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Unrelated old photo from Madhya Pradesh shared as 25 students caught making explosives in Allahabad University - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 28, 2022
A photo is being shared on social media claiming that 25 students from the Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh were red-handedly caught while manufacturing explosives in their hostels. This post claims that all the mainstream media news channels have not covered the news as none of the accused belong to the Muslim community. According to the post, police seized 58 rooms following the raid at the Allahabad University Hostels. Let’s verify the claims made in the post.
Claim: Photo of the youth who were caught while making explosives inside the Allahabad University.
Fact: The photo shows an old picture of a sex-racket gang arrested by the Ratlam police in Madhya Pradesh. In April 2019, Allahabad Police raided two hostels inside the Allahabad University (AU) campus and recovered material used in making crude bombs, a fake pistol and a large number of liquor bottles. But the photo shared in the post has nothing to do with this incident that took place in 2019. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in an article published by the ‘BBC’ about fake child kidnapping rumours on 05 September 2019. ‘BBC’ reported it as the picture of a gang arrested in July 2019, on the charges of prostitution in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh.
When we searched for further details using these keywords, the same photo was found in an article published by the ‘Patrika’ news website on 15 July 2019. This article reported that 15 youth including 9 girls were arrested on the charges of prostitution following a police raid at Bachra area in Parwalia village of Ratlam district. This photo of the arrested youth was reportedly captured in front of the Javra police station.
In April 2019, Allahabad Police along with RAF Jawans raided two hostels of the Allahabad University (AU) campus and recovered material used in making crude bombs, a fake pistol, and a large number of liquor bottles. The raid was done after the murder of a former student at PC Bannerjee hostel at the Allahabad University. Following the raid, police have reportedly seized at least 106 rooms in two hostels of the Allahabad University. But the photo shared in the post has nothing to do with this old incident that took place at Allahabad University.
To sum it up, an old photo of an arrested sex-racket gang from Madhya Pradesh is shared as the picture of 25 students caught making explosives at the Allahabad University.


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Unrelated old photo is falsely shared as depicting 34 Muslims converting to Hinduism in UP - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 16, 2021
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it as the picture of 34 Muslims who had recently converted to the Hindu religion in Uttar Pradesh. This photo shows a group of Muslims posing along with a Hindu priest. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Picture of 34 Muslims who converted to Hindu religion in Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: The photo shared in the post is an old picture of Muslims chanting anti-terrorist and anti-Pakistan slogans at Tablighi Jamaat Mosque in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. Expressing their anguish over the Uri terrorist attack, these Muslims held a protest in 2016. There is no evidence of the Muslims seen in the photo converting to Hindu religion. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in an article published by the ‘Amar Ujala’ on 24 September 2016. This article reported it as the visuals of Muslims chanting anti-terrorist and anti-Pakistan slogans at Tablighi Jamaat Masjid in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. Expressing their anguish over the terrorist attack in Uri, these Muslims had reportedly held this protest in 2016.
Also, the ‘Amar Ujala’ published a video related to this protest, where we could see these Muslims chanting ‘Aatankwad Murdabad’ and ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ slogans along with a Hindu priest.
Recently, in Muzaffarnagar, a group of 15 people from 5 families converted to Hinduism after 18 years.  Also, Waseem Rizvi, a former Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Chairman renounced Islam and converted to Hinduism at Dasna Devi temple in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. But we could not find any news report about the conversion of these 34 Muslims.
To sum it up, an unrelated old photo is falsely shared as the picture of 34 Muslims who converted to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh.

source: news-factly

created: December 16, 2021

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

author: Sai Krishna Muthyanolla


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Unrelated old photo is shared as beer cans masked as soft drinks during the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 28, 2022
A photo of beer cans masked as Pepsi soft drink cans is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows football fans smuggling beer into Qatar during the FIFA World Cup 2022. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent photo of beer cans masked as Pepsi soft drink cans by football fans to smuggle beer into Qatar during the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Fact: The posted photo is not related to the FIFA World Cup 2022. It is an old photo that was taken in 2015 when Saudi Arabian officials confiscated beer cans masked as soft drinks. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the posted photo was run through Google Reverse Image Search, the same photo was found in an article published by ‘Al Arabiya News’ in 2015. In the article, it can be read that “a smuggler tried to carry nearly 48,000 cans of beers disguised as Pepsi cans into Saudi Arabia over the Al Batha border crossing with the UAE”. More news articles on the 2015 incident can be read here, here, and here. So, the posted photo is not related to the FIFA World Cup 2022.
However, an incident was widely reported by many media agencies that a Mexico fan allegedly tried to sneak beer into a Qatar stadium inside binoculars.
To sum it up, an unrelated old photo is shared as beer cans masked as soft drinks during the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022.

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Unrelated old photo of a US girl shared as Palestinian girl injured in Israel airstrikes - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 20, 2021
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it as the picture of a Palestinian baby, injured in Israel airstrikes on Gaza city. This photo shows a little girl whose face is filled with red spots. In the wake of ongoing violent conflict between Israel and Palestine, this post is being shared on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photo of a Palestinian girl who is injured in Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza city.
Fact: The photo in the post shows Bianca, a little girl from Rockford city in the United States of America. Bianca was diagnosed with Port wine strain and Sturge-Weber syndrome when she was three months old. Bianca’s parents had started Pulse Dye Laser treatment on her, hoping it could cure the birthmarks that covered nearly half of her face. The first two weeks of this laser treatment had created red spots on Bianca’s face which appeared similar to ‘burn marks’. This photo has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found published in an article published by the ‘Caters’ news agency in April 2019. This article mentioned the baby as Bianca, a little girl from Rockford city in the United States of America. According to this article, Bianca was diagnosed with Port wine strain and Sturge-Weber syndrome when she was three months old. The birthmark that covers nearly half of her face is because of Sturge-Weber syndrome that caused her to suffer seizures, glaucoma, and developmental delays.
Bianca’s parents Deanna Latino and Brandon have started Pulse Dye Laser treatment on her, hoping it could cure the birthmarks that covered nearly half of her face. But, the initial stages of this laser treatment created red spots on Bianca’s face. Deanna had reportedly faced several abusive comments from strangers, criticizing the dirty looks of her child. To combat the abusive comments from strangers, Deanna named Bianca as their ‘Polka dot cutie’. However, these red spots on Bianca’s face had vanished two weeks after the treatment.
A few other news articles published on Bianca’s birthmark treatment can be seen here and here. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the photo shared in the post is related to a US girl diagnosed with Port wine strain and Sturge-Weber syndrome.
According to a recent article published by the ‘BBC News’, Israel airstrikes on Gaza had killed at least 219 people, including 63 children. But, the photo shared in the post is not related to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
To sum it up, an unrelated old photo of a US girl is shared as the picture of a Palestinian girl injured in Israel airstrikes.


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Unrelated old photo of an injured woman breastfeeding her child falsely linked to the ongoing violence in Manipur - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 22, 2023
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it is the latest picture of a severely injured woman breastfeeding her child in Manipur. Sharing the photo, the post claims that a big scale of cruelty and violence is taking place now in Manipur. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent photo of a severely injured woman breastfeeding her child in Manipur.
Fact: The photo shared in the post is being circulating on social media at least since October 2021. While many users shared the photo asserting that it was captured in Myanmar, a few news sites issued clarifications affirming that the photo originated from Thailand. The photo shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing violence in Manipur. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, we found that the same photo is being circulating on social media at least since October 2021. A few of those old posts can be seen here, here, and here. Whila a writer from Bhutan used this photo as a reference image for her article on domestic violence, many other users and a few news magazines shared the image asserting that the photo was captured in Khayan township in Myanmar. A few news sites published articles sharing the same picture in 2021.
When we searched for further sources related to the photo, we found a clarification post published by the ‘MMU News Hour’ on Telegram. This news site affirmed that the photo had originated from Thailand and not from Khayan township in Myanmar. Boom Myanmar also published a fact-check article in October 2021, asserting that the photo shows a victim of domestic violence in Thailand. Though we could not ascertain the exact location from where the photo had originated, from all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the photo shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing violence in Manipur.
To sum it up, an old photo of a severely injured woman breastfeeding her child is falsely linked to the ongoing Manipur violence.


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Unrelated old photo shared as a recent picture showing coffins of US soldiers who died in the Russia-Ukraine war - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 2, 2023
A photo of coffins draped with US flags inside a plane is being shared on social media with the statement, “Patriot missile battery operators being sent home from Kiev”.  The post claims that the photo shows the coffins of US soldiers who died in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent photo showing the coffins of US soldiers who died while fighting for Ukraine in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Fact: The image shared in the post shows an old photo of caskets bearing the remains of crew members whose Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a training mission in Kuwait in 2005. The U.S. Department of Defence published this image in April 2005. The image shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found published on the Getty Images website in April 2005. The description of the photo states, “Caskets bearing the remains of crew members whose Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a night training mission in Kuwait are shown onboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Ramstein Air Force Base in this photo released April 28, 2005 by the Pentagon”.
The U.S. Department of Defence published this image in April 2005. The image shows the caskets bearing the remains of crew members whose helicopter crashed on a training mission in Kuwait in 2005. Reporting about the incident, several news websites published articles in 2005. They can be seen here and here. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the image shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
To sum it up, an unrelated old photo is now shared as a recent picture showing coffins of US soldiers who died in the Russia-Ukraine war.


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సంబంధంలేని పాత ఫోటోని చూపెట్టి తెలంగాణ నుండి ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ కి అక్రమంగా మద్యం తరలిస్తున్నారు అని షేర్ చేస్తున్నారు - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 11, 2020
ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో మద్యం ధరలు ఎక్కువైన కారణంగా తెలంగాణ నుండి అక్రమంగా మద్యం తరలిస్తున్నారు అని చెప్తూ ఉన్న పోస్ట్ ఒకటి సోషల్ మీడియాలో వైరల్ అవుతుంది. అక్రమంగా మద్యం తరలిస్తున్న కొందరి యువకుల ఫోటోలను కూడా ఈ పోస్టులో షేర్ చేస్తున్నారు. ఈ కథనం ద్వారా అందులో ఎంత నిజముందో చూద్దాం.
క్లెయిమ్: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో మద్యం ధరలు ఎక్కువైన కారణంగా తెలంగాణ నుండి అక్రమంగా మద్యం తరలిస్తున్న ఫోటో.
ఫాక్ట్ (నిజం): ఈ ఫోటో 2014 నుండే ప్రచారంలో ఉంది. దీన్నిబట్టి ఈ ఫోటోకి ఇటీవల ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో పెరిగిన మద్యం ధరలకి ఎటువంటి సంబంధం లేదని కచ్చితంగా చెప్పొచ్చు. కావున పోస్టు ద్వారా చెప్పేది తప్పు.
పోస్టులో ఉన్న ఫోటోని గూగుల్ రివర్స్ ఇమేజ్ సెర్చ్ చేయగా ఈ ఫోటోని షేర్ చేసిన చాలా సోషల్ మీడియా పోస్టులు మాకు కనిపించాయి. గోవా నుండి అక్రమంగా మద్యం తరలిస్తున్నారు అని చెప్తూ ఈ ఫోటోని షేర్ చేసారు.
ఐతే ఈ ఫోటోకి సంబంధించి కచ్చితమైన సోర్స్ దొరకనప్పటికి ఈ ఫోటోని షేర్ చేసిన డేట్ బట్టి ఈ ఫోటో 2014 నుండే ప్రచారంలో ఉందని చెప్పొచ్చు. కావున ఈ ఫోటోకి ఇటీవలే ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో పెరిగిన మద్యం ధరలకి ఎటువంటి సంబంధం లేదని కచ్చితంగా చెప్పొచ్చు.
.చివరగా, పోస్టులో షేర్ చేసిన ఫోటోకి ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో పెరిగిన మద్యం ధరలకి ఎటువంటి సంబంధం లేదు.


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Unrelated old photo shared as picture of a Muslim youth in tears of joy after Shivling discovery in Gyanvapi Mosque - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 17, 2022
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it is a recent picture of a Muslim man in tears of joy after the Shivling discovery in the Gyanvapi Mosque. This post described it as a beautiful demonstration of secularism in the country. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent photo of a Muslim in tears of joy after the Shivling discovery in Gyanvapi Mosque.
Fact: The photo shared in the post is an old one. Following the inauguration of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, on 15 December 2021, Naushad Alam, a visitor from West Bengal had expressed his anguish at the corridor’s high walls hiding the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi. The photo has nothing to do with the alleged Shivling that was reportedly found during the recent survey in the Gyanvapi Mosque. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found in a few news articles published in December 2021. They can be seen here, here and here. All these news articles reported it as the picture of a Muslim youth expressing his anguish at the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor’s construction that is hiding the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi. He reportedly expressed his pain of not being able to see the Mosque across from the high walls of the temple.
The full interview video of this Muslim youth was found published on the ‘UP Tak’ YouTube channel. Following the inauguration of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, on 15 December 2021, the ‘UP Tak’ news channel has conducted this interview asking people about the development in Varanasi. At 4:46 minutes of the video, we could see the same Muslim youth introducing himself as a visitor from Kolkata in West Bengal. While speaking about the situation near Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and Gyanvapi Mosque, he said, “I don’t understand the situation here. They have covered up the Mosque and the mandir was constructed in a grand manner. What is this? I am a tourist here. I can see the things and I can feel the pain”. The Muslim youth mentioned his name as Naushad Alam.
Naushad Aslam questioned whether it is fair to hide one thing while making another thing grandeur. Naushad Alam further added, “Constitution grants everyone equal rights. How can you suppress one’s constitutional rights?”. It can be concluded that the photo shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the Shivling that was reportedly found during the recent survey in the Gyanvapi Mosque.
To sum it up, an old photo is falsely shared as the picture of a Muslim youth in tears of joy after the Shivling discovery in the Gyanvapi Mosque.


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Unrelated old photo shared as picture of a young student thrashed for celebrating Pakistan’s victory - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 29, 2021
The photo of a severely injured young man is being shared on social media claiming him as one of the 90 students who were assaulted after celebrating the Pakistan cricket team’s victory in Gurdaspur. This photo shows a young man with injuries on his face. According to a few media reports, 90 Kashmiri students from Punjab’s ‘Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology’ were assaulted alleging that they have cheered for Pakistan’s victory in the T20 World Cup match with India. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photo of a young student who was brutally beaten for celebrating the Pakistan cricket team’s victory on 24 October 2021 in the T20 world cup.
Fact: The photo shared in the post is an old one. This photo was published by a Facebook user named Rahul Kumar on 15 February 2016. Sharing a group of similar photos, this Facebook user mentioned that he was injured in an accident. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the photo, a similar photo was found posted by a Facebook user named Rahul Kumar on 15 February 2016. Sharing a group of similar photos, he mentioned that he was injured in an accident.
The profile picture of this Facebook user matched with the Young man in the photo. Rahul Kumar claimed himself as a BJP karyakartha from Jamshedpur city in Jharkhand. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the photo shared in the post is an old one and has nothing to do with the recent T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan.
To sum it up, an unrelated old photo was falsely shared as the visuals of a young student who was beaten for celebrating Pakistan’s victory.

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Unrelated old photo shared as picture taken when Arvind Kejriwal offered an apology to Nitin Gadkari - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 4, 2023
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it is a picture taken when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal offered a written apology to BJP leader and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photo which was taken when Arvind Kejriwal offered a written apology to BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Fact: The photo shared in the post was taken in September 2014 when Arvind Kejriwal met Nitin Gadkari over the regularisation of e-rickshaws at the Transport Bhawan in Delhi. The photo was not taken when Arvind Kejriwal submitted a written apology to Nitin Gadkari related related to a 2014 defamation case in 2018. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found on the ‘Getty Images’ website, with the description, “Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari during a meeting on regularizing e-rickshaws at Transport Bhawan on September 16, 2014 in New Delhi, India.”
ANI tweeted another photo from the meeting and reported that Arvind Kejriwal had met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari over the e-rickshaw issue.
Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal meets Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari over the e-rickshaw issue pic.twitter.com/2cgzPqDvVS
Aam Aadmi Leader Kejriwal sent a written apology to Nitin Gadkari In 2018 seeking closure of a defamation case filed against him over his comments in 2014. But the photo shared in the post was not taken when Arvind Kejriwal sought an apology from Nitin Gadkari in 2018.
To sum it up, an unrelated old photo is shared as a picture taken when Arvind Kejriwal offered an apology to Nitin Gadkari.


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Unrelated old photo shared as recent visuals of aeroplane trafficking from Afghanistan to Pakistan - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 27, 2021
An image is being shared on social media claiming it as recent visuals of aeroplane trafficking from Afghanistan to Pakistan. This post claim that the incident took place recently after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photo of Afghanistan trafficking aeroplanes to Pakistan.
Fact: This post shared an old picture of the ‘Behsud Foundation’ transporting a crashed Afghan military plane from Daikundi province in 2018. This crash took place at Nili Airport in October 2017. The photo shared in the post is an old one and has nothing to do with the Taliban and Pakistan. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in a Facebook post by ‘Behsud Foundation’ on 30 July 2018.  The other images shared in the post clearly indicate that the aircraft was already damaged or crash-landed.
On observing carefully, we could see the registration number ‘YA12303’ on the plane. Using these keywords, we found the details of this crashed airplane on the Aviation Safety Network (ASN) website. According to the information provided on the ‘ASN’ website, on 03 October 2017, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by the Afghan Air Force had crash-landed at Nili Airport, Daikundi Province, Afghanistan. Ehsanullah Amiri, an Afghanistan-based journalist had reported this incident through a tweet on 03 October 2017.
On 03 October 2017, the ‘Tolo News’ website published an article reporting this military aircraft crash at Nili Airport in Daikundi Province. This article reported that an Afghan army plane made a hard landing in Daikundi soon after dropping off the new provisional governor, Mahmoud Baligh. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the image shared in the post is old which was shot before Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
To sum it up, an unrelated old photo is being shared as visuals of Taliban trafficking Airplanes to Pakistan.

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Unrelated old Photos and Videos are falsely linked to the ongoing farmers’ protest - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 5, 2021
A photo of the Bullock-carts rally organized by a group of people is being shared on social media claiming that the farmers’ protest against the new farm laws has reached out to every rural village in India. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photo of the Bullock-cart rally organized in support of farmers protesting against the new farm laws.
Fact: The photo in the post shows an old Bullock-cart rally organized by the Youth Congress leaders in Bhalaghat city of Madhya Pradesh. In 2018, Youth Congress & NSUI members organized this Bullock-cart rally to protest the rising fuel prices under the BJP government. This photo has nothing to do with the ongoing farmers’ protest. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in an article published by Patrika on 13 September 2018. Sharing this photo, Patrika reported that the Youth & NSUI members organized a Bullock-carts rally to protest the increasing fuel prices in the country. This rally took place on 13 September 2018 at Balaghat city in Madhya Pradesh.
On observing the picture carefully, one can see the slogans about rising fuel prices on the placards being carried by the protestors. A placard mentioned that the rally was conducted by the Bhalaghat district Youth Congress.
Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders shared the photos of this protest on their official Facebook page. News articles reporting the 2018 Bullock-carts rally organized at Balaghat city can be seen here and here. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the photo shared in the post is related to an old Bullock-cart rally organized by Balaghat Youth Congress members.
Amidst the ongoing farmers’ protest, a video (archived) is being shared on social media claiming it as the recent visuals of Jat community leaders, chanting pro-Narendra Modi slogans in Delhi. In our research, we found that the video shared in this post is an old one. Similar Videos with the same claim were shared on social media during January 2020. They can be seen here, here, and here.
BJP leader Khusum Khatri shared the better version of this video on her Facebook page on 04 January 2020. Sharing this video, Khusum Khatri mentioned ‘जुगजुगजियोनरेंद्रमोदी! #IndiaSupportsCAA’. From this, we can confirm that the video shared in the post is related to the CAA protests in Delhi during January 2020.
To sum it up, unrelated old photos and videos are being falsely linked to the ongoing farmers’ protest.

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Unrelated old photos are being shared as visuals of Kangana Ranaut celebrating ‘Vijay Diwas’ with BSF Jawans - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 31, 2021
A collage of images is being shared on social media claiming it as recent visuals of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut celebrating Vijay Diwas with BSF jawans. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent pictures of Kangana Ranaut celebrating ‘Vijay Diwas’ with BSF jawans.
Fact: All the photos shared in the post were captured when Kangana Ranaut interacted with BSF Jawans in Jammu as part of her ‘Rangoon’ film promotions in 2017. The photos shared in the post are old and had nothing to do with the recent ‘Vijay Diwas’ celebrations. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the first photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in the ‘India Today’ article published on 07 February 2017. This article reported it as the visuals of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut interacting with BSF Jawans as part of her ‘Rangoon’ film promotions in 2017.  As ‘Rangoon’ film story was set in the backdrop of the World War II, Kangana Ranaut reportedly visited the BSF camp in Jammu and interacted with jawans.  Also, in the background of the photo, we could see the poster of the Rangoon film.
On reverse image search, it is found out that the remaining three photos shared in the post were also shot during Kangana Ranaut’s visit to the BSF camp in Jammu, in 2017. Several news websites have published these photos reporting them as the visuals of Kangana interacting with BSF jawans in 2017.  They can be seen here, here, and here.
On 07 February 2017, the BSF official Twitter handle shared a photo of Kangana Ranaut and said, “Kangana Ranaut visited BSF Jammu & paid tribute at Martyrs memorial. Remembered supreme sacrifice made by Bordermen & their proud families”. We could not find any latest news reports about Kangana Ranaut joining ‘Vijay Diwas’ celebrations with Indian army soldiers.
#KanganaRanaut visited #BSF Jammu & paid tribute at Martyrs memorial. Remembered supreme sacrifice made by #Bordermen & their proud families pic.twitter.com/EHbxcj92vP
To sum it up, 2017 photos of Kangana Ranaut meeting BSF Jawans in Jammu are being shared as recent visuals of her celebrating ‘Vijay Diwas’ with Jawans.

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Unrelated old photos are shared as police attack on farmers at tractor rally protests - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 9, 2023
Update (09 June 2023):
Condemning the arrest of farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chadhuni, wrestler Sakshee Malikkh has tweeted some photos of injured persons alleging that farmers demanding MSP for their crops were lathi charged and arrested. While the media reported that police had resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protesting farmers, the first two images tweeted by wrestler Sakshee Malikkh were old. The first image shows a Gramin Sewa auto driver who was thrashed by the Delhi Police in 2019, the second image is was allegedly of a farmer injured in the police lathicharge on 28 August 2021 in Karnal, Haryana. We couldn’t find any details of the other image which shows a collage of injured persons.
किसानों ने सिर्फ़ अपनी फसलों की एमएसपी माँगी थी. लेकिन क्रूर तंत्र ने उन्हें लाठियाँ और गिरफ़्तारियाँ दीं.
किसान नेता गुरनाम सिंह चढूनी की गिरफ़्तारी की हम निंदा करते हैं, उनकी जल्द रिहाई हो.
आंदोलन में शहीद हुए किसान की खबर ने आँखें नम कर दी हैं pic.twitter.com/wf8wuec1tr
Published (29 January 2021):
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it as the picture of Delhi Police thrashing a farmer at the tractor rally clashes on Republic Day in Delhi. Another post with the photo of an injured Sikh man is also being shared with a similar claim. On 26 January 2021, thousands of protesting farmers equipped with swords and kirpans charged at Delhi Police and broke through the barricades in Delhi. These posts are being shared widely in this context. Let’s verify the claims made in the post.
Claim: Photos of Delhi police thrashing the farmers who participated in the tractor rally organized on Republic Day.
Fact: While one photo shows a Sikh protestor being stopped by Delhi police while marching towards the Prime Minister’s office in 2013, the wounded Sikh man in the other photo is a Gramin Sewa auto driver who was thrashed by the Delhi Police in 2019. These photos have nothing to do with the recent violent clashes between the protesting farmers and the Delhi police. Hence, the claims made in the posts are FALSE.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in an article published by ‘Daily Mail’ news website on 05 May 2013. In the description of the photo, it is mentioned that a Sikh protestor fell on the floor during a protest demanding justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. According to the article, a group of Sikh protestors attempted to march towards the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence to protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Around 50 protestors who tried to break through the barricades were arrested by the police officers.
When we searched for other sources using these keywords, we found several articles that covered the Sikh protestors marching towards the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence in 2013. They can be seen here, here, and here.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in a news article published on 17 June 2019. In the article, it is mentioned that Delhi police brutally thrashed a Gramin Sewa auto driver and his son at Mukherjee Nagar in North West Delhi on 16 June 2019. These photos show the injured Gramin Sewa auto driver. It is reported that the police officials involved in this brutal incident were suspended.
When we searched for more details using these keywords, we found several articles reporting this incident on their news websites. They can be seen here, here and here.
From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the photos shared in the post are related to old incidents and have nothing to do with the recent violent clashes that took place at the farmers’ tractor rally in New Delhi.
To sum it up, photos related to the old incidents are being shared as Delhi police beating up the farmers who participated in tractor rally organized on Republic Day.


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Unrelated old photos from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal shared as the pictures of anti-Modi billboards and graffiti in Rajasthan - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 2, 2023
A collage of images is being shared on social media claiming it is the recent pictures of anti-Modi billboards and graffiti displayed on the streets in Rajasthan. The first image shows a billboard with ‘Modi No Entry’ written on it. The other photo shows the ‘Go Back Modi’ slogan painted on a road. In the wake of Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Rajasthan, these photos are going viral on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Collage of images showing anti-Modi billboards and graffiti displayed on the streets in Rajasthan.
Fact: Both the images shared in the post show old pictures from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. The first photo was taken in Andhra Pradesh ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit to the state in 2019, while the other photo shows anti-Modi graffiti on a street in Kolkata ahead of Prime Minister’s visit to the West Bengal state in 2020. The images shared in the post are old and not from Rajasthan. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found in an article published by the ‘Economic Times’ on 10 February 2019. The news article reported it is an anti-Modi billboard put up by protestors ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Andhra Pradesh. Reporting the same, the ‘News Minute’ published an article sharing the same photo in February 2019. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be confirmed that the image shared in the post is old and is from Andhra Pradesh, not from Rajasthan.
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On reverse image search, the same photo was found in a tweet made by Kolkata-based Journalist Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh on 11 January 2020. Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh reported it as an image from Esplanade, the busiest street in Kolkata. Further search led us to news articles dated January 2020 which carried a similar photo but from another angle. Earlier, when the same photo was shared as a picture from Tamil Nadu and Bihar, Factly published fact-check articles debunking those claims. Those articles can be seen here and here.
This is one of the busiest roads in Kolkata. #Esplanade. Lakhs and lakhs of people commute, jam packed traffic r seen. Just look at this place tonight. Roads turned into graffitis, no traffic, all roads blocked, students protesting overnight.
This is #Kolkata #modiinkolkata pic.twitter.com/jDaf6vufXi
To sum it up, unrelated old photos from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal were shared as the recent pictures of anti-modi billboards and graffiti in Rajasthan.


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Unrelated old photos of Jaivardhan Singh shared now in the context of Kamal Nath’s recent remarks - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 20, 2023
A collage of images is being shared on social media claiming that Congress workers have torn the clothes of Jaivardhan Singh, the son of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, following the inciting comments by Congress leader and Madhya Pradesh Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath. In the wake of Kamal Nath’s recent alleged “Tear Digvijaya Singh and Jaivardhan’s clothes” comments expressing his disappointment over Congress’s poll ticket distribution in Madhya Pradesh, the images are going viral on social media. Let’s verify the claims made in the post.
Claim: Images of Jaivardhan Singh after his clothes were torn by Congress workers following the provocative remarks of Kamal Nath.
Fact: The images were taken in 2021 when Jaivardhan Singh’s clothes were torn during the youth congress protest against the BJP government in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The images shared in the post are old and have nothing to do with Kamal Nath’s recent remarks targeting Digvijaya Singh and his son Jaivardhan Singh. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the photos shared in the post, the same photo was found tweeted by Jaivardhan Singh on 11 August 2021. Jaivardhan Singh tweeted the photo with the description, “To save this country from inflation. Every oppression is acceptable for this body.”
महंगाई से बचाने, इस "वतन" के लिए।
हर जुल्म मंजूर है, इस तन के लिए ।। pic.twitter.com/8m2riwAFbl
When we searched the internet for further sources using relevant keywords, the same photos were found published by several news sites in August 2021. A few of those news reports can be seen here, here, and here. The photo was reportedly taken during the Youth Congress Protest against the government in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
In August 2021, Congress issued a call to Gherao the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal to protest several issues including the Pegasus snooping allegations, unemployment, and inflation. Police used water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse the Congress protestors while they were attempting to climb over the police barricades. As per the reports, police registered FIRs against four Congress leaders including Jaivardhan Singh after this protest in August 2021. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the images shared in the post are old and not related to Kamal Nath’s recent comments against Digvijaya Singh and his son Jaivardhan Singh.
To sum it up, unrelated old photos of Jaivardhan Singh are being shared now in the context of Kamal Nath’s recent alleged remarks targeting both him and his father Digvijaya Singh.

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Unrelated old photos revived again as the weapons seized from RSS hideouts in Delhi - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 24, 2021
Multiple images are being shared on social media claiming them as the pictures of weapons seized during an extensive police raid on RSS hideouts in Delhi. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photos of the weapons seized from RSS hideouts in Delhi.
Fact: The first photo in the post shows a sword factory located in Patiala city of Punjab. The second photo shows Rajkot police exhibiting the seized illegal weapons recovered from a hotel in Kuchiadad. The third photo was uploaded on the ‘Tumbler’ website in 2019. These photos have nothing to do with RSS. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in an article published by ‘India Today’ on 25 July 2018. ‘India Today’ reported it as an image taken at the ‘Khalsa Kirpan’ sword factory in Patiala city, Punjab. We found similar photos of weapons on the Facebook page of ‘Khalsa Kirpan’.
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On reverse image search, a similar photo was found in a tweet by ‘Gujarat Headline’ news website on 05 March 2016. Sharing a similar photo, ‘Gujarat Headline’ published an article on this incident. This article reported that the Rajkot police had recovered a stock of lethal weapons during a raid on the India Palace hotel in Kuchiadad. According to ‘The Times of India’ article, the Rajkot police seized 257 lethal weapons including swords and Knives in this raid.
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On reverse image search, a similar photo was found on ‘Tumblr’ website. This photo was published on 03 March 2019. The same photo was found as a representative image in the Canada-based e-commerce website ‘CanSellAll’.
Earlier, when similar images were shared as the weapons recovered from mosques in Jammu and Kashmir, FACTLY published a fact-check article. It can be seen here.
To sum it up, unrelated old photos are revived again as the pictures of seized weapons from RSS hideouts in Delhi.


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Unrelated old photos shared as pictures of Indian army vehicles that were hit by a massive landslide in Ladakh - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 21, 2022
A collage of images is being shared on social media claiming it as the pictures of Indian army vehicles that were recently hit by a massive landslide in Ladakh. This post claims that six Indian army soldiers were killed in the accident. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent pictures of damaged Indian army vehicles after being hit by a massive landslide in Ladakh.
Fact: The first image shared in the post shows an old picture of the Indian Air Force (IAF) rescuing stranded persons from the Naraa Hajipur road in the Kutch district. The other two photos shared in the post show the old accident pictures of Indian army vehicles in Jammu Kashmir’s Pulwama district and Arunachal Pradesh. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Image 1:
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same image was found in an article published by the ‘News 18’ news website in October 2019. The description of the photo states, “IAF rescues 125 people in Kutch region.” When we searched for further sources, we found the same picture in a tweet published by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 12 August 2019. IAF described it as a picture of the IAF crew rescuing 125 stranded persons from the Naraa Hajipur Road, Bhuj Taluka, Kutch district. So, it can be confirmed that the photo shared in the post is old and not related to any recent accident of Indian army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir.
Showing great skill & courage, #IAF crew swiftly rescued 125 stranded persons from the Naraa Hajipur Road, Bhuj Taluka, Kutch district. As we combat the fury of the floods, IAF reaffirms its commitment to the Nation in providing rescue and relief to all in need. 2/2 #FloodRelief pic.twitter.com/1HWZH1UT6s
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found in an article published by the ‘East Mojo’ news website on 18 October 2019. This article reported it is the picture of an army truck that slipped off the road and fell into a gorge near Shaitan bridge in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. The description of the photo states, “The truck fell into the gorge while approaching the gradient up turning near the bridge Credit: EastMojo image.” So, it can be concluded that the photo shows an old accident that happened in Arunachal Pradesh.
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On reverse image search, the same photo was found in an article published by the ‘Great Kashmir’ news website. The article reported it is a picture of an army vehicle that met with an accident in the Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on 19 September 2020. The army vehicle reportedly skidded off the road and crashed into a field in Dangerpora village of the Pulwama district. Two soldiers were reportedly injured in this accident.
We could not find any credible sources regarding the last photo shared in the post. Lately, three Indian army vehicles were buried under a mudslide after being hit by a massive landslide in Ladakh. The preliminary reports stated that at least six soldiers were killed in this accident. But the photos shared in the post are old and not related to this recent accident in Ladakh.
To sum it up, unrelated old photos are being shared as recent pictures of Indian army vehicles that were hit by a massive landslide in Ladakh.

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Unrelated old visuals are being attributed to the recent communal violence in Haryana - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 7, 2023
Update (07 August 2023):
Video 6:
Another video is being shared on social media claiming it is the recent visuals of radicalised Muslim children and youth marching on a street holding weapons in Nuh, Haryana. Sharing the video, the post says that the Mewat violence exposed the truth of Gangan-Jamuni Tehzeeb.
But on a reverse image search of the screenshots of the video shared in the post, a video showing similar visuals was found recently posted by a few users on Facebook. They can be seen here and here. These users described it as the visuals of a Muharram procession in Dhuliyan municipality in Murshidabad, West Bengal.
On observing the video carefully, one could see a sculpture of a blue globe on the road where the youth were marching in a procession. When we searched for further sources using this information, we found that the blue globe sculpture is located near the CJ Patel Road area in Dhuliyan. A few other videos showing similar visuals of youth marching a rally holding swords during Muharram procession in Dhuliyan can be seen here, here, and here.
From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post shows a Muharram procession in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal and was not related to the recent violence in Haryana.
Update (04 August 2023):
Video 3:
A video is being shared on social media claiming it shows recent visuals of Muslims’ brutal attack on a person in Mewat.
But the video shows an old murder incident that took place in the Comilla district of Bangladesh. An accused in a murder case was brutally killed by rivals on 01 April 2017 in the Comilla district. When a few social media users shared the video mentioning it to be an incident from Jammu and Kashmir in July 2017,  Jansatta published an article clarifying that the incident took place in Bangladesh, not in the Jammu and Kashmir state in India.  The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing violence in Haryana.
Video 4:
Another video is being shared on social media claiming it shows visuals of a Hindu mob chasing a Muslim man and brutally thrashing him in Haryana. A few users shared the video describing that it depicts state-sponsored terrorism in India.
On reverse image search of the video shared in the post, a video showing similar visuals was found posted by the Badaltha Uttarakhand news site and other social media users recently on Facebook. They reported it as the visuals of a Hindu mob chasing a Muslim and thrashing him in front of Mahant Indresh Hospital in Uttarakhand. As per the information provided by Badaltha Uttarakhand, the incident had taken place on 29 July 2023. On comparing the visuals of Mahant Indresh Hospital in the Patel Nagar area in Dehradun with that of the visuals shown in the post, it can be confirmed that the incident had taken place in Uttarakhand, not in Haryana.
Video 5:
Another video of a weeping elderly man is being shared on social media claiming it shows visuals of a Hindu victim of Mewat violence who saved his life by hiding in a temple.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, similar visuals were found posted by a Reddit user in November 2020. This user published video with the description, “Pakistani Hindu Hari, curses and beats himself for being born as Hindu. His daughter was abducted and gang raped. She is in serious condition right now”. Several YouTube channels and a few sites published the video with the same information in 2020. The video shared in the post is old and not related to the recent communal violence in Haryana.
Update (03 August 2023):
Video 1:
A video is being shared on social media claiming it is the recent visuals showing Muslims vandalizing a bus in Mewat, renamed as Nuh, in Haryana.
On observing the video carefully, one could see ‘Sitilink’ imprinted on the vandalized bus. The Sitilink or Surat BRTS is an integrated bus rapid transit and public bus transport system operated in Surat, Gujarat. When we searched for further sources using relevant keywords, we found similar visuals of a vandalized bus in a video published by the Divyang News Channel in July 2019. The description of the video states, “Surat l Police fire tear gas shells as rally against mob lynching incidents turns violent.” Several news sites published articles reporting about this violence that took place in Surat in 2019. They can be seen here and here.
Video 2:
Another video is being shared on social media claiming it is the recent visuals of a Hindu mob inciting violence by pelting stones at the Muslim community in Gurugram, Haryana.
But the video shared in the post was circulating on social media at least since August 2022. News sites published the video reporting it to be visuals of BJP workers pelting stones during Bandi Sanjay’s padayatra in Telangana.  The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the recent communal clashes in Nuh and Gurugram cities in Haryana.
Published (02 August 2023):
A collage of images is being shared on social media claiming it shows the recent violence in Haryana. In the wake of recent communal clashes in Haryana’s Nuh, these images are widely shared on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent pictures showing the violence in Haryana.
Fact: All the images shared in the post are old, and are related to the anti-CAA protests and violence that occurred after the arrest of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in 2017 and during the two-day Bharath Bandh in 2013. The images have nothing to do with the recent communal clashes in Haryana. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found in an article published by the National Herald news site in August 2017. This news site reported it is the visuals of violence that were triggered after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in a rape case in Panchkula. Reporting the same, several other news sites too published articles sharing the same photo in 2017.
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On reverse image search of the photo, the same photo was found in an article published by Outlook in December 2019. The description of the photo states, “Policeman hits a civilian during a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, at Babu Purwa in Kanpur.” Several other news sites also published the same photo reporting that the photo was taken during the anti-CAA protests in 2019.
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On reverse image search, the same photo was found in an article published by the Times of India on 25 December 2019. The description of the photo states, “Police personnel clash with protestors during a rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Kanpur on Saturday.” Reporting it is the visuals from anti-CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh, several news sites published articles in 2019. They can be seen here and here.
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On reverse image search of the photo, the same photo was found in an article published by NDTV on 20 February 2013. NDTV in the article reported that during the two-day Bharath Bandh called by 11 major trade unions, factories and cars were vandalized in Greater Noida near Delhi. Reporting the same, several news sites published articles sharing the same photo in 2013. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the photos shared in the post are old and have nothing to do with the recent communal clashes in Haryana.
To sum it up, unrelated old photos were shared as pictures showing the recent communal violence in Haryana.

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Unrelated old photos shared as recent pictures of empty theatres screening Brahmastra movie - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 16, 2022
Update (16 September 2022):
Another post is being shared on social media, which contains a series of images in which theatres with very few occupied seats can be seen. The post claims that these are the pictures taken during the screening of Brahmastra and claims that Brahmastra is the only film in history to earn 200 crore rupees with empty theatres. Here is the reality of these images.
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On reverse image search of the photo, we found a few news articles with this image. A news article that appeared in the Times of India contains this image on which ‘@ BCCL 2022. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED’ is written. This article was last updated on 24 August 2020, much before the release of Brahmastra movie on 09 September 2022. A few media outlets have also used the same image in their news articles, which can be read here and here.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, we found the same photo on shutterstock.com. This is a stock image contributed by Ringo Chiu. The caption of this image reads ‘Moviegoers sitting in a socially distant seating arrangement at the AMC Theater on the first day of reopened theatres after being closed due to the COVID-19 in Burbank, Calif., on 01 March 2021.’
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We found this image on shutterstock.com through a reverse image search. According to its description, this image was captured when ‘Cinema Halls Reopened During Unlock 5 Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India – October 16 2020.’ ABP live also used this stock image in their articles (here and here).
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This image was used in a Hindustan Times article published on 8 March 2022; we found this by reverse image search of this photo. The image cutline mentions the photographer’s name ‘(Photo: Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times).
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On reverse image search of the photo, we found an article from October 2020 published by India today, which contains the same image. The cutline of this image reads ‘Picture this: A film screening, with pandemic precautions, for Covid warriors and their families at a PVR theatre in New Delhi’. The same images can be seen in a few other articles (here and here).
All five images were captured much before the release of the film Brahmastra, which was released on 09 September 2022. Hence we can conclude that unrelated old images were used in this post to claim that these pictures belong to the screenings of Brahmastra.
Published (12 September 2022):
Multiple photos are being shared on social media claiming those as pictures empty theatres screening Brahmastra. These posts can be seen here and here. Let’s verify the claims made in these posts.
Claim: Photos showing empty theatre at the screening of Brahmastra movie.
Fact: The first photo was taken in 2020, amid the Coronavirus pandemic, at the Carnival Cinemas in GIP Mall, Noida. The second photo was taken on 25 August 2009, by a photographer named Beatrice Murch, inside the Teatro Presidente Alvear in Buenous Aires, Argentina. Both the photos are old and have nothing to do with the recently released film Brahmastra. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found in an article published by the ‘Deccan Herald’ news website on 17 October 2020. The description of the photo states, “People watch a movie at Carnival Cinemas after it reopened for visitors, during Unlock 5, amid the coronavirus pandemic, at GIP Mall in Noida, Friday”. The Deccan Herald credited the photo to the Press Trust of India (PTI).
When we searched for further details, we found the same photo with a similar description on the PTI website. PTI published the photo with a description, “Noida: People watch a movie at Carnival Cinemas after it reopened for visitors, during Unlock 5, amid the coronavirus pandemic, at GIP mall, in Noida, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020.” Many news websites later published articles using this photo as reference. A few of them can be seen here and here.
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This post claims it is the picture of a single person watching Brahmastra in a theatre. On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, the same photo was found published on the ‘Cityseeker’ website by crediting the photo to ‘Wikimedia 2009 Beatrice Murch’. When we searched to find other sources of the photo using relevant keywords, we found the same photo in the Flickr account of Wikimania 2009. This Flickr page published the photo on 25 August 2009, with the text, “Richard in an empty theatre”. In the description, it is stated that the photo was taken by Beatrice Murch.
Describing the photo license details, the Wikimedia Commons website stated that the photo was taken by Beatrice Murch in 2009, at the Seating of the Teatro Presidente Alvear in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The inside of the Teatro Presidente Alvear matches with the photo shared in the post.
To sum it up, unrelated old photos are being shared as recent pictures of empty theatres screening Brahmastra.

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Unrelated old photos shared as recent visuals of Pakistani ambulances extending medical help to India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 5, 2021
A collage with a couple of images is being shared on social media with a claim that the Pakistan Government had recently delivered a fleet of ambulances and medical staff to India. This post claims that the Pakistan Government had supplied oxygen, nurses, and 50 ambulances to help India fight against the COVID-19 virus. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Images of ambulances provided by Pakistan Government extending medical support to India.
Fact: The first photo in the post shows a fleet of ambulances waiting on a road in Thane, Maharashtra. The second photo shows a representative image of  Pakistan’s Edhi Foundation ambulance services. This photo was published first in April 2017. These photos have nothing to do with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in India and Pakistan’s support.  Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in a Live Mint article published on 11 September 2020. This article reported it as the visual of a fleet of ambulances waiting on a road in Thane, Maharashtra. The same image is used as a representative image in several Indian news articles. They can be seen here and here.
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On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in an article published by ‘THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE’ news website on 10 April 2017. This article shared it as a representative image of the ‘Edhi Foundation’ ambulance services. ‘Edhi Foundation’ is a Pakistan-based social welfare organisation. The same photo was published in the ‘CPEC Bulletin’ article about the ‘Edhi Foundation’ free ambulance service.
Faisal Edhi, the head of ‘Edhi Foundation’ in Pakistan, has recently offered 50 ambulances and medical support to PM Narendra Modi to help India’s fight against the COVID-19 virus. As of now,  the Indian Government did not approve this offer from the ‘Edhi Foundation’.  News articles published on Faisal Edhi letter to PM Narendra Modi can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, unrelated old photos are shared as the recent visuals of Pakistan ambulances extending medical facilities to India


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Unrelated old rescue operation video shared as Spain police shooting down an ISIS terrorist - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 9, 2021
A rescue operation video is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of Spain police snipers shooting down an ISIS terrorist. This video show police snipers rescuing a woman hostage. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Spain police snipers rescuing a woman from an ISIS terrorist.
Fact: This video shows Venezuela police snipers shooting down a robbery accused in 1998. This incident took place in Cua city, Venezuela. 18-Year-old Hector Duarte tried to rob a bakery and when the cops were alerted, he took Mercedes Lopez as a hostage. In the process of rescuing the woman hostage, police snipers shot down Hector Duarte. This incident has nothing to do with the Spain police and ISIS. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a similar video was found in an article published by the ‘Military.com’ website. This article reported that the incident had taken place in 1998, at Cua city in Venezuela. An eighteen-year-old Hector Duarte was reportedly shot dead by Venezuela police after he shot two children in their legs and took a woman hostage. According to the article, Hector Duarte planned to rob a bakery and when the cops were alerted, he fired at Police. After a brief shoot-out, Duarte was shot in the left forearm and left leg.  Hector Duarte then ran up to the nearby apartment and took a woman as a hostage.  In the process of rescuing the woman, Venezuela police had shot down Hector Duarte.
The ‘Dolar Today’ news website had published the same video on their YouTube channel with a similar description. The description of the video stated that the hostage situation occurred in Cua city in Venezuela. The head of the BAE group, Ivan Simonovis had reportedly coordinated this operation that ended successfully. Ivan Simonovis described the details of this rescue operation in an interview with the ‘Wall Street Journal’ news website.
‘AP News’ had published an article reporting that this incident took place in Venezuela. In the article, it is reported that eighteen-year-old Hector Duarte Bahamonte was shot dead while holding a gun towards the 44-year-old pregnant woman, Nancy Lopez. According to this article, Duarte seized and then shot two other hostages, including a nine-year-old boy. To rescue Nancy Lopez, Venezuela police shot a bullet to Duarte’s head.
To sum it up, an unrelated old rescue operation video from Venezuela falsely shared as the visuals of Spain police snipers shooting down an ISIS terrorist.


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Unrelated old video clips and pictures falsely shared alleging the demise of SDM Jyoti Maurya’s husband - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 4, 2023
A post is being shared on social media claiming that Alok Maurya, the husband of SDM Jyoti Maurya, had recently passed away. The post shared different video clippings and a picture of a patient at a hospital and claims that Alok Maurya had committed suicide after Jyoti Maurya refused to withdraw the case filed against him. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: A social media post asserting the death of SDM Jyoti Maurya’s husband Alok Maurya.
Fact: The post shared unrelated old video clips of ambulances transporting human organs in Chennai and other cities. The patient photo shared in the video was taken at MAHAN Trust Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital in Maharashtra’s Melghat during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. No news reports recently reported about the demise of Alok Maurya, the husband of Jyoti Maurya. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
When we searched to check whether SDM Jyoti Maurya’s husband Alok Maurya had recently passed away, we could not find any news report confirming the demise of Alok Maurya. As per the latest reports, Alok Maurya has withdrawn the financial irregularities case filed against his wife Jyoti Maurya, an SDM in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, Alok Maurya, a class four government employee, accused his wife Jyoti Maurya of being involved in an illicit relationship with Manish Dubey, a home guard commandant posted in Ghaziabad, and alleged that Jyoti Maurya had acquired properties worth crores of rupees after becoming SDM.
In response to the accusations made by her husband, Jyoti Maurya filed a dowry harassment case against Alok and his family at the Dhoomanganj police station. After Alok Maurya withdrew the financial irregularities case against his wife, several news sites reported that Jyoti Maurya is also considering withdrawing the cases filed against her husband, Alok Maurya. However, no news reports confirmed Alok Maurya’s death due to distress caused by Jyoti Maurya’s refusal to withdraw the case against him.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video shared in the post, similar visuals were found in a video published by the MGM Healthcare Hospital in November 2019. The video shows the human organ transplantation at the MGM Healthcare Hospital in Chennai.
The photo of a patient getting treatment at a hospital was published by the MAHAN Trust organization in June 2020. The picture was taken during the COVID-19 pandemic at the MAHAN Trust Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital in Melghat, Maharashtra.
Earlier, when a few social media posts spread similar rumours about the demise of Jyoti Maurya, several news sites published articles confirming that Jyoti Maurya was alive, emphasizing these social media posts as fake.
To sum it up, unrelated old video clips and pictures are being shared alleging the demise of SDM Jyoti Maurya’s husband Alok Maurya.

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Unrelated old video falsely shared as people demanding recounting of votes in Bihar - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 17, 2020
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows people demanding recounting of votes in Bihar and protesting against CM Nitish Kumar, PM Modi, and the Election Commission of India (ECI). Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows people demanding the recounting of votes in Bihar and protesting against CM Nitish, PM Modi, and the ECI.
Fact: The video is on the internet at least since October 2020 and was shared previously in the context of violence in Munger. As the video was taken before the declaration of Bihar Assembly Election results on 10 November 2020, it is not related to any protest against the election results. 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 on the internet at least since 29 October 2020. Multiple users have posted the video in the context of violence in Munger. News reports regarding the Munger incident can be read here and here. Also, many users have posted similar videos on the internet in relation to Munger incident.
We could not find the exact location of the video. But, as the video was taken before the declaration of Bihar Assembly Election results on 10 November 2020, it can be concluded that the posted video is not related to any protest against the election results. Some news channels have reported that RJD party workers have protested in Arrah against the results. Those videos can be watched here and here.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video is falsely shared as people demanding the recounting of votes in Bihar.

created: November 17, 2020


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Unrelated old video falsely shared as recent visuals of Hindus burnt alive by Muslims in West Bengal - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 25, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as recent visuals of Hindus burnt alive by Muslims in the Birbhum district in West Bengal. This post claims that recently, after the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh, a Muslim mob attacked Hindu houses in Birbhum and burnt 12 Hindus locking alive them in their houses. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Hindus who were burnt alive by Muslims in West Bengal.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows the visuals of an old bus accident that took place in Odisha, in 2020. The West Bengal Police through a tweet clarified that no Hindu women or children were killed during the recent violence in Birbhum, West Bengal. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the recent violence in Birbhum. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, we could not find any reliable source of the video. However, if we look at the video carefully, one could see that the burnt dead bodies were placed next to a bus. When searched for this video using relevant keywords, a similar bus photo was found in a tweet made by ‘Sambad English’ news channel on 09 February 2020. This news website reported that at least 11 passengers were killed and 30 passengers were injured in a bus accident that took place in the Ganjam district in Odisha. Reporting the same, ‘The New India Express’ journalist Hemant Kumar Raut had also tweeted a similar video on 09 February 2020.
Reporting complete details of this bus accident, several news websites published articles in February 2020. They can be seen here and here.
Also, the West Bengal Police through a tweet clarified that no Hindu women or children were killed during the recent violent attacks in Baguti village in Birbhum. The West Bengal Police said that they have initiated appropriate legal action against persons who were trying to communalise the tragic incident in Birbhum through misleading posts. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and not related to the recent violent attacks in Birbhum.
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To sum it up, an unrelated old video is being shared as recent visuals of Hindus burnt alive by Muslims in West Bengal.


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Unrelated old video falsely shared as the funeral procession of Kerala’s pregnant elephant. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 12, 2020
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows the funeral procession of the pregnant elephant. It is being shared in the context of the recent death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala on 27 May 2020. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
The funeral procession of the pregnant elephant which died recently in Kerala.
Fact: The animal in the video is not an elephant. It is a bull. Also, the incident in the video took place at a village in Karnataka, not in Kerala. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On observing the video, it can be seen that the animal in the video is not an elephant. But, let’s try to find more information regarding the video. On the video, the name of TikTok profile – ‘@karabthugumandyahuduga’ can be seen. So, when searched for that profile on TikTok, the same video was found to be uploaded by a user (‘simply_mysore_hudga’) with the description – ‘arvatigekoplu basavapa’ on 6 June 2020.
Here, ‘Basavapa’ means a bull (‘Basavappa/Basavanna’ – a term referring to Nandi/Sacred bull in some areas of South India). So, when searched for the other keyword – ‘aravtigekoplu’, no search results were found. Previously, the term ‘Basavapa’ showed up the results from Karnataka. So, when searched for any village with the name ‘aravtigekoplu’ in Karnataka, it was found that there is a village with the name – ‘Aravattige Koppalu’ in Karnataka. In the video, there is a temple in the background. The same temple (‘Madeshwara Swamy Devalaya’) can be found in the Aravattige Koppalu village. So, the video is related to Karnataka, not Kerala.
Also, many other videos related to the same funeral procession can be found to be uploaded on TikTok as early as 13 May 2020. Those videos can be seen here, here, here, and here. But Kerala’s pregnant elephant died on 27 May. So, the video is not related to that elephant. Also, in the other videos, it can be clearly seen that the animal is a bull.
To sum it up, the video of the funeral procession of a bull in Karnataka is falsely shared as ‘Funeral procession of the pregnant elephant recently killed in Kerala’.
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Unrelated old video falsely shared as visuals of Muslims stabbing Hindu devotee Jatan Saha in Bangladesh - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 25, 2021
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of Muslims stabbing Hindu devotee Jatin Shah to death at a Durga pandal in Bangladesh. According to the recent Isckon press release on the Bangladesh attacks, two devotees named Pranta Chandra Das and Jatan Chandra Saha were announced dead in the attack on the Isckon temple in Choumoni. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Muslims stabbing Hindu devotee Jatan Saha to death in Bangladesh.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows an old land dispute related murder in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This incident took place on 16 May 2021 at the Pallabi area in Dhaka. Shahinuddin, a businessman in Dhaka’s Pallabi area was brutally murdered by the former member of Bangladesh Parliament MA Awal Haveli and his associates over a land dispute of 10 acres. This video has nothing to do with the recent violent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, similar visuals were found in a video published by the ‘News 24 YouTube’ channel on 20 May 2021. This video reported it as the visuals of a man brutally hacked to death at the Pallabi area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shahinuddin, a businessman in Dhaka’s Pallabi area was reportedly stabbed to death over a land dispute of 10 acres. According to the details provided in the description,  the chairman of the Islamic Democratic Party and the former member of Bangladesh Parliament MA Awal Haveli was trying to forcefully occupy 10 acres of the land belonging to the Shahinuddin family. Following  Shahinuddin’s resistance to selling his land for a lesser price, on 16 May 2021, MA Awal and his associates killed Shahinuddin in front of his 6-year-old son Mashrafe.
Reporting the same, a few other Bangladesh news channels published videos and articles. They can be seen here, here, and here. Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team arrested the prime accused MA Awal Haveli and others involved in this murder in May 2021.
When this old land dispute murder video is being falsely circulated as the recent visuals of Muslims stabbing Hindu devotee Jatan Saha in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Police issued a press release mentioning the details of this video. Bangladesh Police clarified that the video circulating on social media is related to the Shahinuddin murder case in Pallabi.
To sum it up, a video of an old land dispute murder in Dhaka is falsely linked to the recent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh.

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Unrelated old video from Bihar shared as visuals of policeman inciting communal violence in Tripura - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 1, 2021
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of Tripura police personnel chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogans and leading the rioters to burn Muslim houses in Tripura. In the wake of the recent communal unrest in Tripura, this video is being shared on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a policeman chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans and leading the rioters to burn Muslim houses in Tripura.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an old one. This video was shot in March 2018 during the Ram Navami celebrations at Samastipur city in Bihar. This video has nothing to do with the recent Tripura communal violence. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, videos with similar visuals were found posted on social media at least since 2018. They can be seen here and here. A video with similar visuals was found in a tweet made by the ‘Patna Live’ news channel on 30 March 2018. The ‘Patna Live’ news channel reported it as the visuals of Bihar’s Samastipur district police chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans during the Ram Navami festival celebrations in 2018.
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‘The Patna’ Live news channel had published an article related to this viral video circulating on social media. According to the details reported in the article, the ASI in charge of the Ram Navami festival security had joined the religion procession and chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans during a rally in Samastipur. Following the incident, on 26 March 2018, a communal clash reportedly took at Rosda Bazar in Samastipur. Over 60 people including policemen were injured in this incident. When this video of ASI chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans went viral after the communal clash, several social media users and people have reportedly questioned the Police officer’s acts of violating his duty and raising slogans in a religious procession.
In March 2018, several news websites reported the communal violence that took place during the Ram Navami celebrations in Samastipur. They can be seen here and here. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the incidents in Tripura.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Bihar is being shared as the visuals of Tripura policeman inciting communal violence in Tripura.

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Unrelated old video from Brazil shared as the recent visuals of Hamas militants forcing Israeli citizens to offer Islamic prayers - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 17, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it is the recent visuals of Hamas militants forcing Israeli hostages to prostrate and offer prayers to Allah. The video shows a group of people lying on their kneels on a street and offering prayers with the Israeli flag. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Hamas militants forcing Israeli hostages to pray to Allah.
Fact: The post shared a 2020 video of people in Brazil praying on the streets to protect them against COVID-19. The video shared in the post is old and had nothing to do with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video showing similar visuals was found published by a YouTube channel in April 2020. This YouTube channel published the video with the description, “Brazil praying in a street for God mercy”. Many other YouTube users have also published this video in 2020 with similar descriptions. They can be seen here and here.
At the bottom of one of the videos, one could see the watermark “Joshua Lutz| REPPENFORCHRIST.com.” When we searched for further details of the video, we found the video on the Facebook page of ‘Reppenforcrist’. This Facebook page published the video on 22 April 2020, with the title, “Streets of Brazil“. Further, the post says, “People are coming together all over the world & turning to Jesus through this virus!“
When we searched for further sources using relevant keywords, a photo showing similar visuals was found published by many Christian organizations in  April 2020. These organizations mentioned that the photo was taken in Brazil while citizens offered prayers to Jesus on the streets to protect them against the COVID-19 pandemic.
A few other videos and articles regarding the mass prayers performed on the streets in Brazil, in April 2020, can be seen here, here, and here. In one of the videos, one could see people offering prayers on a street with the Israel flag similar to what is shown in the video in the viral post. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and not related to the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Brazil is shared as the recent visuals of Hamas militants forcing Israeli citizens to offer Islamic prayers.

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Unrelated old video from China shared as the visuals of a Muslim man brutally assaulting a woman in Spain - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 26, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming that it shows recent visuals of a Muslim immigrant brutally assaulting a female Kafir in Spain. The video shows a man brutally punching and kicking a woman on a street, and later dragging her out of the surveillance cameras. The post claims that the Muslim man had assaulted her and later, raped the victim.  Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Muslim immigrant brutally assaulting a woman in Spain.
Fact: The video shows an old incident that took place on a street in the Ganjingzi district in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. In June 2019, a man was caught on surveillance cameras sexually assaulting a woman in Dalian. The accused assaulted the victim in an inebriated state after having an argument with his girlfriend. The news media reports mentioned the accused’s surname as Wang, and it is nowhere reported that he was a Muslim. The video shared in the post is old, has no communal angle and has nothing to do with Spain. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a screengrab of the video was found in an article published by the People’s Daily Online news website on 26 June 2019. The news site reported it is the visuals of a man brutally assaulting a woman in Dalian, a city located in the northeastern Liaoning Province of China.
When we searched for further sources, we found the complete details in an article published by the South China Morning Post in June 2019. According to the report, on 22 June 2019, a 31-year-old man, whose surname was Wang, was captured on surveillance cameras engaging in a severe assault on a woman on a street located in the Ganjingzi district of Dalian. Dalian police apprehended the perpetrator on 25 June 2019, three days after the incident occurred.
According to the Dalian police, Wang sexually assaulted the victim under the influence of alcohol following an argument with his girlfriend. The victim reportedly called the police after the attack and got treatment in a hospital. Reporting the complete details of the incident, several other news agencies have also reported this incident. They can be seen here, here, and here. Not even a single news report mentioned that the accused was a Muslim. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and from China, not from Spain.
To sum it up, a 2019 video from China is shared as the visuals of a Muslim man brutally assaulting a woman in Spain.


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Unrelated old video from Madhya Pradesh shared as visuals of Indian Army Jawans thrashing people spying for Pakistan in Ajmer - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 23, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of Indian Army jawans thrashing people spying for Pakistan, in Ajmer. This post claims that the accused are Pakistan spies with names Mohammad Yunus, Ahmed Maulana, and Saddam. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Indian Army Jawans thrashing people spying for Pakistan in Ajmer.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows old visuals of Madhya Pradesh police personnel thrashing a few Muslims for violating the COVID-19 lockdown norms. This incident took place in April 2020 at a Mosque located on Unkala road in Ratlam, MP. This video has nothing to do with the recent incident of a Pakistan spy arrested in Ajmer. 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 tweeted by ‘NDTV’ journalist Anurag Dwary on 17 April 2020. Anurag Dwary reported it as visuals of police personnel thrashing Muslims for violating the COVID-19 lockdown norms in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.
रतलाम में #lockdown #Lockdown21 का उल्लंघन कर सामूहिक रूप से नमाज पढ़ने पर पुलिस की कार्रवाई #Covid_19 #coronavirus #StayHome #lockdown @ndtvindia @shailendranrb @ajaiksaran @dharamtiwari @PoliceWaliPblic @sunilcredible pic.twitter.com/MdWvzk8LBR
Reporting the complete details of the incident, ‘NDTV’ published an article on 18 April 2020. This article reported that the incident had taken place at a Mosque located in front of the Sudhama complex on Unkala road in Ratlam. According to the article, on 17 April 2020, many Muslims gathered at a Mosque on Unkala road and offered mass prayers violating the COVID-19 lockdown norms. On receiving this information, a team of police and administrative officers reached the spot and beat a few Muslims caught coming out from the Mosque. Ratlam police personnel had arrested these Muslims and registered a case against them.
Reporting the same, a few other news channels also published this video on their YouTube channels. Recently, there are news reports that a man named Mohammed Yunus was arrested in Ajmer on allegations of spying for Pakistan. But the video shared in the post has nothing to do with the incident.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Madhya Pradesh is shared as visuals of Indian Army jawans thrashing the men spying for Pakistan in Ajmer.

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Unrelated old video from Mexico shared as recent footage of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer ablaze in the United Kingdom - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 3, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it shows a metropolitan police officer being set on fire by the pro-Hamas demonstrators in London, United Kingdom. The post claims that the violent Muslim mob made “Kill All Jews” and “We want Sharia law in England” slogans during this protest in support of Palestine. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: A recent video of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer on fire in the United Kingdom.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows an old incident of a protestor setting fire to a Mexican police officer during the protests over the death of a man in custody. The incident took place in June 2020 in Guadalajara city in the Jalisco state of Mexico. The video shared in the post is old and unrelated to the United Kingdom or the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a flipped version of the video was found published by The Vanguard news site on 05 June 2020. The news site published the video with the description, “A police officer is set on fire in Mexico during a protest over the death of Giovanni López.”
Reporting the complete details of the video, several news sites published articles and videos in 2020. They can be seen here, here, and here. As per the reports, a police officer was set on fire by a protestor demonstrating the death of Giovanni Lopez in police custody.  The incident reportedly took place on 04 June 2020 in Guadalajara city in the Jalisco state of Mexico.
The news reports and the footage of the pro-Palestine demonstrations recently held in London can be seen here and here. But the video shared in the post is old and from Mexico. The video has nothing to do with the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Mexico is shared as the visuals of pro-Hamas demonstrators setting a police officer ablaze in the United Kingdom.

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Unrelated old video from Myanmar shared as visuals of militants shooting at a woman in Manipur - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 19, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the recent visuals of militants brutally assaulting & shooting a woman in Manipur. Sharing the video, the post claims that both the Narendra Modi government and the media in the country are turning a blind eye to the violence in Manipur. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent video of militants brutally shooting at a woman in Manipur.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows an old incident that took place in Tamu town in Myanmar. In June 2022, a battalion of People Defence Forces (PDF) militant group in Tamu brutally assaulted a young woman and shot her to death under suspicion of her being a military informant. The video has nothing to do with the recent violence in Manipur. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, an extended version of the video showing similar visuals was found published by a website in December 2022. This site published the video stating it is the visuals of a brutal assault on a woman in Myanmar. When we searched for the details of the video using relevant keywords, a screengrab of the video was found in an article published by the ‘DVB’ news site on 08 December 2022. This site reported it is a screengrab of a video showing the brutal murder of a young woman in Tamu town in Myanmar.
Reporting the complete details of the incident, several news agencies published articles and videos in December 2022. They can be seen here, here, and here. As per the reports, In June 2022, a 24-year-old woman was brutally assaulted, forced to confess to being a military informant, and later shot dead by the 4 Batallion of the People Defence Forces (PDF) in Tamu.
When the video went viral on social media in December 2022, the National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar assured that they would take action against the militants who killed the young woman in Tamu. Later, NUG announced that they had detained 2 male and 1 female soldier involved in the killing of the young woman. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing violence in Manipur.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Myanmar is falsely shared as the visuals of militants assaulting a young woman in Manipur.


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Unrelated old video from Pakistan shared as visuals of BJP MP Devji Patel's intimate dance with a woman - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 26, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as leaked visuals of Rajasthan BJP MP Devji Patel dancing intimately with a woman. BJP leader Devji Patel is a Member of Lok Sabha from Jalore constituency in Rajasthan. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Leaked video of BJP MP Devji Patel dancing intimately with a woman.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows an old video of Doctor Zafar Iqbal, a famous eye specialist in Pakistan, dancing with a woman after partying in his hospital room. This video was leaked in February 2020 and was later circulated attributing to political leaders from different parties in India. The Jalore Police through a tweet confirmed that the man seen in the video is not Devji Patel and clarified it to be a two-year-old video. On 25 June 2022, Jalore police arrested one of the accused who shared this old video attributing to Jalore MP Devji Patel. 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 posted by a Pakistan media website on 13 February 2020. This news website reported it as visuals of Doctor Zafar Iqbal, a famous eye specialist of South Punjab in Pakistan, dancing with a woman after partying in his hospital room. Several other Pakistan news channels and social media users published the same video with a similar description.
On 02 February 2020, the ‘Daily Pakistan’ news website published an article reporting Doctor Zafar Iqbal’s scandal videos being leaked on social media. Later, the same video was shared attributing it to leaders of different political parties in India.
When searched for further sources related to the claim made in the post, we found a tweet published by the Jalore Police regarding this viral video being attributed to Jalore BJP MP Devji Patel. Jalore Police shared a screenshot of a press release in which it was stated that the viral video attributed to Devji Patel was two years old. Jalore Police in the press release confirmed that the man seen dancing with a woman in the video is not Devji Patel and informed public that one of the prime accused who shared this old video attributing to Devji Patel was arrested.
पुलिस थाना चितलवाना द्वारा सांसद के विरूद्व #आपत्तिजनक_टिप्पणी सोशल मीडिया पर #वायरल करने वाले 2 आरोपियों को किया #गिरफ्तार…@PoliceRajasthan @DIPRRajasthan @Igp_Jodhpur @DmJalore @hva_ips pic.twitter.com/zTf9ZqDrsf
Another press release issued by the Jalore Police regarding this viral video attributed to Devji Patel can be seen here. Several news websites published articles and videos reporting the clarification issued by the Jalore Police. They can be seen here, here and here.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Pakistan is shared as video of BJP MP Devji Patel dancing intimately with a woman.


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Unrelated old video from Syria shared as the recent visuals of a Hezbollah militant being killed by the Israeli army - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 26, 2023
A video is being shared as the visuals of a rejoicing Hezbollah militant moments before he was killed by the Israeli army. Multiple Facebook users shared it as a recent video showing the last smile of a Hezbollah terrorist. In the wake of Lebanon’s Hezbollah exchanging fire with Israeli forces in the midst of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, this video is going viral on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent video showing the last moments of a Hezbollah militant who was killed by the Israeli army.
Fact: The video shared in the post is circulating on the internet at least since 2014. The video shows a Shiite militant who was killed in a rocket attack while threatening the resistors in northern Syria. The video has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, we found that the video has been circulating on social media at least since 2014. A few old posts that shared the same video on YouTube and Facebook can be seen here, here, here, and here.
Lately, when an ‘X’ user shared this video claiming it is the visuals of Israeli forces hunting down rival army soldiers, a journalist from Ukraine responded to the tweet and said that the video is old and is from Syria. The journalist quoted- “These are Iraqi (Iranian backed) militias that fought on behalf of Assad getting shelled by the Free Syrian Army.”
This is Syria
These are Iraqi (Iranian backed) militias that fought on behalf of Assad getting shelled by the Free Syrian Army
Why do people keep lying about old footage from Syria? There is plenty of tragic war footage from the war in Gaza already. Don't steal Syria's history. https://t.co/GvysvsYaNu
When we searched for further sources of the video, a screen grab of the video was found in an article published by a news site on 10 December 2014. The news site reported that the video shows the tragic end of Shiite militants who came under rocket fire while issuing threats to the insurgents engaged in combat against Assad’s forces in Syria. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and not related to the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Syria was shared as the last moments of a Hezbollah militant before being killed by the Israeli army.

created: October 26, 2023


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Old, Unrelated Videos Shared as Recent Visuals of Hamas Militants' Actions Against Israeli Citizens - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 11, 2023
Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, which started on 07 October  2023, several videos are being widely shared as visuals of people and soldiers allegedly being tortured and killed by Hamas militants. Let’s examine the claims made in each case.
Video 1:
A video is being shared on social media claiming it shows visuals of Hamas militants beheading an innocent Israeli boy. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent video of Hamas militants beheading an Israeli boy.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows a 2016 video of Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki militants brutally beheading a Palestinian child in Handarat, north of Aleppo, Syria. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On the reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, screengrabs of the video were found in an article published by ‘Ohtuleht’ news site in July 2016.  The news site reported it is the visuals of militants of Nour al-Din al-Zenki, a moderate Syrian rebel group, beheading a Palestine boy in Handarat, north of Aleppo, Syria.
Several news organizations published articles reporting about the beheading of a Palestinian boy in Syria’s Aleppo. They can be seen here, here, and here. As per the reports, fighters from the Syrian insurgent group Nour al-Din al-Zinki decapitated a 12-year-old Palestinian boy claiming that the boy was a fighter belonging to the pro-government Liwa al-Quds militia.
However, the Syrian government condemned the allegations made by the Nour al-Din al-Zinki militant group and confirmed that the was a Palestinian boy from the Palestinian refugee camp of Handarat on the edge of Aleppo. The video was taken during the 2016 Syrian war.  From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Syria is shared as the visuals of Hamas militants beheading an Israeli boy.
Video 2:
Another disturbing video, which vaguely depicts an individual killing another person, is being widely circulated on social media with the claim that it showcases Hamas terrorists consuming the heart of a living Israeli citizen. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Upon conducting an internet search using relevant keywords, we were led to various newspaper reports (here, here and here) from 2020 that featured the same visuals. According to these reports, the video actually depicts an alleged member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel extracting and eating the heart of a drug trafficker from the Tepalcatepec cartel. This incident reportedly took place in a rural area of the state of Michoacan, Mexico.
Therefore, the viral video is not related to the conflict between Israel and Palestine that occurred in October 2023.

created: October 11, 2023


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Unrelated old video from Syria shared as visuals of a Mosque calling for Jihad amidst violence in Tripura - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 10, 2021
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as recent visuals of a Mosque in Tripura calling people for jihad (holy war) to combat the violence against the Muslims. In the wake of the recent communal violence in Tripura, this video is being shared widely on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Mosque calling for Jihad to combat the violence against Muslims in Tripura.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows old visuals of Mosques in Idlib declaring Jihad against the Turkish army in February 2020. The video shared in the post is old and not related to the recent communal violence in Tripura. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a similar video was found posted by a YouTube user on 07 February 2020. This YouTube channel reported it as the visuals of a Mosque in Idlib calling for Jihad (holy war). When we searched for reliable sources using these keywords, a similar video was found in an article published by the Turkish news website ‘Yeniakit’ website on 07 February 2020. This article was published with the title, “Call to Syrians from mosques: Let’s go to jihad, young people, to jihad”.
A journalist named Hasan Sivri had tweeted the same video on 07 February 2020. Sharing the video, Hasan Sivri reported that Mosques under the control of opposition in Idlib have called on people for Jihad to fight against the Turkish army convoy marching towards the depths of Idlib. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and not related to the recent communal violence in Tripura.
Bu arada İdlip’te muhaliflerin kontrolündeki camilerden “Haydi cihada, gençler nerede, haydi cihada” çağrısı yapıldı pic.twitter.com/1vIPFXNUgp
To sum it up, an unrelated old video from Syria is shared as visuals of a Mosque calling for Jihad to fight violence against the Muslims in Tripura.

created: November 10, 2021