YouTube channel named Eagle Dynamics: Digital Combat Simulator.
Noted Defence journalist Shiv Aroor tweeted a reply saying that the video clearly was a simulation and that he was told that it is from Digital Combat Simulator World. Shiv Aroor is a Senior Editor at India Today and Founder of Livefist which is a website on Indian Defence, Aerospace, and Military Affairs.
Bhai come on 🤣 clearly a simulation. I’m told from Digital Combat Simulator World
It is clear from the video that it’s not a real landing. A parachute can be seen on the backside of the aircraft from 0.30 timestamp of the video, and this suddenly disappears at 0.53.
‘MiG is any member of a family of Soviet military fighter aircraft produced by a design bureau founded in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan (M) and Mikhail Gurevich (G). (The ‘i’ in MiG is the Russian word meaning “and”)’ according to this article. The Indian Air Force website lists MiG 21 and MiG 29 in the fighter aircrafts section.  The Indian Air Force got its longest-serving fighter plane MiG-21 in 1963 and it inducted 874 variants subsequently. However, they have been involved in several accidents over the years and India is planning to phase them out and induct Rafales by 2022.
To sum it up, this video of MiG landing on a dam is a simulation, not a real one.


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This video of Muslims offering Namaz at a railway station is not from this year's Ramzaan - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 6, 2023
A video of a large group of Muslims offering prayers at a railway station is being shared on social media. One can also see a few policemen supervising the event. The post claims that this is a video from West Bengal. The post also claims that to maintain the brotherhood in the month of Ramzan, trains are being stopped to allow prayers to happen at the railway station and on tracks. Let’s fact-check this claim through his article.
Claim: Video of Muslims offering Ramzaan prayers at a railway station in West Bengal.
Fact: This video, although filmed at Akra railway station, located in the 24 North Parganas District, West Bengal is on the internet since 2021. There are no recent reports of Muslims offering Ramzaan prayers at a railway station in West Bengal. Hence the claim made in the post is Misleading.
To check the claim’s veracity, we looked for news reports on the internet using relevant keywords, but this did not yield any credible information. After that, we ran the video through the InVid tool and fetched a few keyframes of the video. Performing a reverse image search on the video led us to a few Facebook posts from 2021 (here and here).
According to these posts, the incident occurred at the Akra Railway station in the 24 North Parganas District of West Bengal. The signboard of the railway station also reveals this information. We took this as a hint and searched the internet to see if any media reports were published on this incident, but we could not find any.
To sum up, this video of Muslims offering Namaz at a railway station was not filmed during this year’s Ramzaan.


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This video of people attacking the Police with swords is unrelated to the farmer's protest in 2024. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 27, 2024
A video is currently circulating on social media that allegedly shows farmers attacking police officers with swords during the Delhi Chalo protest of 2024. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: The video shows farmers attacking police officers with swords during the Delhi Chalo farmers’ protest of 2024.
Fact: The video in question predates the Delhi Chalo farmers’ protest that commenced on 13 February 2024. The visuals are from a clash that occurred at a Gurudwara due to the removal of a portrait of Khalistani leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To verify the claim, we performed a reverse image search on several keyframes from the video. This led us to a clearer version of the same video that was posted on Instagram (here and here) on 31 January 2024 (here and here). This reveals that the video is older than the 2024 Delhi Chalo farmers’ protest, which didn’t begin until 13 February 2024.
To dig deeper into the incident represented in the viral video, we sifted through the comments below the posts. We found a user’s comment, through which they identified this incident as a dispute in Taran Taran District. Using this information, we carried out a keyword search online, which led us to multiple news reports (here, here and here) about an event that occurred in Gurudwara Janam Asthan Baba Deep Singh, located in Pahuwind village in Tarn Taran district.
We verified that the visuals in these reports matched with the video in question. The following collage shows a side-by-side comparison of screen grabs from the viral video and a video we found in one of these news reports. You can see that the trunk of the car is open in both images; the attacker has long hair, and a man wearing a red turban can be seen pulling the attacker away from the car.
The reports indicated that a clash ensued after the Gurudwara’s managing committee president, Col Harsimran Singh (retd), removed a portrait of Khalistani leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. After a video of Col Harsimran Singh (retd) removing Bhindranwale’s portrait went viral on social media, Sikh organisation leaders, led by Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar’s Harpal Singh Bler, rushed to the Gurudwara. This eventually led to a clash between the supporters of the Retired Colonel and a few Sikh youths who attacked his car with sticks and swords.
To sum up, the claim that the viral video shows farmers attacking police officers with swords at the 2024 Delhi Chalo protest is false. The video predates the protest and represents a clash at a Gurudwara over the removal of a Khalistani leader’s portrait.

created: February 27, 2024


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This video of people eating the food served on carton straps is from a meeting organised by TRS, not BJP - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 17, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it to be the visuals of the poor eating the food served on carton straps at a BJP programme. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing poor eating the food served on carton straps at a BJP programme.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows visuals from the Golla-Kuruma Athmiya Sammelan meeting organised at Manneguda by the TRS party in October 2022. Due to the lack of plates available for the massive crowd gathered at the Golla-Kuruma meeting, some of the people who attended the meeting ate on carton straps. The video does not show visuals from a BJP meeting. 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 tweeted by a journalist on 27 October 2022. This journalist reported it as the visuals from the Golla-Kuruma caste meeting organised by the TRS party ahead of the Munugode bye-poll. BSP Telangana leader R.S. Praveen Kumar also tweeted the same video.
Ahead of Munugode Bye-poll, these men & women were served meals on carton straps(attalu) at Golla-Kuruma caste meet organised by the https://t.co/x2UPW6v3Sw shows the practice of caste,similarly lower castes are treated without any dignity in rural dominant caste ppls functions. pic.twitter.com/LLMjAiUHhj
When searched for further sources using this information, we found the details of this incident in a news report published by the ‘Eenadu’ newspaper on 27 October 2022. According to the news report, this incident had taken place during the Golla-Kuruma Athmiya Sammelan organised by the TRS party at a function hall in Manneguda, a locality situated in Hyderabad, Telangana. Because of a massive crowd gathered for this meeting, organisers could not control the crowd and a section of the people ate on carton straps due to the lack of plates.
Several other news websites have also published articles and videos reporting this information in October 2022. They can be seen here, here and here.
To sum it up, this video of people eating food on carton straps is from a meeting organised by TRS, not BJP.

created: November 17, 2022


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This video of people swimming in floodwaters is from Pakistan, not Hyderabad (India) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 16, 2020
A video of a few people swimming in the floodwaters is being shared on social media claiming that the people of Hyderabad enjoying while swimming in the floodwaters. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of People swimming in the floodwaters of Hyderabad (India).
Fact: This incident took place in Karachi city of Pakistan. Videos with the same visuals found in social media at least since August this year. It is not related to the recent floods caused by the heavy rains in Hyderabad. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of screenshots in the video, videos with similar visuals were found posted in social media during August this year. They can be seen here and here. Through these videos, we can conclude that the video shared in the post is old and not related to the recent Hyderabad floods in India. While sharing this video, some users claimed it as an incident from Karachi (Pakistan).
In the video, we could see the auto-rickshaw vehicles in the background. These vehicles are similar to the auto rickshaw vehicles manufactured by Pakistan based ‘Sazgar Engineering Works Limited’ company.
Sharing the same video, a user mentioned it as an incident from Tarikh road in Karachi. In a video showing the Tarikh road in Karachi, we found visuals of the same buildings at the beginning of the video shared in the post.
To sum it up, this video of people enjoying while swimming in the floodwaters is from Pakistan, not from Hyderabad (India).

created: October 16, 2020


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This video of people hurling flowers and garlands at Akhilesh Yadav is being falsely shared as people throwing chappals at him - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 10, 2024
A video purportedly showing people hurling shoes and slippers at Akhilesh Yadav, the national president of the Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, during an election rally in Kannauj, is being widely shared across social media platforms (here, here, & here). Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post through this article.
Claim: Video showing people throwing shoes and slippers at Akhilesh Yadav, the national president of the Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, during an election rally in Kannauj.
Fact: The viral video shows people hurling flowers and garlands at Akhilesh Yadav. Furthermore, there are no reports about people throwing shoes, slippers at Akhilesh Yadav recently during his 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Akhilesh Yadav, the national president of the Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is contesting the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
To verify the authenticity of the viral claim, we conducted a relevant keyword search but could not find any reports regarding such an incident of people throwing shoes and slippers at Akhilesh Yadav recently during his 2024 look Sabha elections campaign. If such an incident did occur, it would certainly have been reported by several news agencies.
Upon careful observation of the viral video, we can notice a watermark from an Instagram account ‘@vikashyadavauraiyawale’. Upon searching his Instagram account, we discovered that he uploaded the same viral video ( archive link) on his page on 02 May 2024. The caption ‘Live from Kannauj’ accompanies the video.
Upon careful observation of the viral video in slow motion, it becomes evident that flowers and garlands were being thrown towards Akhilesh Yadav, rather than shoes and slippers. Nowhere in the entire video are shoes and slippers visible.
We then checked the Samajwadi Party’s official YouTube channel and discovered a video dated 27 April 2024. In this video, the woman who appears beside Akhilesh Yadav in the viral video can be seen with him, wearing the same clothes. According to the video description, Akhilesh Yadav conducted a roadshow in Rasulabad, which falls under the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat. Therefore, we can conclude that the viral video is from one of his election campaign rally held in Rasulabad, within the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, on 27 April 2024.
To sum up, this video of people hurling flowers and garlands at Akhilesh Yadav is falsely shared as people throwing shoes at him.


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This video of people offering a saree to the Narmada River using arrows is from the ‘Reva’ movie - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 1, 2022
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows people offering a saree to the Narmada River using arrows before the onset of rains. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of people offering a saree to the Narmada River using arrows.
Fact: The posted video does not show a real incident. It is a clip taken from a Gujarati movie called ‘Reva’. However, there are real instances where a saree has been offered to the Narmada River. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. A YouTube channel has posted the same video and wrote – “Excellent Scene from Reva Gujarathi movie. Offering Saree to Narmada River”. So, it is a clip taken from a Gujarati movie called ‘Reva’. The full movie can be watched here.
However, there are real instances where a saree has been offered to the Narmada River as part of some rituals. Some of those videos can be seen here, here, and here. Also, in 2017, a 3,055 metre-long saree was dipped in the Narmada River.
To sum it up, the posted video of people offering a saree to the Narmada River using arrows is from the ‘Reva’ movie.


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This video of people running away from a gigantic shark is created digitally using Discovery's Shark Week footage - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 9, 2022
Update (09 September 2022):
Another similar video is being shared on social media in which a giant Cobra Snake is seen instead of a Gigantic Shark. Similar to the earlier post, in this video, people can be seen running  away from the shore as soon as the tide hits it. The location of this video is the same as the previous viral post, which is the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province. This can be confirmed by comparing the video with the original video which was filmed during the Qiantang river’s tidal bore.
A couple of YouTube creators had uploaded videos explaining the process of how such videos are made. These can be watched here and here.
Published (17 August 2022):
A post that contains a video of a giant shark that jumps out of a waterbody while people on the shore run away is going viral on social media. Let us fact-check this video.
Claim: Video of people standing on the shore running away as a giant Shark jumps out of a waterbody and lashes water towards the coast.
Fact: This is a digitally created video in which a clip of a ‘Great White Shark’ jumping 15 feet out of the water from Discovery’s Shark Week TV show is used. This clip is merged onto a clip of people running away from a tidal wave. Hence the video in the post is FALSE.
After performing a reverse image search on Yandex with the video frames, we found many social media posts with the same video. They can be viewed here, here and here. But we could not trace the source footage. A social media user commented under the post that they watched this shark in Discovery’s Shark Week TV show.
With this hint, we looked for Discovery channel’s videos that match the shark in our post. The videos that we watched can be seen here, here and here. In the third video, we found the exact footage that was used to create the video in the viral post. The video is titled ‘Great White Shark Jumps 15 FEET Out of the Water! | Shark Week.’ The video from 1 minute 6 Seconds matches the video from our post. The comparison between the viral video and the footage from discovery can be seen below.
We searched the internet with relevant keywords to find videos where people run away from the waves. We found a news report by Stuff.com which contained a video showing people running away from tidal water. The location in this video is quite similar to the location in the viral video. This can be seen in the comparison below.
Reportedly this video is filmed in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province. People visit this place to watch the Qiantang river’s tidal bore slam onto shore in Eastern China.
We also found many other videos on the internet that match the video’s location from the viral post. They can be watched here, here and here. But we could not find the same video.
To summarise, Discovery’s Shark Week footage is used in this digitally created video to make it look like people running away from a gigantic shark.

created: September 9, 2022


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This video of people waving a saffron flag on a mosque gate is from UP, not Karauli (Rajasthan) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 5, 2022
A video of some youth standing on a mosque gate and waving a saffron flag is being shared on social media with a claim that the mosque shown in the video is in Karauli (Rajasthan). The video is being shared in the context of recent communal violence in Karauli, Rajasthan. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows people standing on a mosque gate and waving a saffron flag in Karauli (Rajasthan).
Fact: The video is not related to Karauli (Rajasthan). The mosque shown in the video is at Gahmar in Ghazipur district (Uttar Pradesh). 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 shared by many people on social media. As the video went viral, ‘District Collector & Magistrate, Karauli’ has clarified through Twitter that the video is not related to Karauli (Rajasthan).
#जिला कलेक्टर राजेंद्र सिंह शेखावत ने बताया कि सोशल मीडिया पर #अर्जुन महर के द्वारा जारी किया वीडियो करौली का नहीं है, कलेक्टर ने इस संबंध में अफवाह फैलाने वालो के खिलाफ पुलिस को सख्त कार्रवाई करने के निर्देश दिए! उन्होंने आमजन से अपील की सोशल मीडिया पर ऐसी अफवाहों से बचें! pic.twitter.com/IUpm02vhYP
Many people have shared the same video saying that the video is from Gahmar in Ghazipur district (Uttar Pradesh). Some of these posts can be seen here, here, here, and here. Sayyad Uzma Parveen (who describes herself as a ‘Human Rights, Women Rights and Peace Activist’) has posted photos of the mosque in Gahmar, where the incident happened. Similar structures can be seen in the photos and the viral video. Some of the other old photos of the Gahmar mosque can be seen here. So, it can be concluded that the video is from Uttar Pradesh.
The Ghazipur Police has replied to several social media users that the Gahmar Police Station has not received any complaints from local persons on the incident. However, based on the video on Twitter, they said that a case had been registered and necessary action is being taken.
ऐसी किसी भी घटना के सम्बन्ध मे गहमर थाने पर स्थानीय व्यक्तियो द्वारा किसी भी प्रकार की शिकायत नही की गई है,ट्विटर पर प्राप्त विडियो के आधार पर थाना गहमर पर अभियोग पंजीकृत कर आवश्यक विधिक कार्यवाही की जा रही है।
To sum it up, the viral video of people standing on a mosque gate and waving a saffron flag is from Uttar Pradesh, not Karauli (Rajasthan).


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This video of PM Modi calling Hindutva a 'card to play the election game' is morphed - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 30, 2023
A video clip featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi is gaining rapid traction on social media platforms. The video claims to show the Prime Minister Modi referring to Hindutva as a ‘card to play the election game’. This article aims to fact-check this viral claim and shed light on its veracity.
Claim: A video clip shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling Hindutva a ‘card to play the election game’.
Fact: Contrary to the claim, in the original video from which this viral clip was taken, the Prime Minister states, “Hindutva.. ye, chunavi khel khelne ke liye ek tash ka patta nahi hai” (Hindutva… is not a card to play the election game). The word ‘nahi’ has been removed from this speech and is shared with a false narrative. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To understand the origin of the viral video, we began by noting that PM Modi appears younger in the clip. Consequently, we searched for old interviews of PM Modi on the internet using relevant keywords, where he discusses Hindutva. This led us to an interview posted by Zee News, which they regard as a 24-year-old interview with PM Modi.
The viral clip is extracted from this video. At 10:27 into the Zee News interview, PM Modi can be heard uttering the same lines that appear in the viral excerpt. However, contrary to the viral video’s claim, PM Modi is heard saying: “Hindutva .. ye, chunavi khel khelne keliye ek tash ka patta nahi hai” (Hindutva .. is not a card to play the election game). The word ‘nahi’ has been removed from this speech and is shared with a false narrative.
To sum up, the claim that PM Modi referred to Hindutva as a ‘card to play the election game’ in the viral video is false. From the original video, we found that the Prime Minister stated that Hindutva is not a card to play in the election game.

created: October 30, 2023