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Official statistics contradict PM Modi's claim of more electricity being supplied on Eid than Diwali - Alt News
Pratik Sinha
20th February 2017 / 11:01 pm
In an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur yesterday, Narendra Modi suggested that UP Government supplies more electricity during Eid than Diwali. He said, “Ramzan me bijli athi hai tho Diwali me bhi ani chahiye; Bhedbhav nhi hona chahiye (If there is electricity during Ramadan then it must be available during Diwali too; there shouldn’t be any discrimination)”. The PM also said “Gaon me kabristan banta hai to shamshaan bhi banna chahiye (If there is a ‘kabaristaan’ (graveyard), there should be a ‘shamshaan’ (cremation ground) too.”
However, the official stats that have been put forward by some senior journalists such as Rajdeep Sardesai from India Today, Pankaj Jha from ABP News and by the Chairman of All India Power Engineers Federation Shailendra Dubey contradict PM Modi’s claim. These tweets claim that according to official statistics, the power supply on Eid (6 July 2016) was 13,500 MW while the power supply on Diwali (28 Oct to Nov 1, 2016) was 15,400 MW per day with a 24 hours supply on all 5 days. These statistics clearly show that not only was the power supply not deficient on the days of Diwali, but in fact was more than Eid.
Also, even though Uttar Pradesh remains a power deficient state, according to official statistics of UP Power Corporation quoted in a report by Business Standard, the power generation in UP under Akhilesh Government has grown by over 100% from 8500 Mw in 2011-12 to 17,500 Mw in 2016-17 and the power cuts have reduced from 14-16 hours to 6 hours.
Meanwhile, more people have responded to PM Modi’s communal statement and we have combined a couple of video responses in the following video.
Two video responses to Narendra Modi's communal statement in BJP's rally yesterday. Do watch.
Posted by Pratik Sinha on Sunday, February 19, 2017
It is unfortunate that Narendra Modi resorted to a strategy of communal polarisation while being the Prime Minister of India and having come to power with the slogan “Sabka saath, sabka vikaas”.
Co-Founder Alt News, I can be reached via E-mail at [email protected] and on Facebook at https://fb.com/freethinker.
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Fact-check: Did Mayawati announce BSP-BJP alliance ahead of 2022 UP polls? - Alt News
Kinjal
25th January 2022 / 1:23 pm
A newspaper clipping featuring a statement by BSP chief Mayawati is viral on social media. The headline reads, “Rebel MLAs suspended, Maya says SP must be defeated, even if it means voting for BJP.” The report is regarding the suspension of seven rebel MLAs who opposed the nomination of Bahujan Samajwadi Party candidate Ramji Gautam during the 2020 Rajya Sabha elections. It is being shared in connection with the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
The image was also tweeted by the National General Secretary of Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, Arun Rajbhar. He wrote that the BJP and BSP are one and the same. It is worth noting that the Samajwadi Party and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party had earlier formed an alliance. Currently, it is supporting SP and Akhilesh Yadav.
A similar claim featured in a second newspaper clipping is circulating widely on Facebook.
Meanwhile, a screenshot of a Zee News Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand broadcast promoting the claim is also widespread on social media. In the screengrab, Mayawati is quoted as saying “We will support BJP if we need to”. “BSP’s rebel MLAs” is also mentioned at the bottom of the screen.
We conducted a keyword search with the words used in the statement attributed to Mayawati. This led us to a few reports from October 2020. On October 29, 2020, Live Hindustan reported that Mayawati had ousted seven rebel MLAs from her party ahead of the UP assembly polls. They were removed for opposing the legislative assembly candidate fielded by the party. The article states, “In a press conference, BSP chief Mayawati said that the BSP was trying its level best to defeat SP. Even if it meant voting for candidates from any of the other parties including the BJP.”
ABP Live also covered the alleged statement by Mayawati.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaDXx79Ug98]
The statement drew a lot of flak. Mayawati released another statement to clarify what she had meant. Dainik Bhaskar reported that speaking at a press conference, BSP chief Mayawati insisted she would not be retiring from politics. She alleged that SP-Congress were spreading rumours about a BJP-BSP alliance so that the BSP would lose the Muslim vote. It reads further, “The BSP will not form an alliance with the BJP under any circumstance.” Mayawati added that the two parties’ ideologies were not aligned.
There have been no reports of any BSP-BJP alliance for 2022 assembly polls as of this writing. To sum it up, an old statement of Mayawati’s was falsely circulated as recent in connection with the upcoming UP assembly elections.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old ABP News broadcast misreporting Zakir Naik's extradition viral on social media - Alt News
Kalim Ahmed
19th July 2021 / 3:58 pm
A 2:20 minutes long video clip, which is a part of an ABP News broadcast, is viral on social media. According to the clip, the Malaysian government has approved the extradition of Islamic Televengilist Zakir Naik and he will likely land in Mumbai ‘tonight’ and will be presented in front of the court.
आया, जाकिर नाइक आया।
लिब्रांडुओ और सेकुलर गिरोह में उसके मित्रों को बज गई। pic.twitter.com/SN0ldT8RZJ
— P.N.Rai (@PNRai1) July 16, 2021
Several Twitter users have amplified the claim – @KiranSi27813888, @KamalSinghnamo.
A Hindi caption has also been edited and superimposed on the viral video. The caption reads, “Big success for the Modi government. Zakir Naik, who is famous for his provocative speeches and has been named in several cases for promoting terrorism, will be deported back to India by the Malaysian government today.”
[CompleteHindi text: मोदी सरकार की बड़ी सफलता अपने भड़काऊ भाषणों से आतंकवाद को बढ़ावा देने के आरोप में नामजद ज़ाकिर नाइक को आज भारत वापस भेजेगी मलेशिया सरकार]
Some users have also tweeted a similar claim but without the video. The claim reads that the Malaysian government has handed over Zakir Naik to the Indian authorities and he will be brought back to India very soon.
The claim is massively viral on both Twitter and Facebook.
आया, जाकिर नाइक आया।
लिब्रांडुओ और सेकुलर गिरोह में उसके मित्रों को बज गई।
Posted by Suresh Lal on Thursday, 15 July 2021
जाकिर नाइक भारत की पकड़ में
Posted by Lion R S Parasar on Saturday, 17 July 2021
The first thing we observed in the viral video is the old ABP News logo. ABP News had unveiled a new logo for all its news channels in December 2020. Below we have added photos showing the difference between the two logos. This means that the news cannot be recent.
The bottom right corner of the video carries a logo of the Facebook page ‘Phir Ek Bar Modi Sarkar’. The page had made the viral post on July 4, 2018. It has 3.7 million views.
ज़ाकिर नाइक की हुई भारत वापसी
कांग्रेस राज में फलने-फूलने वाला ज़ाकिर नाइक
मोदी राज में आया कानून के शिकंजे में
Posted by Phir Ek Baar Modi Sarkar on Wednesday, 4 July 2018
We did a keyword search on Twitter and found that APB News had aired the report on July 4, 2018 based on “sources”.
Breaking News- Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to be extradited to India by the Malaysian government, likely to land in Mumbai tonight: Sources. pic.twitter.com/dK9QMiteFS
— ABP News (@ABPNews) July 4, 2018
We also found the full news broadcast by APB News uploaded on Facebook on July 4, 2018.
Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to be extradited to India by the Malaysian government
Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to be extradited to India by the Malaysian government
Posted by ABP Live on Wednesday, 4 July 2018
The report was carried against the backdrop of the Indian foreign ministry sending an extradition request for Naik to Malaysia.
On July 7, 2018, two days after breaking the ‘news’, ABP News reported that the Malaysian PM has said that Naik won’t be deported.
On July 7, 2018, Naik uploaded a video on Facebook criticising various Indian news channels, including ABP News, for spreading misinformation regarding his extradition. “I would like to thank Times Now channel, Republic TV, NDTV, ABP News and various other news channels and newspapers for publishing false news against me, two days before on 4 July,” he said.
Dr Zakir Naik thanks Indian Media for the Fake News of 4th July 2018
Dr Zakir Naik thanks Indian media for the Fake news of 4th July 2018 which proves that even the earlier news about him were Fake.
Posted by Dr Zakir Naik on Friday, 6 July 2018
We noticed that around 0:44 minutes into the viral video, an ABP news correspondent claimed that based on the appeal made by the Indian authorities, Interpol had issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) for the arrest of Zakir Naik. We checked the claim and found out that as of April 2021, Interpol has not issued any RCN for Zakir Naik. Since 2017, at least thrice, India has requested for an RCN on Zakir Naik, and Interpol has rejected each subsequent request.
Hence, an old APB News broadcast that erroneously claimed banned Islamic televangelist Zakir Naik was arrested by Malaysian authorities and will be extradited to India has been revived on social media.
Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc
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Photo from Pak, unrelated images shared as cow slaughtered on Indian flag in Kashmir - Alt News
Kinjal
6th April 2022 / 8:21 pm
A series of four images is viral on social media with the claim that a cow was slaughtered on top of an Indian tricolour in Kashmir. One of the photos shows the flag in flames with a dead animal lying next to it. The remaining three show a group of wounded police officers.
The images and accompanying claims were also circulated on Facebook and Instagram. The same photos were shared on Twitter back in 2019 with the identical message.
Alt News has received a few requests to verify the photos on our mobile app and WhatsApp helpline number.
In this article, we will provide the context behind each of the images separately.
First image
We performed a reverse image search, which led us to an article dated July 13, 2011, carrying the first photo. The website, named the People’s Daily Online, states that the image was taken during clashes between Congress workers and police personnel in Agartala, Tripura. It also states that one person died as a result of the violence.
Second image
Using a reverse image search, Alt News found a high-quality version of the second photo in a 2015 tweet. The tweet states that the photo was taken in Pakistan. The Pakistani flag and a billboard with ‘DIGGER’ written on it are also visible in the background.
Upon further research, we came to know found that DIGGER is a Pakistani footwear brand. We also found the image posted on AFP dated March 23, 2015. It is stated on AFP’s website that activists burned an Indian flag during a demonstration in Quetta, Pakistan.
Third image
Alt News performed a reverse image search, which led us to a Deccan Chronicle report dated June 17, 2014, carrying this photo. The man in the image has been identified as then-DIG Vijay Singh Meena. The accompanying article states that a demonstration was held in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh following the murder of two constables during which several police officers sustained injuries.
Fourth image
A Jammu-Kashmir police badge can be seen on the uniform of the police officer in this image.
On June 6, 2015, Deccan Chronicle reported that clashes broke out between Sikh protestors and police personnel in Jammu and Kashmir after police removed posters of a function in the Sikh majority Rani Bagh area.
Furthermore, there have been no reports of the Indian flag being burned in Kashmir recently.
The same set of images have been circulating online since 2019 despite being fact-checked by a number of outlets including Aaj Tak.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old Bombay HC judgement viral as recent verdict on Hijab ban - Alt News
Aritraa Dey
25th March 2022 / 6:50 pm / Last updated: 25th March 2022
Post the Karnataka Hijab verdict, a claim is in circulation that the Bombay High Court has passed an order that Muslim students in Mumbai can wear the gown, scarf, or hijab to their respective educational institutions.
The claim is viral with a Hindi caption that reads, “In a groundbreaking decision made by the Bombay High Court, the court has said that no educational institution has the right to stop students from attending their classes because they wish to wear the hijab, gown or scarf.” The caption also mentions that this is a direct reply to the decision made by the Karnataka high court regarding the Hijab verdict. The disparity in the decisions made on the same issue by the high courts of two states has also been highlighted in the caption.
[Original Hindi text: बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट का बड़ा फैसला👇 अगर कोई #मुस्लिम_छात्रा शिक्षा प्राप्त करने के लिए गाउन स्कॉर्फ या हिजाब पहनना चाहती है तो कॉलेज के मैनेजमेंट को रोकने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है 👍 कर्नाटक हाईकोर्ट के फैसले का मुँहतोड़ जवाब👍👌
एक देश, दो क़ानून]
The same claim is also being shared using two photos. One of the images is that of female students in headscarves and another image is the screenshot of a News18 article with the headline “Bombay High Court allows student to wear hijab and go to college”.
बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट का बड़ा फैसला👇
अगर कोई #मुस्लिम_छात्रा शिक्षा प्राप्त करने के लिए गाउन स्कॉर्फ या हिजाब पहनना चाहती है
तो कॉलेज के मैनेजमेंट को रोकने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है 👍
कर्नाटक हाईकोर्ट के फैसले का मुँहतोड़ जवाब👍👌
एक देश, दो क़ानून pic.twitter.com/rOYzb8tDzT
— Shaikh Zareen زرین_INC (@ShaikhZareen7) March 17, 2022
⭕🗣️ बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट का बड़ा फैसला
🟢अगर कोई मुस्लिम छात्रा शिक्षा प्राप्त करने के लिए, गाउन स्कॉर्फ या हिजाब पहनना चाहती है तो कॉलेज के मैनेजमेंट को रोकने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है
कर्नाटक हाईकोर्ट के फैसले का मुँहतोड़ जवाब
एक देश, दो क़ानून !!#HijabIsOurPride #HijabisOurRight pic.twitter.com/jbMEYgxUpG
— Farhan PerfeCt ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɪs ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ (@FarhanPerfect1) March 17, 2022
The claim has been shared by multiple users on both Twitter and Facebook.
Fact Check:
We performed a Google reverse image search on the picture that has Muslim students in headscarves and found that the image was used in an article by IndiaTV and was taken at PU college in Udupi. The image has been credited to PTI.
Based on the screenshot of the News18 article, we performed a keyword search and found that the article was published on March 15, 2018. It was about a Bombay High Court order regarding a Writ Petition filed by a Muslim student of Sai Homeopathic Medical College in Mumbai. She appealed to the court to issue directions for the college to allow her to appear for her examinations and attend classes wearing hijab or to transfer her to a college where she can practice her religious beliefs freely.
The petition was filed on November 30, 2017, and was disposed off on March 12, 2018. We retrieved the case details from the official website of Bombay High Court, a screenshot of which is attached here.
Furthermore, we found two separate reports by The Asian Age and DNA India on the same incident. The reports reveal that after hearing the two sides, the court disposed off the petition since the issue was resolved between the parties.
Hence, the claim that the Bombay High Court has passed a judgement allowing students to wear the hijab to college recently is false. The judgement was passed in 2018 regarding a single discreet incident and has no connection to the Karnataka High Court’s Hijab verdict.
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ABP News broadcast on trains cancelled due to COVID in 2020 viral as recent - Alt News
Kinjal
18th March 2021 / 7:28 pm
A 5:58 minutes long video of an ABP News broadcast has gone viral on social media. The clip relays a news update on the government cancelling all passenger trains until March 31, in view of the rising COVID-19 cases. According to the broadcast, metro services, as well as long-distance train services, will not be running. It has been claimed that the broadcast is recent. Facebook page ‘PBR New’ posted the video on March 14. It had amassed more than 4.1 million views at the time of writing. (Archive link)
Indian Railways Cancels All Passenger Trains Till March 31 | ABP News
Indian Railways Cancels All Passenger Trains Till March 31 | ABP News
Posted by PBR News on Sunday, March 14, 2021
Facebook page ‘Tmc Trinamool Congress’ also shared the clip and accompanying claim. (Archive link)
Indian Railways Cancels All Passenger Trains Till March 31 | ABP News
Posted by Tmc Trinamool Congress on Monday, March 15, 2021
The video is circulating widely on Twitter and Facebook.
https://t.co/MsE6qRgy2J
— Dinanath Singh (@Dinanat89137651) March 15, 2021
Alt News located the original broadcast through a simple keyword search on YouTube. Posted on March 22, 2020, it is titled, “31 मार्च तक सभी पैसेंजर ट्रेनें रद्द, भारतीय रेलवे का फैसला” (Indian Railways Cancels All Passenger Trains till March 31). The viral visuals appear between the 0:20 and 6:18 mark.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F8EkL0HF54]
Moreover, there are no media reports on the cancellation of trains in March 2021. PIB Fact-check also dismissed the claim in a press release.
एक खबर में दावा किया जा रहा है कि 31 मार्च तक सभी ट्रेनें रद्द कर दी गई हैं। #PIBFactCheck: यह खबर पुरानी है। @RailMinIndia ने 31 मार्च, 2021 तक ट्रेन रद्द करने का यह फैसला नहीं लिया है। इस पुरानी खबर को गलत संदर्भ में साझा किया जा रहा है। pic.twitter.com/YcZ8Za9Vj1
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) March 15, 2021
A year-old clip of ABP News broadcast on the cancellation of all passenger trains due to coronavirus pandemic is widespread as recent.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old cartoon photoshopped to portray The New York Times as critical of Congress - Alt News
Pooja Chaudhuri
30th August 2019 / 9:20 pm
A caricature of Rahul Gandhi has been shared on social media claiming that it was published on a cover page of The New York Times. “ये न्यूयॉर्क टाइम्स अमेरिका की प्रतिष्ठित मैगजीन में कवरपेज पर कार्टून छपा है। इसी से पता चलता है कि विदेशी मिडिया भी कांग्रेस के बारे में कैसी सोच रखता है। (This cartoon was published on a cover page of the reputed American magazine New York Times. This shows what international media thinks of Congress.)” – reads the accompanying caption. The post below was made by a Facebook page ‘Har har modi ghar ghar modi’.
The cartoon attempts to show Congress as terror-sympathisers. It is viral on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.
No such cartoon was published by The New York Times. The viral caricature is a photoshopped version of the original cartoon that was published by the LA Times in a 2012 article – “Republican Party suckles at the breast of Big Business.”
A different photoshopped version of this cartoon was debunked by Alt News in March 2019 when it was shared targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Former Indian cricketer and Lok Sabha MP Kirti Azad had tweeted the caricature. He later took down his tweet.
A 7-year-old caricature published in LA Times was photoshopped with Rahul Gandhi’s face to falsely portray that foreign media as critical of Congress.
Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News.
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Old case of land dispute shared as ISKCON temple in Bangladesh attacked - Alt News
Nibedita Sen
31st January 2020 / 12:28 pm / Last updated: 27th May 2020
A video has been circulated on various social media platforms with the claim that ‘terrorists’ attacked ISKCON Netrakona Muktarpara Temple in Bangladesh, seriously injuring three devotees.
The video shared on Facebook page FM Hindu shows the alleged attack. The accompanying caption reads, “বাংলাদেশের নেত্রকোনা জেলার ইসকন মুক্তারপুর মন্দিরে হামলা চালিয়েছে মুসলিম জিহাদী বাহিনী। তিনজন ভক্ত মারাত্মকভাবে আহত হয়েছে।” (In Translation: Jihadi’s attacked the ISKCON Netrakona Muktarpara Temple in Bangladesh. Three devotees are seriously injured.)
Terrorist attack of ISKCON Netrakona Muktarpara Temple (Bangladesh). Three devotees are seriously injured.
বাংলাদেশের নেত্রকোনা জেলার ইসকন মুক্তারপুর মন্দিরে হামলা চালিয়েছে মুসলিম জিহাদী বাহিনী। তিনজন ভক্ত মারাত্মকভাবে আহত হয়েছে।
Posted by FM HINDU on Monday, 20 January 2020
The same video has also been tweeted by Chayan Chatterjee, the great-grandson of Bengali educationist Asutosh Mukherjee. Linking the video with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Chatterjee further wrote that Hindus in Bangladesh are unsafe. His tweet reads, “Radical group attacked ISKCON Netrokona Muktarpara Temple in Bangladesh. Three Krishna devotees are seriously injured. Just see how unsafe Hindus are in Bangladesh. Those who oppose #CAA and #NRC in India must answer.”
Clippings from the same video have also been shared with pictures of an injured monk. One Abhijit Basak shared it on Twitter on January 23, 2020. The tweet reads, “Attack on iskcon temple in BANGLADESH. Accordingly the terrorists were attacked by a communal slogan on Sri Sri Gaura Gopal Vigra Mandir of Netrakona Muktar Para. Hindus are not safe in Bangladesh.”
Abhijit Basak has stated in his profile that he is State IT Cell Convenor, BJYM, West Bengal. His tweet was retweeted by Twitter handle ‘Paschimbanga BJP.’
Alt News contacted a journalist (identity concealed at request) from Netrokona, Bangladesh who works with a national daily in the country. The journalist disproved social media claims. “Earlier in 2015, there was a case of a property dispute between a family and the management of ISKCON. The pictures are from that incident,” he said.
The journalist also confirmed that the incident had no communal violence and added, “Some followers of ISKCON had donated lands to Gour Gopal Bigraha which was occupied by the local residents, including both Hindus and Muslims. Netrokona is known for being one of the most peaceful places in Bangladesh. The dispute was settled after Netrokona Deputy Magistrate and Superintendent of Police called for a meeting and formed a committee. There is a case filed in High court by the management of ISKCON against the land grabbers.”
The Quint spoke to the Joint Secretary of ISKCON temple Bangladesh and accessed a copy of the complaint filed by the management. The accused named in the complaint were – Shanta Sarkar, Chhaya Sarkar, Rupan Chauhan, Rajan Chauhan, Mohd Paras, Himel Miya, Sharif Ahwal, Biswa Sarkar, Tapas Sarkar, Ujjal Sarkar.
Alt News reached out to Netrokona model police station and was informed, “We have not received any recent complaint. But there are reports filed against local land grabbers in 2015.” The police corroborated the names mentioned in The Quint’s report.
A case of a land dispute between a family and the management of an ISKCON temple in Bangladesh has been revived on social media. However, the incident has been shared with communal overtones in the backdrop of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslim minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Old CCTV footage of woman kidnapped in Karnataka viral as UP - Alt News
Mohammed Zubair
5th October 2020 / 12:47 pm
In the backdrop of the uproar against the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, a CCTV footage of a woman being kidnapped in broad daylight is viral with the claim that the incident took place in Uttar Pradesh. In the video, two women are seen walking when a white Innova stops and a man pulls one of them into the car. As per social media claims, the incident took place in UP.
उत्तर प्रदेश में दिनदहाड़े बेटियों को उठाया जा रहा है अंधभक्त अभी भी आंखों पर पट्टी चढ़ाए हैं#मीडिया_योगी_का_इस्तीफा_माँगो pic.twitter.com/5x01VOkA43
— शबीना बानो (@ShabinaBano_) October 4, 2020
The video is viral on Facebook ( 1, 2, 3 ) and Twitter (1, 2, 3).
A video of the CCTV footage playing on television was shot on camera. In the background, people can be heard speaking in Kannada. Taking this as a clue, we performed a keyword search and found multiple reports of this incident from Kolar district, Karnataka in August 2020. The same was reported by The News Minute (TNM) with the headline, “Karnataka man kidnaps woman in broad daylight for refusing marriage, caught on CCTV.”
Karnataka man kidnaps woman in broad daylight for refusing marriage, caught on CCTVhttps://t.co/JrABexHFYs
— The News Minute (@thenewsminute) August 15, 2020
According to a statement by Kolar Superintendent of Police to TNM, the woman was kidnapped and kept in a lodge in Tumkur district where the kidnapper tried to convince her to marry him. “Around 10 am, we tracked the kidnappers after we chased them on foot. While the woman was rescued and is being brought back to Kolar, the kidnappers escaped,” said SP Karthik Reddy.
According to the report, the woman was reunited with her family on August 14 while the police was still searching for the accused persons.
It is clear that an incident from Karnataka is being shared with a false caption to portray lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh.
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5th October 2020 / 12:47 pm
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Old clip of train transporting trucks viral as PM Modi's initiative to deliver essential items during lockdown - Alt News
Archit
4th April 2020 / 1:25 pm
A video of a train carrying trucks is viral on social media. Several Facebook and Twitter users have posted it with the claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ensuring that there is no shortage of essential services during the coronavirus lockdown.
On April 2, a Facebook user posted the viral video along with text in Hindi, “PM’s idea to fight Corona. Blessed be my country’s Prime Minister’s willpower that even during times of such adversity he has implemented an idea to ensure that there is no shortage of essential items (translated from PM’s idea to fight Corona. धन्य है मेरे देश के प्रधान की इच्छाशक्ति देखिए इस विपरीत परिस्थिति में भी आवश्यक वस्तुओं की उपलब्धता में कोई कमी ना आए इसका ध्यान रखते हुए क्या आईडिया लगाया है)”. This video has been viewed over 70,000 times. (archive link)
PM’s idea to fight Corona 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
धन्य है 🙏मेरे देश के प्रधान की इच्छाशक्ति देखिए इस विपरीत परिस्थिति में भी आवश्यक वस्तुओं की उपलब्धता में कोई कमी ना आए इसका ध्यान रखते हुए क्या आईडिया लगाया है👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Posted by Tarun Tyagi on Thursday, 2 April 2020
Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the viral video WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application.
Alt News analysed the video using InVid, a video verification too, and found that it was also uploaded by a YouTube account in 2013.
While we couldn’t authenticate where the video is from but it appears to be of Indian Railway’s roll-on roll-off (RORO) service. According to Indian Railways’ Annual Report (2011-12), the service was started in 1999 by Konkan Railways.
In 2012, The Hindu Business Line reported that RORO is a service that enables loaded trucks to be carried directly on railway wagons between two destinations. According to the report, in 2011-12, Konan Railway Corporation carried more than 35,000 trucks through its RORO service which added Rs 35.64 crore to the revenue.
Mumbai Mirror reported in 2018 that Indian Railways commenced RORO service on Central and Western Railways for the first time. According to the report, RORO service can carry 50 trucks at a time and save approximately 10 litres of diesel per kilometre.
Thus, a video that could be traced back to at least 2013 was shared with the false claim that trucks carrying essential items are being transported in trains as per an initiative by PM Modi. However, the video is unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic.
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4th April 2020 / 1:25 pm
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Old, clipped video falsely viral as UP govt officials ignoring CM Adityanath's calls - Alt News
Archit
9th March 2022 / 4:29 pm
A week prior to the counting of votes in the UP assembly elections, an 11-second video clip of CM Yogi Adityanath speaking about phone call etiquette gained over two million views from the Facebook page ‘Sujata Paul – India First’. Paul is a spokesperson of Congress Uttarakhand. The video has been shared on social media with the claim that state government officials have already stopped taking CM Adityanath’s calls, days before the announcement of the assembly election results.
In the video, we can hear the CM say, “This is wrong. Common etiquette is to call back. Either answer the phone or call back in case you are busy.” Many Twitter users have shared it, including @punam_pand and @dinesh_chauhan. Between these two accounts, the clip gained over 35,000 views.
अरे भाई 10 के बाद मत उठाना अभी तो उठा लिया करो फोन
अभी से फोन नही उठा रहे इतनी बड़ी इंसल्ट 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭https://t.co/UZqJw2GZzK pic.twitter.com/srlFR1UxMs
— Dinesh Chauhan (@dinesh_chauhan) March 5, 2022
Similarly, several Facebook users also shared this clip
We noticed that the viral video carries the logo ‘R9’. Using a keyword search on YouTube, we found the R9 News broadcast from which the viral clip was extracted.
R9 News uploaded this broadcast in September 2020. The viral segment can be heard from the 1:14 mark. However, the CM’s bite begins around the 40-second mark. He says, “You see.. this is a very serious matter that has come [to my notice] from Kanpur and from one or two other places… Phone calls by Honorable MLAs or Honorable MPs aren’t being received by CMO or other officials. Divisional Commissioner Kanpur should take note of this… the concerned CMO should call Honorable Legislative Council member Arun Pathak ji, Honorable MLA Ajit Sanga ji and apologise. Such things will be unforgivable if public representatives call and no one picks up their phones. This is wrong. Common etiquette is to call back. Either answer the phone or call back in case you are busy.”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucM_OkEXDiI?start=74]
CM Adityanath took cognisance of officials in the Chief Minister’s Office not taking calls of MP Arun Pathak and MLA Ajit Sanga. The incident doesn’t involve officials ignoring calls by the CM. His statement is being misrepresented against the backdrop of UP polls.
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Photo of Ayodhya Railway Station? No, proposed New Delhi Railway Station - Alt News
Kinjal
24th September 2021 / 4:40 pm
A photo claimed to portray the redeveloped Ayodhya Railway Station has been circulating widely. Twitter user Nayak Mahesh Chauhan, who describes himself as an RSS and Bajrang Yuva Sangh supporter in his bio, shared it with the claim and received more than 500 retweets as of this writing. (Archive link)
मेरा देश बदल रहा है आगे बढ़ रहा है
आप सोच रहे होंगे की यह रेलवे स्टेशन अमेरिका चीन या जापान का होगा पर
नही दोस्तों यह है हमारे आराध्य देव भगवान श्री राम जी की जन्म स्थली अयोध्या का रेलवे स्टेशन है जो बहुत शीघ्र ही देश को समर्पित होने वाला है…!!😊👌 pic.twitter.com/Zj76LfO70Q
— नायक महेश चौहान (@Mahesh__Chouhan) September 20, 2021
A Facebook page called ‘भगवा सेना’ (Bhagwa Sena) amplified the image as the proposed Ayodhya Railway Station.
The picture was widespread on Facebook and Twitter, and on WhatsApp where it was circulated with a similar message in Gujarati.
Alt News performed a reverse image search and located the original picture in a few news reports. A Live Hindustan story dated February 17, 2020 said it shows the New Delhi Railway Station Project. The report says that Rs 6,500 crore will be spent on the project and tenders will be floated for the same in the coming months. The Financial Express also carried the photo as the redevelopment project of the New Delhi Railway Station.
We further found the photo in a Daily Mail report dated June 24, 2014 which said it is a computer-generated image that shows the model of the project. The report states that Arup Consultancy had been appointed to redevelop the station. “Arup has been appointed to redevelop the 86 hectares that the station covers and make the site fit for 21st century travel,” per Daily Mail.
We also found this image in a project file named Indian Railways Vision 2020 on the Indian Railways website through a keyword search. This document had been released by the Ministry of Railways in December 2009.
The picture is also available on Arup Consultancy website and the description states that the company is “preparing” the master plan and design for the renovation project.
What is the proposed Ayodhya Railway Station?
The Ministry of Railways had uploaded a video on YouTube on August 5, 2020, that showed an artist’s rendition of the redevelopment of Ayodhya Railway Station. This is quite different from the digital conceptualisation of the New Delhi Railway Station.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW851l4CWqQ]
A computer-generated picture of the New Delhi Railway Station redevelopment project was falsely shared on social media as a photo depicting proposed renovations at the Ayodhya Railway Station. Earlier too, a picture of a project in Ukraine was circulated by BJP supporters as the Vaishnodevi flyover.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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24th September 2021 / 4:40 pm
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Old earthquake images from around the world shared as recent tremors in Gujarat - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
8th June 2019 / 4:34 pm
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck parts of Bankastha district and adjoining districts of North Gujarat on June 5. According to the state control room, there were no reported human injuries or damage to property.
On June 7, photographs purportedly of the earthquake that shook North Gujarat started circulating on WhatsApp. The message shared with photos read, “ઉત્તર ગુજરાતમાં ભૂકંપ. ગુજરાત સરકાર દ્વારા ઘાયલોને 5 હજાર અને મૃતકોને 5300 ની સહાય જાહેર. #TSS (Earthquake in North Gujarat. Gujarat government has announced aid for earthquake-struck victims, Rs 5000 to injured and Rs 5300 to the dead -translated)”. A screenshot of the message is given below.
With the help of Google reverse image search, Alt News was able to establish that these images are old and unrelated to the recent earthquake. We have listed the images below with the respective contexts.
This image is related to an earthquake that shook central Italy in August 2016. According to ABC’s report, the death toll had reached 267 till August 27, 2016.
This photograph represents a building named Margalla Towers, which had collapsed in 2005 during an earthquake, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Alt News found a Getty Image shot by Asif Hasan.
In a report titled, “Responding to Quake, Chile Uses Lessons of Past”, this image was published by The New York Times on April 2, 2014. According to the caption given below the image, firefighters were battling a blaze that started after an earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck Iquique, Chile.
The fourth image pertains to a 15th-century church that had collapsed after two temblors of magnitudes 5.4 and 6.1 hit central Italy on October 26, 2016. A screenshot of a video report by The Guardian is posted below.
Alt News found that multiple media organizations like CNN en Español, CBS Los Angeles and several other media organizations had used this image to report considerable destruction due to an earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala in June 2017.
This sixth image is a Reuters photograph that was published by The Hindu in the corresponding report of a deadly earthquake that had struck the mountainous southwestern Sichuan province of China in August 2017. The caption of the image reads, “Fallen trees are seen blocking a road after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county, Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan province.”
“Rescue personnel work at a damaged building after an earthquake in Tainan, southern Taiwan, February 6, 2016.”, reads the caption of a Reuters image published by CBS News three years ago, which is now viral as temblors in north Gujarat.
Old and unrelated images of earthquakes that occurred around the world were circulated on WhatsApp to falsely depict the recent destruction in North Gujarat. A similar case was observed after the Balakot airstrike when photographs of temblors in Pakistan were falsely shared as destruction caused by the IAF’s retaliation.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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Old, edited video passed off as giant snake seen near Mysuru after heavy rain - Alt News
Arjun Sidharth
13th August 2019 / 3:24 pm / Last updated: 13th August 2019
A video of what appears to be a giant snake crossing a stream, has been circulated on social media and messaging platforms, in the wake of heavy rainfall which has lashed several states on the Western coast. On Facebook, this 30 second long video clip has been shared with the claim that this snake is passing through the banks of the Kabini dam near Mysore in Karnataka. This giant snake was supposedly “sleeping peacefully inside the dam” and has now emerged due to the recent floods in the state.
PIC was taken at Kabini Dam, Yesterday.. 😱
Posted by MalGudi Days on Friday, August 9, 2019
The video has been shared widely on Facebook with the claim that this is a giant anaconda which was spotted at Malenadu in Karnataka.
The video is also circulating on WhatsApp. Alt News has received requests on its official app for verification of this claim.
The video in question shows a snake crossing not a river, but a road. In the initial part of the video, a road can be clearly seen in the background.
Alt News broke up the viral video into several key frames, and reverse searched one of them. We found that the same video had been circulated with the claim that a 50 feet long anaconda had been spotted in a river in Brazil. The YouTube video posted below is of March, 2019. Thus, this video cannot be representative of Karnataka after the recent rainfall.
On further probing, we found a matching video which had been posted on YouTube in April 2018. We identified that it is the same video as the one circulating now, on the basis of the audio which is the same in both videos. Interestingly, however, in this video of April 2018, the snake is not nearly as ‘broad’ as seen in the viral video. The video is posted below. The title is in Portuguese and translates as ‘Giant Sucuri crossing the road’. Sucuri refers to anaconda, the giant constrictor of the Amazon rainforest.
In all likelihood, the original video has been ‘stretched’ horizontally to make the snake seem bigger than it actually is. Alt News has juxtaposed a frame from this original video along with a frame from the viral video for comparison.
The video posted below demonstrates how this was done.
In conclusion, it may be stated that the video is not from the Kodagu dam near Mysuru in Karnataka. It represents a giant snake crossing a road, not a river. Moreover, one of the earliest instances of this video appearing online is April 2018, and the original video has been edited to make the snake seem bigger.
Arjun Sidharth is a writer with Alt News. He has previously worked in the television news industry, where he managed news bulletins and breaking news scenarios, apart from scripting numerous prime time television stories. He has also been actively involved with various freelance projects. Sidharth has studied economics, political science, international relations and journalism. He has a keen interest in books, movies, music, sports, politics, foreign policy, history and economics. His hobbies include reading, watching movies and indoor gaming.
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Morphed image viral as Vijay Mallya issued Rs 35 cr cheque to BJP before fleeing India - Alt News
Kinjal
5th January 2021 / 12:46 pm
A picture of an Axis Bank cheque has been causing quite a stir on social media recently. The cheque is of the value Rs 35 crore and has been allegedly issued by Vijay Mallya to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mallya’s purported signature also appears at the bottom. The cheque is dated November 8, 2016. Several users are claiming that the disgraced business tycoon wrote a cheque of Rs. 35 crore to the BJP before he fled the country. Facebook page ‘AggBani’ posted this image with a Punjabi caption, where it received more than 66,000 shares at the time of writing. (Archive link)
ਇਹ ਕਲਾ ਧੰਨ ਮੋਦੀ ਨੇ ਲਿਆਦਾ ਵੇਖ ਲਉ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਲਈ ਫੰਡ ਲਏ ਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਅੰਨ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੇ ਤਲਵਾਰ ਧਰੀ ਫਿਰਦਾ
Posted by AggBani on Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Another Facebook page called ‘Ramaz Punjab di‘ also shared the photo and accompanying claim.
The picture is viral on both Twitter and Facebook.
In this article, we will share a few pointers that prove the cheque is fake.
The cheque is dated November 8, 2016, but the businessman had fled the country on March 2, 2016.
Furthermore, there are several issues with the cheque itself.
1. First of all, the full form of BJP is misspelt as ‘Bhartiya Janta Party’ instead of ‘Bharatiya Janata Party’.
2. Two slanted lines can be seen in the middle of the cheque. No such lines are normally drawn while writing a cheque.
3. Vijay Mallya’s signature is also fake. We found his real signature online and the two look nothing alike. The real signature can also be seen in one of Mallya’s tweets from June 2018.
4. The cheque has been issued on behalf of Glamour Steels Private Limited. The directors of this company are Amit Kumar Saxena and Mukesh Kumar.
In May 2017, AAP leader Kapil Mishra had displayed to the press similar cheques allegedly issued to the Aam Aadmi Party. One of these was from Axis Bank. A comparison of the one shown by Mishra and the viral image confirms that both are, indeed, the same. The only difference is that the cheque issued to the Aam Aadmi Party is not dated.
5. Furthermore, ‘Thirty Five Crore only’ and ‘35,00,00,00’ have been written in the same handwriting in both.
On July 18, 2018, Boomlive had published a fact-check report on the cheque.
A morphed cheque was circulated on social media with the false claim that Vijay Mallya paid the BJP Rs 35 crore before he fled India. This fake cheque was also used by rebel AAP leader Kapil Mishra back in 2017 to target the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old fake funeral video from Jordan viral to discredit reports of Palestinian casualties - Alt News
Archit
12th May 2021 / 3:18 pm / Last updated: 13th May 2021
The recent escalation of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict began on May 6 after Israeli forces tried to evict eight Palestinian families and settle Jews in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. The tiny neighbourhood has become an emblem of what Palestinians see as an Israeli campaign to force them out of East Jeruselum, reported Reuters. The protests led to an escalation of a decades-old conflict. The Hindu reported, “Israeli armed forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Haram esh-Sharif in Jerusalem [on May 10], ahead of a march by Zionist nationalists commemorating Israel’s capture of the eastern half of the city in 1967. More than 300 Palestinians were injured in the raid. In retaliation, Hamas, the Islamist militant group that runs Gaza, fired dozens of rockets. The Israelis launched an airstrike on Gaza in response, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including nine children.” The conflict has flared human rights concerns as Israel swells up violence against Palestine.
In the backdrop of this, a video has been shared on social media discrediting reports of Palestinian loss of life. The video shows a group of men carrying a dead body that turns out to be alive.
Twitter user @Morelharar1 posted the video and wrote, “Today in Gaza, the Palestinians pretended to be at a funeral and photographed it so that they would feel sorry for them. But then an alarm sounded … oops #israel #IsraelUnderFire #IsraelUnderAttack [sic].” The video has gained over 40,000 views.
Today in Gaza, the Palestinians pretended to be at a funeral and photographed it so that they would feel sorry for them. But then an alarm sounded … oops 🤭🤥 #israel #IsraelUnderFire #IsraelUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/JOUmyaaOni
— Mor Elharar (@Morelharar1) May 11, 2021
The video was shared by Instagram user the.israel.files where the post read, “This is a major part of the problem. A continued Palestinian Arab propaganda effort (‘pallywood’) to elicit international sympathy knows no bounds, and far too many international media outlets and social media personalities are taking the bait.” It drew over 50,000 views.
Dan Poraz, policy advisor to Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabi Ashkenazi, The Pioneer editor Pramod Kumar Singh and Columnist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra amplified the video.
We found that Twitter user @bassmadj had uploaded this video on March 24, 2020. According to her, a group of Jordanian youths staged a mock funeral during the pandemic as a ruse to get out of the house during the lockdown. The video shows them running away upon hearing the sound of sirens.
شباب في الاردن حتى يكسرو حظر التجوال دارو جنازة وهمية
😂 الميت رجعت له الحياة كي جاءت الشرطة
كيفاه جاتهم هذه الفكرة الجهنمية 😷
نحارب #كورونا كورونا و لا الاستهبال و الجهل و مستغلين الازمات من تجار و غيرهم pic.twitter.com/lLSUdQZffU
— بـــــــــســـــــــمـــــــــة 🇩🇿🌾 (@bassmadj) March 23, 2020
Abu Dhabi-based news portal 24.ae and Arabic-news website Youm7.had also uploaded the video in 2020 as Jordan.
طرائف #كورونا.. شبان أردنيون ابتدعوا حيلة للخروج من المنزل فأقاموا جنازة وهمية لصديقهم.. وهذا ما حدث معهم فور سماعهم صافرات إنذار #حظر_التجول #حظر_كامل #الأردن #الاردن_كورونا #غرائب #StayAtHome #StayAtHomeSaveLives #حول_العالم #فيروس_كورونا_المستجدّ pic.twitter.com/zgynhTOZHS
— 24.ae | منوعات (@24Entertain) March 24, 2020
Jordan had imposed strict lockdown in March last year. A three-day curfew was imposed that directed all people to stay indoors and shops to be closed. Anyone violating the rules faced up to one year in prison, reported The Hindu.
A year-old, unrelated video from Jordan has been shared with false the claim that Palestine protestors are trying to gain sympathy in the ongoing conflict with Israel by faking casualties.
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False message makes claims about NDTV and its founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy - Alt News
Kinjal
11th June 2021 / 3:56 pm
News channel NDTV has often been the target of false news and misleading information. A post widespread on social media and messaging platforms since 2017 claims that its founder Prannoy Roy is a Pakistani. The message, viral on Twitter and Facebook, also makes several other allegations against Roy and his wife and NDTV co-founder Radhika. It was posted to the Facebook page ‘RSS राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ’ (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh).
The claim had also garnered a lot of traction online back in 2017. Now, it is being circulated all over again, revived through Facebook’s ‘Memories’ feature.
We received a few requests on the Alt News official mobile app (Android, iOS) and WhatsApp number (+91 7600 11160) to verify the message.
Apart from this, a photo of Prannoy Roy has been shared with a Hindi caption that says, “Is the head of NDTV a Pakistani?”
The viral message is false. In fact, it was investigated in June 2017 by several media organizations, including The Lallantop, iChowk, Fact Crescendo and the International Business Times.
1. Claim – CBI raided the home of NDTV founder Prannoy Roy where they recovered his birth certificate that said his name is ‘Parvez Raja’ and his birthplace is Karachi.
On June 5, 2017, the CBI indeed raided the Delhi and Dehradun homes of Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika. These were carried out in connection with an alleged loss of Rs 48 crore they had caused to ICICI bank. NDTV had issued a statement claiming the CBI’s move was politically motivated and an attack on the freedom of the press. The CBI released its own statement soon after, claiming that the allegations being probed were not related to the delay in repayment of loans, but Rs 48 crore allegedly misappropriated by NDTV promoters (Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy, M/s RRPR Holdings Pvt Ltd) and the loss incurred by ICICI Bank. The CBI had accused them of criminal conspiracy and collusion.
Neither the CBI’s press release nor any media reports suggest that Roy’s birth name is ‘Parvez Raja’ and he was born in Karachi.
Roy was, in fact, born in Kolkata, West Bengal.
2. Claim – The full form of NDTV is ‘Nawazuddin Tawfiq Venture’ after Prannoy Roy’s father.
This claim has no basis whatsoever. Founded in 1988, the full form of NDTV is New Delhi Television. Roy’s father is named Hurricane Roy.
3. Claim – Roy’s wife Radhika’s actual name is Rahila. Her grandfather was a cook in Babur’s army.
Radhika Roy, the co-founder of NDTV, was born on May 7, 1949, in Kolkata. Her maiden name was Radhika Das. Brinda Karat of the CPI(M) is her sister, and their father’s name is Suraj Lal Das.
The second claim about Radhika’s grandfather being a cook in Babur’s army is also completely false. Mughal emperor Babur was born in 1483 and died in 1530. How can Radhika, born almost 400 years later, be the granddaughter of his cook?
4. Claim – A dartboard with a picture of Narendra Modi was recovered from their bedroom.
No such dartboard was found during the searches. Moreover, the case was related to financial dealings where details of personal articles recovered from the individual are usually not made public.
The message was also investigated by The Lallantop in June 2017. The featured image used by the channel has now been shared with the fictitious story.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWxP0Un2gYg]
It was first posted by Twitter handle @RoflGandhi_ as a satirical message. On June 6, 2017, the users had shared a WhatsApp screenshot of the message which was picked up and widely circulated. The user confirmed that the message was originally shared on their account. We also did not find any post prior to June 6, 2017.
सुबह चला था मेरे घर से, शाम को पूरे इंडिया में घूमकर वापिस आ गया लॉजिक के साथ 😸😸😸 #smh pic.twitter.com/IF5QCvmw0P
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹🚜 (@RoflGandhi_) June 6, 2017
A satirical message on NDTV’s Prannoy and Radhika Roy has been shared on social media as true.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Montage of scenic locations across China viral as 'Kailash Mansarovar' - Alt News
Aqib Pathan & Anuradha Prasad
11th November 2020 / 11:33 pm / Last updated: 11th November 2020
Social media users have recently been sharing a video across Twitter and Facebook, claiming that it shows the Indo-Tibetan border. The original Hindi caption alongside the viral clip reads, “This photo was taken on the Kailash Mansarovar (Tibet-China) border at 3:30 in the morning, from a height of 18,600 feet. The photo is completely original and unedited. It has not been manipulated in any way. Nature has its own charm.”
कैलाश मानसरोवर (तिब्बत-चीन) बॉर्डर पर सुबह साढ़े तीन बजे, अठारह हज़ार छः सौ फ़ीट की ऊंचाई से यह फोटो लिया गया है। फोटो पूरी तरह original & unedited है। इसमें किसी भी तरह की छेड़छाड़ नहीं की गयी है . . . . प्रकृति अपने आप में कितनी अदभुत है। . . . 👇👇
👌👌👌👏🙏
Posted by Kaushal Bansal on Saturday, October 17, 2020
A few users also shared the clip on Twitter with the same caption.
We also received a request to fact-check the video on the Alt News official Android app.
We noticed the video has a watermark which reads “Outdoor Kingdom”. A keyword search using this led to a YouTube channel containing the source video, uploaded on February 11, 2020. However, the background music heard in the original has been changed in the viral clip.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=youb7qSgNyQ]
In the comments section of the video, a user asked where it was from. The channel replied ‘Thailand’.
Alt News split the video into several frames using the video verification tool InVid. After this, we did a reverse image search of these frames.
Below are all the locations that appear in the video. The locations seen in the viral clip are on the left and pictures from the source video are on the right. We have also included links above each picture that show where the photos and videos have been taken from.
1. The first is from China’s famous Gaoyi Ridge. We found this site during a reverse image search. A keyword search returns several articles and images by Wikipedia, People’s Daily, Shutterstock, and Getty Images. It can also be found using Google Earth, by zooming in near the Zuojia Mountain. Google Photos also has more pictures of the place.
2. Qiannan in Guizhou province of China: A reverse search image of this picture leads to a Shutterstock listing, where the photographer has mentioned the location. Several websites and reports are also available online which give further details of the waterfall. These are the Yuncong Falls of Guizhou, which is in Longli County. People’s Daily also uploaded a video of the waterfall on a Facebook post. Photos are also available of this location on Google Earth.
3. Zhongwudang Taoist Temple, China: Our reverse image search led us to a video where the name of the temple was visible. Using a keyword search, we found pictures and other information about the temple on the Hubei government website along with a tour and travel website. The ‘Zhongwudang Scenic Area’ on Google Earth also features a picture of a temple in Google Photos. This picture is taken from a lower angle.
4. Atulie’er Village, Daliang Mountain, Sichuan Province, China: When we performed a reverse image search using Yandex, we found a video with a description that mentioned the location as Atulie’er village of China’s Sichuan province. More videos of the village can be found by searching these keywords on YouTube. Global Times and BBC have also published reports about this area. We would like to point out that the ladder seen in the fifth screenshot leads to this village. Therefore, both of these are indeed from the same location, China’s Sichuan province. This can also be verified using Google Earth.
5. As stated above, this ladder leads to Atulie’er village. Media reports state that there was a wooden ladder here earlier. Children used to take the ladder to travel long distances to get to school. When the government found about this, they stepped in and replaced it with a steel ladder. Several video reports on YouTube can corroborate this development.
6. Guizhou, China: A reverse image search of this picture led us to videos of two vloggers (link 1, link 2) who described it as Guizhou. Apart from this, by searching with the keywords ‘奇峰 贵州 楼 (Guizhou Qifeng House)’ on Baidu (baidu.com), we found images with descriptions that listed the location as Guizhou. (Readers are advised to access Baidu website using Tor browser).
Pic 7 and 8: Alt News was unable to verify these locations.
However, Chinese vlogger ‘Runaway Couple’ uploaded videos (first, second) of these places on the Chinese video-sharing website bilibili.com. Here, the person who shot the first video can be seen. However, due to a lack of any reliable source, we cannot confidently say that it shows Guizhou.
Therefore, Alt News can confirm that the viral video is a montage of clips from several scenic locations across China. The social media claims attributing it to the Kailash Mansarovar yatra are false.
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Old hoax about UPA involved in scam related to procurement of army boots revived - Alt News
Archit
11th March 2021 / 5:13 pm / Last updated: 12th March 2021
In the first week of March, several social media users posted a long message alleging that Congress-led United Progressive Alliance procured military shoes that cost ₹25000 per pair from Israel. As per the claim, the shoes were exported to Israel by a Jaipur-based manufacturer and their cost was ₹2200 per pair. But India used to buy the shoes from Israel and not directly from the Indian company. Former Defence Minister late Manohar Parrikar, who held the office from October 2014 to March 2017, spotted this transaction, the claim adds.
Twitter users @JatinMakol and @MJ_007Club shared the message in a tweet thread, garnering 10,000 retweets cumulatively.
A shoe manufacturing company based in Jaipur makes shoes for Indian Army. But instead of selling it directly it used to export it to Israel. From where Indian Army purchase at about 10 times higher cost….. This practice was going on for decades. (1/5) pic.twitter.com/Szqtl9ho3g
— Jatin Makol (@JatinMakol) March 5, 2021
Several Facebook and Twitter users also made this claim.
This hoax dates back to 2016. In 2017, ABP News debunked had the claim.
ABP News reporter Neeraj Rajput visited Bengaluru’s engineering regiment and found that the Indian Army has six types of shoes. Out of which only two — anti-mines shoes and Siachen boots — were exported.
In 2017, the Defence Ministry and government sources told ABP that the claim made in the viral message is baseless.
Gagan Chaturvedi, Dy. Director-General / Corporate Communications told Alt News that the Indian Army has seven types of non-specialised footwear:
Chaturvedi added, “As per orders, OFB currently indents ‘Boot High Ankle DVS’ (view OFB catalogue) to the Indian Army. In the past, OFB has manufactured other boots. The boot in the viral image is not an OFB product.”
The boots in the viral image carry the text ‘Para Commando by Weather Proof Dehradun’. We compared it with the boot in the OFB catalogue and found that both are high ankle boots and look similar. Col Rajendra Bhaduri (Retd) told Alt News, “All high-ankle boots are similar except for their shoe sole type. For over a decade or so, a large number of indigenous manufactures have started manufacturing military equipment like shoes and belts. As a result, there might be multiple variations, with slight differences of these products including high ankle boots which are available in the market now.”
In 2016, The Times of India reported that Israel-based Noga Einat partnered with Kanpur-based Rahman Industries to manufacture military boots. As per Noga Einat’s website, the company is a major supplier to the Israel Defense Forces and has been in the business for seven decades. The website further states, “The company collaborates with the best manufactures in India.” The readers should note that it doesn’t supply shoes to the Indian Army.
To conclude, a five-year-old hoax that claimed UPA-government was involved in a scam related to Indian Army boots was revived. It was debunked in 2017 by ABP News, yet it continues to surface on the internet. Alt News independently authenticated that this claim is false. In December 2020, Alt News debunked a similar claim that alleged India used to import cloth for defence uniforms from countries like China.
The complete viral text can be read below:
A shoe manufacturing company based in Jaipur makes shoes for Indian Army. But instead of selling it directly it used to export it to Israel. From where Indian Army purchase at about 10 times higher cost….. This practice was going on for decades. When the then Def Minister Manohar Parrikar got to know of this he immediately called the CEO of that company, who revealed that earlier he used to sell it directly to Army but hefty “Cut” was demanded at each stage from tendering, approving samples, placing order, quality check, payment process and final payment… Which would take several months besides huge corruption money. So he started exporting it to an Israeli company. Mr Parrikar asked him to sell it directly again and assured that even if there is a single day delay or demand for cut at any stage just call him… As a result today we are getting same shoes for soldiers at ₹2200/ which UPA govt was buying at ₹25000+ per pair. No wonder desperate Congress would say Chowkidar Chor hai… Don’t believe me… File an RTI to know the truth. Nation is missing you Hon.
@manoharparrikar ji
🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023.
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Old hoax claiming Greta Thunberg asked China to ban chopsticks to save trees revived - Alt News
Archit
17th February 2021 / 7:25 pm / Last updated: 17th February 2021
Around February 16 several Twitter and Facebook users copy-pasted a text that alleged Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg advised the Chinese government to stop using chopsticks to save trees.
The full text reads, “I like the Chinese on this one. Greta Advised the Chinese to quit chopsticks to save trees. Chinese asked Greta & her friends to go back to school to learn that they’re made of Bamboos & that’s grass. And advised her not to use tissues to wipe her butt as they’re made from trees.”
Twitter account @SortedEagle was among those who posted the claim.
Columnist Rakesh Thiyya also shared this on Twitter.
Similarly, Facebook page ‘Hindu‘ with over 80,000 followers made the same claim.
Several Facebook users have posted this claim in the form of a screenshot of @SortedEagle‘s tweet. Whereas many others shared the image shared by Facebook page ‘Hindu’.
Alt News performed an advance keyword search on Twitter to check if Greta has tweeted about the alleged ban on chopsticks. We were unable to find any such tweet.
No media reports suggest such a claim was made by Greta. The viral text suggests that China “advised her not to use tissues to wipe her butt as they’re made from trees” which is too absurd to be true.
In 2006, BBC reported that the Chinese government is introducing a 5% tax on disposable wooden chopsticks in a bid to preserve its forests. In 2013, The Washington Post reported that Bo Guangxin, head of a major forestry group, told Chinese parliamentarians that China uses 20 million trees each year to feed the country’s disposable chopstick habit. In the same year, even South China Morning Post reported on the same.
Last year, Norway-based Faktish, US-based Snopes and Reuters debunked this claim (1, 2, 3). As per Snopes and Reuters, the earliest posting of this hoax goes back to January 15, 2020 (IST) by Twitter user @Geoloong.
Faktish stated that a Quora user posted “What do you think about Greta Thunberg asking China to ban chopsticks?” on January 20, 2020. As of today, the responses to this question has over 10 million views. Shorty after January 20, several Russian-language blogs made the viral claim (1, 2, 3 and 4).
Reuters reported that last year the same claim was viral with a slight variation. The country was changed from China to Japan. The report added that the claim was also shared in Dutch and Danish on Facebook.
Thus, in the backdrop of the Delhi police’s arrest of Bengaluru-based activist Disha Ravi, for allegedly editing the toolkit on farmers’ protest shared by Greta, several Indian social media users have revived a 2020 hoax that Greta asked the Chinese government to stop using chopsticks to save trees.
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Unrelated images falsely viral as deaths due to soft drinks contaminated with Ebola virus - Alt News
Anuradha Prasad
24th June 2021 / 1:32 pm
Alt News has received images on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) with an accompanying claim that alleges employees of a soft drink company contaminated its products with Ebola virus-infected blood. It also said that the news was first broken by NDTV and the Hyderabad police alerted consumers, warning them against purchasing soft drinks.
The complete message in Hindi is attached below.
This screenshot of the message is widespread on Facebook.
A single Google search throws up several fact-check reports on the alleged incident. Multiple media outlets have debunked this claim over the years, yet it continues to be shared widely. In fact, the number of images accompanying the viral message has only increased. We will first discuss the origin of the claim, then proceed to investigate the images.
The Ebola virus was first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976. Outbreaks of the virus continued to re-emerge from time to time, killing hundreds of people. However, the Ebola virus returned in its most dangerous form between 2014 and 2016. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 11,310 people died in three African countries in these three years. Only a handful of Ebola cases were reported in India. The claim that NDTV broke the story about the contamination of the drinks is false since no such report was found.
In a July 2019 tweet, the Hyderabad police also rubbished the false claim and denied issuing any such message.
Fake news spreading on social media about cool drinks and a warning from Hyderabad city police is fake one and Hyderabad city police never released any message regarding this. pic.twitter.com/cCy32Vh7fN
— హైదరాబాద్ సిటీ పోలీస్ Hyderabad City Police (@hydcitypolice) July 13, 2019
Image 1 and 2
These images are not from India. The photos are from the Begpur village in Pakistan’s Gujranwala where the district administration raided a factory manufacturing adulterated cold drinks in 2015. Pakistani outlet Pak101 has published other images from the raid.
Image 3, 4, and 5:
These pictures are of the same incident. In March last year, a car rammed into the Rapti river in Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, two women were killed in the crash while the driver survived. The body of a minor could not be traced. The video report is given below.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wVpB_Cuh8Q]
The viral visuals can also be seen in media coverage by local outlets including Gorakhpur Times and GTV News.
Image 6:
The sixth image shows the bodies of those killed in the suicide bombing near the Wagah border in November 2014. At least 52 people were killed in an explosion at the Wagah border in the middle of a crowd that had come to watch the ceremony in the evening. The blast occurred near the Pakistan border.
Image 7:
This picture shows the corpses of those killed in a road accident in Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh. On April 28, 2018, a truck and a car collided in Lakhimpur’s Ucholia area, in which 13 people were killed. Dhaurahara MP Rekha Verma issued a post about the incident on Facebook. Image 7 was one of the photos accompanying her post.
आज हमारे संसदीय क्षेत्र में पड़ने वाले कस्बा उचौलिया से निकले नेशनल हाईवे पर एक अत्यंत दुःखद सड़क हादसा हुआ जिसमें कई…
Posted by Rekha Verma रेखा वर्मा on Saturday, April 28, 2018
Image 8:
The bodies in this photo belong to a family from Mammillagadda in Telangana. Unable to repay a loan, six members of the family died by suicide, Deccan Herald and The Hindu also carried similar photos from the scene.
Image 9:
Alt News was unable to trace this image. Needless to say, this image too cannot be about Ebola virus-infected blood infused in drinks because there is no report to corroborate such an incident.
The viral claim about an employee of a soft drink company mixing Ebola virus-infected blood in a Coke bottle has been circulating online for quite some time. Hoaxorfact.com debunked this back in 2015. The article states that such messages were revived after the Ebola outbreak in 2018. Another false story involved an HIV-positive employee contaminating Frooti with their blood.
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Old hoax message that WhatsApp will be chargeable revived with Hindi audio clip - Alt News
Archit
20th January 2021 / 6:03 pm
As WhatsApp’s privacy policy receives immense backlash, a viral text circulating on the messaging application claims that its services are ending tomorrow at 6 pm. The message warns that those who do not forward the text, their accounts will get deactivated. Once the message is forwarded 20 times, the blue ticks which presently indicate when a message is delivered will turn green, the text further claims.
The complete message reads, “Tomorrow at 6 pm they are ending WhatsApp and you have to pay to open it, this is by law. This message is to inform all of our users, our servers have recently been very congested, so we are asking you to help us solve this problem. We require our active users to forward this message to each of the people in your contact list to confirm our active users using WhatsApp if you do not send this message to all your contacts WhatsApp will then start to charge you. Your account will remain inactive with the consequence of losing all your contacts. Message from Jim Balsamic (CEO of Whatsapp) we have had an over usage of user names on WhatsApp Messenger. We are requesting all users to forward this message to their entire contact list. If you do not forward this message, we will take it as your account is invalid and it will be deleted within the next 48 hours. Please DO NOT ignore this message or WhatsApp will no longer recognise your activation. If you wish to re-activate your account after This is the last message from Whatsapp™️. Kindly send this to 20 people to register urself in Free-Whatsapp mode. If you send this, you will receive green ticks. The blue tick was just an update. Wait for the GREEN tick. Facebook and WhatsApp combined is the new version©️. Send this ASAP. It works mine is green.”
Apart from this text, an audio clip in Hindi that reiterates the same message is being forwarded many times on WhatsApp.
Alt News received several requests on our WhatsApp helpline number (+917600011160) and our official Android application to authenticate this claim.
It has also been posted on Twitter and Facebook.
A similar hoax related to WhatsApp has been floating on the internet at least since 2015. We debunked a similar claim in 2019 as well. Furthermore, WhatsApp related hoaxes have been debunked in different parts of the world in 2012, 2013, and 2014. In 2012, WhatsApp had addressed the hoax.
Policy changes by WhatsApp are announced on its blog and no such warning was issued by the social media giant.
Factual errors in the viral text
A hoax message is therefore circulating on WhatsApp promoting the false claim that the messaging application would soon be chargeable.
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Old image altered to portray Indian Muslim family tuned in to Imran Khan's UN speech - Alt News
Arjun Sidharth
30th September 2019 / 6:17 pm
“We have heard Imran Khan’s speech with our entire family in India. It is heartening to hear the words of Islam.”
This message has been posted on Twitter by a user @saira_muslim, along with a photograph purportedly showing an Indian Muslim family glued to a television set. They seem to be watching Pakistan PM Imran Khan addressing the UN General Assembly.
We have heard Imran Khan’s speech with our entire family in India. It is heartening to hear the words of Islam.@FarhanKVirk@ZaidZamanHamid@CallSignMujahid#ImranKhanVoiceOfKashmir pic.twitter.com/R6hcZ2cwZP
— Saira MUSLIM (@saira_muslim) September 27, 2019
The above tweet is of September 27. That day, Imran Khan had addressed the UNGA, wherein he repeatedly referred to Kashmir. The handle @saira_muslim has been created recently (September 2019) and has a rather poor following of around 500. This tweet, however, has been retweeted over 1200 times so far.
Alt News found the image and the accompanying claim was also circulated by several social media users and handles from Pakistan.
THe Indian MusLims FamiLy watcH a Speech Of Great Leader @ImranKhanPTI 💕💕💕#PMIKExposedIndia pic.twitter.com/OlfgsZKh3P
— Waseem Khan 🇵🇰 (@WaseemK47262066) September 28, 2019
The picture tweeted by @saira_muslim, showing a Muslim family intently watching Imran Khan’s speech, is photoshopped. This was established by a simple reverse search of the image, which revealed the source. The original picture had appeared in June 2009 in an article in The Star, on former U.S President Barack Obama. It has been posted below.
As can be seen, in the original photograph, the family can be seen watching a speech by then U.S President Barack Obama. It may be recalled that in June 2009, Obama had delivered a historic speech at the American University in Cairo, Egypt wherein he had specifically addressed the Islamic world.
The two images- original and photoshopped, have been posted below for comparison.
It may be noted that the image shared on social media is photoshopped. The family seen in the image is watching a televised address of Barack Obama and NOT Imran Khan. Moreover, the image is from 2009 and is in no way related to Khan’s recent UNGA speech.
Arjun Sidharth is a writer with Alt News. He has previously worked in the television news industry, where he managed news bulletins and breaking news scenarios, apart from scripting numerous prime time television stories. He has also been actively involved with various freelance projects. Sidharth has studied economics, political science, international relations and journalism. He has a keen interest in books, movies, music, sports, politics, foreign policy, history and economics. His hobbies include reading, watching movies and indoor gaming.
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Old image from Egypt shared as male protester of Jamia Milia detained in a burqa - Alt News
Arjun Sidharth
17th December 2019 / 5:39 pm / Last updated: 17th December 2019
With news of violent clashes between protesters and police at the Jamia Milia Islamia in New Delhi, a photograph has been shared widely on social media, showing a young man in a burqa.
#जामिया_मिल्लिया की एक प्रदर्शनकारी महिला जब आगजनी और पत्थरबाजी करते हुये पकड़ी गई।
तो अंदर से ऐसी निकली।
बड़ा टेलेंट है यार
Posted by Mukesh Sharma on Monday, December 16, 2019
#जामिया_मिल्लिया की एक प्रदर्शनकारी महिला जब आगजनी और पत्थरबाजी करते हुये पकड़ी गई। तो अंदर से ऐसी निकली।बड़ा टेलेंट है यार (A female protester of Jamia Milia caught indulging in arson and stone pelting. What talent- translation). This is the message with which the photograph has been posted by numerous Facebook users.
Apart from Facebook, the photograph has been shared widely on Twitter with the same text. It has also been shared with a different message- जो सलमा बनकर जामिया दिल्ली में दंगे करवा रही थी वो अंदर से सलीम चचा निकले ।.
जो सलमा बनकर जामिया दिल्ली में दंगे करवा रही थी वो अंदर से सलीम चचा निकले । 😂 pic.twitter.com/GgDknNfpmC
— Sapna 🇮🇳 (@Oye_Lolwa) December 16, 2019
The below tweet, by a verified account, has been retweeted over 1800 times so far.
जो सलमा बनकर जामिया दिल्ली में दंगे करवा रही थी वो अंदर से सलीम चच्चा निकले । 😂 #CAAProtests #CAB2019 pic.twitter.com/PNmscUZquR
— Ashish Merkhed (आशिष मेरखेड) (@AshishMerkhed) December 16, 2019
Several users of the official Alt News app have requested verification of this image.
The photograph has also been shared along with photos of one of the female protesters, claiming that the two are the same.
सोची समझी साजिश, केजरीवाल चुप उसका मंत्री अमानतुल्लाह खान दंगे भड़का रहा है।#जामिया_मिल्लिया की एक प्रदर्शनकारी महिला #आगजनी और #पत्थरबाजी करते हुये पकड़ी गई।
पुलिस ने जब गहराई से जांच की तो टोंटी धारी #अब्दुल निकला। pic.twitter.com/JxCspA8yub#IsupportCAB2019
— Sonu Zood Mundri 🔱 (@SonuZood) December 16, 2019
Alt News found that the photograph in question in not recent thus does not pertain to the protest at the Jamia Milia Islamia.
Using the reverse-image search technique, Alt News found this photograph along with a set of similar photos showing this young man in a burqa. These images were found on a news website from Egypt, Sharkia Today. It may be noted the report is dated August 25, 2017, and is titled, ‘A young man disguises himself as a woman to kidnap children in the gathering, and the people hand him over to the police’ (translated from Arabic). The incident had occurred in Cairo. Alt News found another news report on the same incident.
In this report, Alt News found the same photograph which has been doing the rounds.
It may thus be noted that the above image dates back to at least 2017, and is not related to the recent protest at the Jamia Milia Islamia.
Arjun Sidharth is a writer with Alt News. He has previously worked in the television news industry, where he managed news bulletins and breaking news scenarios, apart from scripting numerous prime time television stories. He has also been actively involved with various freelance projects. Sidharth has studied economics, political science, international relations and journalism. He has a keen interest in books, movies, music, sports, politics, foreign policy, history and economics. His hobbies include reading, watching movies and indoor gaming.
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Fact-check: Was Sonia Gandhi seated while Congress leaders stood during meeting? - Alt News
Kinjal
28th September 2021 / 2:20 pm
A photo of Sonia Gandhi sitting on a chair with Manmohan Singh and a few other leaders standing around her is circulating widely on social media. Users are posting the image and claiming that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was made to stand while Gandhi had occupied the only chair in the room. A Facebook user named Mohan Sharma shared it with the same claim.
Twitter user Gulshan Sha had tweeted the photo with the same claim back in 2020. (Archive link)
यह फोटो तब का है जब मनमोहन सिंह प्रधानमंत्री थे
पूरे हॉल में एकमात्र कुर्सी है जिस पर महारानी एंटोनियो माइनो बैठी है ,बाकी सभी गुलाम खड़े होकर मालकिन के हुक्म का इंतजार कर रहे हैं। यह था देश के प्रधानमंत्री का हाल ।हरामी बात करते हैं मोदी के हटाने की।#AntoniaMaino pic.twitter.com/nmv3DH8Kut
— गुलशन झा 🇮🇳 (@Gulshanjha_IND) June 6, 2020
It is widespread on Facebook and Twitter
We also received a few requests to fact-check the picture on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).
After a closer look at the viral image, we noticed chairs behind Dr Manmohan Singh and the others. They have been highlighted below. Apart from this, Sonia Gandhi is seated as if she was just about to stand up or just sat down. It also appears that the rest of the ministers present just stood up.
Alt News performed a reverse image search and found the original picture in a Firstpost article dated July 30, 2013. It states that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a meeting in New Delhi on the formation of Telangana. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Union Ministers P Chidambaram, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Kamal Nath and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi were in attendance.
We also found a One India News report from July 2013 through a keyword search. It contains a few pictures of the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence. It is noteworthy that the other dignitaries are seated in one of these photos.
As shown below, there are several similarities between the image in the article and the viral photo. All the leaders are sitting in their respective seats thus, the claim that only Sonia Gandhi was given a place to sit is false.
Photos targeting Sonia Gandhi and portraying a misleading representation of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have been circulated with false claims in the past as well.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old image falsely shared as Turkish Pres Erdogan refused to shake hands with French Pres Marcon - Alt News
Archit
9th November 2020 / 9:18 pm / Last updated: 11th November 2020
Several Facebook users have shared an image of French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan along with the claim that the latter refused to shake hands with the former. This image has been shared after President Erdogan criticised the French President’s remarks on Islam. Last month, President Erdogan also recommended boycotting French goods.
The image has been shared with the text, “Turkey president Rajab Tayub Erdogan refused to handshake with France president Macron.” The text misspells the Turkish president’s name,
A Facebook user shared this image on November 5. (archived link)
Other Facebook users also posted this image.
Alt News performed a reverse image research on Google and found multiple articles that carried the viral image including CNN Arabic on October 26. A second reverse image search on TinEye revealed that the picture was uploaded on Getty Images in 2018.
“French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with his counterpart Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN headquarters during the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25, 2018,” read the Getty Image caption. It has been credited to photographer Ludovic Marin from AFP.
On the same day, another picture of the two Presidents shaking hands was uploaded on Getty Images.
It was also tweeted by Republic of Turkey Directorate of Communications on September 26, 2018. Turkey-based Rûdaw Media Group uploaded a clip of the handshake as well.
President @RT_Erdogan met with President Macron of France, Prime Minister May of the United Kingdom, President Kitarović of Croatia, President Pahor of Slovenia, President Nyusi of Mozambique and Prime Minister Tsipras of Greece in New York. pic.twitter.com/6Y73ofxhbK
— Republic of Turkey Directorate of Communications (@Communications) September 26, 2018
Therefore a 2018 image of French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at UN headquarters in New York City was shared with the false claim that the two did not shake hands. The image was linked to the recent tensions between France and Turkey after President Macron’s remarks on Islam and French teacher Samuel Paty’s beheading by a Muslim fundamentalist.
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Old image falsely viral as 34 Muslim families convert to Hinduism in UP - Alt News
Archit
16th December 2021 / 5:01 pm
Former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi converted to Hindusim on December 6. In the backdrop of this, several social media users have shared an image of a Hindu priest surrounded by Muslim men along with the claim that after Rizvi’s conversion 34 Muslim families converted to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh. The claim is viral ahead of UP Legislative Assembly scheduled to be held in February 2022.
[Viral text: यूपी में 34 मुस्लिम परिवारों ने कि हिन्दू धर्म मे वापसी । जय श्री राम🙏🏻🚩 सनातन ही सत्य है🙏🏻🚩]
Several Facebook users posted this claim on pro-BJP or Hindutva groups — रास्ट्र हिंदू posted 0it on मोदी 2.0 🚩( मोदी समर्थक जुड़े )🚩 [gained over 4K likes]; घंटाकर्ण महावीरमेरा posted on वोट मोदी को ( Modi Voters जुड़े ) [gained ~3K likes], and Vijaybhai Kalambekar posted on फिर एक बार योगी सारकार ( इस बार 350 पार ) and India Needs BJP; Tirlok Dewasi in Sudarshan News. Similarly, FB pages Bramha Rashtra Ekam and जागो भारत जागो also made the same claim.
Using CrowdTangle, a social media monitoring tool, we found that at least 100 accounts posted this image.
Twitter user @janardanspeaks and BJP politician Anupendra Singh shared the claim without the image.
Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that Hindi-language news outlet Amar Ujala had published this image in 2016. As per the report, the image is from September 23, 2016, and was taken at Mathura’s Jama Masjid. It shows an anti-Pakistan demonstration held after the terrorist attack on an Indian Army brigade headquarters near the town of Uri in the former union territory Jammu and Kashmir. A video of this event can be seen on Amar Ujala’s website as well.
Alt News performed a keyword search on Google restricting results to December 6 onwards and could not find a single report corroborating the claim that 34 Muslim families had converted to Hinduism.
The false claim was, therefore, promoted using a five-year-old image.
🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023.
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Old image falsely shared as BJP leader Kapil Mishra's sister married a Muslim man - Alt News
Archit
31st August 2020 / 7:59 pm / Last updated: 7th September 2021
Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared a wedding photo of a woman and a man. As per viral claims, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra’s sister married Shahzad Ali.
The same picture was also shared last year by Facebook user Sanam Shaikh who wrote in Hindi, “The one who started the Hindu-Muslim riots in Delhi, Kapil Mishra, his sister is wedded to Shahzad Ali.” This post was shared over 2,500 times. (archived link)
[Hindi message: दिल्ली में हिन्दू #मुसलमान के बीच दंगे कराने वाले #कपिल मिश्रा की बहन ने की #शहज़ाद अली से शादी कपिल_मिश्रा_और भक्तो_को_नया_जीजा_मुबारक_हो]
On February 23, 2020 the national capital witnessed communal riots hours after BJP leader Kapil Mishra issued an ultimatum to the police—either clear out of the streets where protests against the controversial Citizenship Law were held or Mishra and his followers would step in themselves.
Twitter user @Dkashfaque had also tweeted the viral image last year along with identical Hindi text. It was retweeted over 400 times. (archived link)
Alt News received several requests to fact-check this on our WhatsApp helpline number (+917600011160) and on our official Android application.
The viral image has a watermark that reads ‘coastaldigest.com’. Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that the image was published by Coastal Digest, a Mangalore-based news website, in 2016. As per the article, the image shows the wedding rituals of Hindu-Muslim couple Ashita and Shakeel at Taj Convention Hall in Bannimanta locality of Mysore. The report added that the marriage was held peacefully amidst tight security due to threats from “Hindutva extremists”.
Their wedding was also reported by The Indian Express which said that local Bajrang Dal and BJP members opposed the marriage as Ashita had decided to convert to Islam.
Alt News reached out to Kapil Mishra who shared his statement given to fact-checking organisation Boomlive. “I have three sisters of which two are married. Neither my sisters nor the distant ones are married to a Muslim,” he clarified.
Thus a five-year-old wedding photo of a Hindu-Muslim couple in Mysore has gone viral with the false claim that BJP Delhi leader Kapil Mishra’s sister married a Muslim man.
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31st August 2020 / 7:59 pm / Last updated: 7th September 2021
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Old image from Andhra shared on Pak social media as brutality against Kashmiri women - Alt News
Mohammed Zubair
14th August 2019 / 2:52 pm
Pakistani political commentator Zaid Hamid shared a photograph of a woman being dragged by men dressed in Khaki and claimed that they are “RSS gangsters” in the garb of Indian army men, kidnapping Kashmiri women to use them as sex slaves.
Imran Khan, take a deep look….isnt she your daughter ? Are you not responsible for her?
RSS gangsters, dressed in Indian army uniforms, kidnapping Kashmiri women for use as sex slaves…..
Isnt this time to at least threaten Modi to stop this madness ?
You will be asked!!! pic.twitter.com/UZc4Q0FGbr
— Zaid Hamid (@ZaidZamanHamid) August 13, 2019
The photograph has been floating on social media with similar claims since 2016, posted by several Pakistani Twitter accounts.
Indian State terrorism in #Kashmir. Cruelty at its peak. pic.twitter.com/jlomtgi1rN
— Ijaz Ul Haq (@ijazulhaq) September 1, 2016
A Google reverse-image search led us to a blogpost which carried the same picture but of a better quality.
In the above photo, the person manhandling the woman has an emblem on his uniform with ‘police’ written on it. The men were therefore not dressed as army men but cops. We searched for police emblems of different Indian states and compared them with the one seen in the photograph and found that the emblem was of the Andhra Pradesh police.
A comparison between J&K police emblem and the emblem used by AP police shows clear dissimilarities between the two.
A further search on Twitter revealed that the image was tweeted by the official handle of the CPI(M) on July 26, 2016. The party claimed that Andhra Pradesh police had come down heavily upon SFI students protesting against the closing down of social welfare hostels in the state.
Brutal Police assault on SFI protest against closing down of social welfare hostels in Andhra Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/5On6ou5rqC
— CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) July 26, 2016
According to a July 20, 2016 report in The Hans India, SFI had organised protests “demanding enhancement of mess and cosmetic charges and reopen the closed social welfare hostels.” The government had reportedly shut down over 500 hostels in the state.
In conclusion, an image from Andhra Pradesh shot in 2016 was shared by Pakistani political commentator Zaid Hamid as brutality against Kashmiri women by RSS members dressed in Indian army fatigue. Hamid had earlier tweeted a video from Sri Lanka as atrocities on Muslims in India.
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14th August 2019 / 2:52 pm
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Old image from anti-CAA protest falsely linked to Delhi's Jahangirpuri violence - Alt News
Nilofar Absar
19th April 2022 / 10:52 pm
Against the backdrop of communal violence reported in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area during the recently held Hanuman Jayanti procession, an image is being shared on social media depicting a Muslim mob pelting stones at a police officer.
The image was tweeted by the media head and spokesperson for BJP Delhi, Naveen Kumar Jindal. He later deleted the post.
It was also shared by other Twitter users.
how many time we have to see this?#DelhiRiots #Jahangirpuri pic.twitter.com/xmQkL0hihI
— ZOONewsTV (@ZOONewsTV) April 16, 2022
The same image was tweeted by The Statesman from its official Twitter handle while reporting on the Jahangirpuri violence.
Eight police personnel and one civilian had got injured in clashes. They were rushed to BJRM hospital.https://t.co/sNWrWQncEZ
— The Statesman (@TheStatesmanLtd) April 17, 2022
Fact-check
We performed a reverse image search on Yandex and found a report by the Times of India, stating that the image captures an instance of a violent clash with the police, during the anti-CAA protests that took place in the Shah-e-Alam area of Ahmedabad in December 2019.
We performed a keyword search in Hindi on Youtube and found a video report by Aaj Tak’s Gujarati channel where the specific instance has been recorded, starting at 0:41/3:18.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zwPcFKGWKs]
The image is, therefore, two years old and unrelated to the recent violence in Delhi.
Nilofar Absar is a lawyer by training and a storyteller by nature who takes a keen interest in the lives of people belonging to South Asian diasporic communities.
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19th April 2022 / 10:52 pm
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Old image from Bangladesh shared as Muslim leader from Assam Congress caught with arms - Alt News
Aqib Pathan
5th November 2020 / 11:16 am / Last updated: 9th September 2021
Two photographs are viral on social media with the claim that Assam Congress leader ‘Amjad Ali’ was arrested with arms and bullets in his possession. The first image is of a man handcuffed and standing next to police officials, the second image shows hand grenades and bullets in a bag. The pictures were shared by one Sanjeev Saraswat on Facebook, drawing over 3,500 shares.
#कोंग्रेस_का_आतंकियों_के_साथ☹️
असम का कोंग्रेसी नेता #अमजत_अली सेब की पेटी में हथियार और गोलियों के साथ हिरासत में लिया…
Posted by Sanjeev Saraswat on Sunday, 5 September 2021
The same images were shared earlier in June.
कांग्रेस का पंजा…आतंकियों के साथ! pic.twitter.com/5iWu6aESY8
— सी बी पंजाबी (@cbpunjabi) June 15, 2021
They were widespread on Facebook.
In fact, the pictures were also being shared last year.
#असम के #कांग्रेस नेता अमजात अली 🐷सेब 🍎की पेटी में #हथियार और #गोलियां के साथ हिरासत में। काफिरो को मारने का कर रहा था प्लान। पुलिस ने दबोचा।
इनकी पूरी तैयारी है जागो हिंदुओ जागो…
:@TEJSHAH9 #जागो_हिन्दू_जागो#Powerfull_Twitter_Army pic.twitter.com/dD2IG7JGd3
— 🇮🇳TEJ SHAH(હિંદુ)🇮🇳 (@TEJSHAH9) November 3, 2020
Alt News found that the images have been circulating online at least since 2018 with the identical claim. But both images are from unrelated incidents from two years ago. It is noteworthy that we were unable to find any references to an Assam Congress leader named ‘Amjad Ali’. There is a TMC leader from West Bengal with a similar name but he is not the man in the viral picture.
Image 1
Alt news performed a reverse search on Google and found a 2018 news blog that carries the image of the man in handcuffs. According to the blog, the person was arrested in Mymensingh district, Bangladesh on charges of sexually harassing a minor girl who later died by suicide. On further searching with Bangla keywords ‘ময়মনসিংহের মেয়ে আত্মহত্যা, যৌন হয়রানির মামলা’, we were led to a report by Bangladesh-based Somoy News, which said that the incident took place in Mymensingh’s Trishal Upazila. The name of the accused was Mubarak Hussain. He was arrested by police on charges of sexual assault. The girl later hanged herself to death.
A comparison of the uniforms worn by the policemen in the picture and photos of Mymensingh police confirms that the incident is from Bangladesh.
Image 2
A reverse image search of the second picture took us to an October 29, 2018 tweet by Jammu and Kashmir police. It said that three suspected militants were arrested on the outskirts of Srinagar. The police recovered arms and ammunition in their possession.
A brief exchange of fire on the outskirts of Srinagar city. Three suspected militants arrested among them one is injured.Arms and ammunition recovered. Investigations started. pic.twitter.com/lT9AoRnu5H
— J&K Police (@JmuKmrPolice) October 29, 2018
According to a Greater Kashmir report published on October 30, 2018, “Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested three suspected militants after a brief shootout near Noora Hospital on the outskirts of Srinagar city.”
Therefore, images from two different incidents, one from Bangladesh, were shared with the false claim that a Muslim leader from Assam Congress was caught with arms and ammunition.
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5th November 2020 / 11:16 am / Last updated: 9th September 2021
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Old image from Bangladesh shared to portray Muslim "overpopulation" in Nainital - Alt News
Kalim Ahmed
25th May 2022 / 6:36 pm
An infographic comparing photos of Nainital, a popular hill station, is widely circulating on social media. The infographic shows two images twelve years apart. The first image, captioned “Nainital 2010,” represents a road with a few pedestrians. The second image captioned “Nainital 2022”, shows thousands of Muslims, publicly offering namaz.
The infographic plays into the popular belief that Muslims are having a population boom in India, a myth that has been debunked year after year.
User @kannadaveera shared the infographic on Twitter with the caption, “Those who know they know.”
Various Twitter users shared the infographic with different captions that essentially suggested the same.
Image 1:
We performed a Google reverse image search on the photo and came across the same image on a travel blog called Indian Holiday. The article suggested that the photo was clicked at Mall Road in Nainital.
The photo attached to the blog was of better quality, and upon close observation, we could notice the names of stores that are present on the road. One signboard was of “Domino’s pizza” and a part of another word is legible. It reads “Alk”.
Taking these clues we performed a Google search and found that the photo is indeed from Mall Road in Nainital. Below we have juxtaposed photos of the street from Google Maps along with the coordinates.
Image 2:
For the second image, we again performed a Google reverse image search and came across a news report by Al Jazeera that carried the same image and was published in 2018. The photo has been credited to journalist Mahmud Hossain Opu.
According to the report, the photo was taken in Bangladesh during the annual Islamic gathering, Biswa Ijtema, which took place on the banks of the Turag River, about 35km from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. It is the second-largest Muslim gathering in the world.
Alt News contacted Mahmud Hossain Abu who confirmed to us that the photo was indeed clicked by him. “This picture was taken from the Tongi area during Bishwa Ijtema in 2018. Where thousands of Muslims offer Friday prayer,” said Mahmud.
To conclude, a photo clicked during the Bishwa Ijtema in Bangladesh was shared with a misleading claim. Photos from this gathering were also viral in 2021 and were debunked by Alt News.
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25th May 2022 / 6:36 pm
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Old image from Bangladesh shared with demands of population control law in India - Alt News
Aqib Pathan
22nd September 2020 / 9:46 pm / Last updated: 27th September 2020
Twitter user Hardik Bhavsar shared an image of a Muslim man riding a scooter with his six family members. He used the hashtag #WeWantPopulationControlLaw while sharing the image. Bhavsar is followed by PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.
Yes, we want #WeWantPopulationControlLaw pic.twitter.com/VJHtO0qP7G
— Hardik Bhavsar (@Bittu_Tufani) September 21, 2020
The same image was shared by @iArmySupporter, a parody account of journalist Pushpendra Kulshreshtha.
We are demand Population control law.
Demand you?
RT you #WeWantPopulationControlLaw pic.twitter.com/zWXBlrkGqn
— Pushpendra Kulshreshtha (@iArmySupporter) September 21, 2020
This image is also being shared on Facebook and Twitter along with demands for a population control law in India.
A Twitter user had tagged Alt News while posting the full image where a signboard in Bengali is visible. The board carries the words “হানিফ এন্টারপ্রাইজ ভাটিপাড়া-ঢাকা-চট্টগ্রাম” which translates to “Hanif enterprise Bhatiapara-Dhaka-Chottogram” which is in Bangladesh.
@AltNews this image is from Bangladesh . Some people are using it to spread their propaganda.#Islamophobia pic.twitter.com/Bbd59DqT1X
— iamsankha (@Sankhas20350289) September 21, 2020
We found a Facebook post by Electric Bikers Association of Bangladesh from three years ago where the same image, but better quality, was shared. Here, the signboard is more clearly visible. It also carries a picture of a bus.
A reverse search of the image with the keywords ‘হানিফ এন্টারপ্রাইজ ভাটিয়াপাড়া’ led us to a Bangladeshi transportation website where ‘Hanif Enterprise’ finds a mention. This is a bus service in Bangladesh.
Thus an old image from Bangladesh where a man is riding a two-wheeler with six more people is being shared on Indian social media ecosystem to demand a population control law in India.
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22nd September 2020 / 9:46 pm / Last updated: 27th September 2020
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Old image from Gaza showing bullet-ridden building shared as Kashmir - Alt News
Kinjal
8th November 2019 / 8:23 pm / Last updated: 8th November 2019
इस कश्मीरी मकान की तस्वीर देखकर कश्मीर के हालात का अंदाजा लगाईये । (Take a look at this Kashmiri building and think of the plight of Kashmir- translation).
The above message is viral on social media along with a photograph which shows a building whose walls are riddled with gunfire. A Facebook post of October 31 by a user Rakshanda Khan, has been shared over 5800 times so far.
इस कश्मीरी मकान की तस्वीर देखकर कश्मीर के हालात का अंदाजा लगाईये ।
Posted by रख्शन्दा खान on Thursday, October 31, 2019
The photograph with the accompanying message has been shared on both Twitter and Facebook by several users.
Alt News reverse-searched the image on Yandex, and found a report on a website www.radikal.com published on January 3, 2010. The description posted along with the photo states that nothing had changed in Gaza a year after Israeli forces had bombed the region on December 27, 2009, and that children were affected the most by the Israeli assault.
This photograph was posted on a website, brotherpeacemaker, on February 12, 2009, along with other images of the attack in Gaza. The photograph was also published in Time magazine, wherein it is stated that the picture was taken at Gaza, with the description, ‘A woman hangs clothes on the balcony of her bullet-ridden apartment building.’
Thus, a photograph from Gaza, which is at least ten years old, was shared on social media with the false narrative that it represents the current condition of Kashmir.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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8th November 2019 / 8:23 pm / Last updated: 8th November 2019
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Old image from J&K viral as police brutality in Delhi - Alt News
Archit
11th March 2020 / 5:38 pm
An image of three policemen attacking a man in skull cap is being circulated on social media with the claim that it is from Delhi. A Facebook user posted the viral image which received over 180 shares. The accompanying message reads, “दिल्ली पुलिस मुसलमानों से शांति की अपील करते हुए!”
The viral image was also shared by a Twitter user as well.
Alt News performed a keyword search on Google and after rummaging through several results, we found a Facebook post from November 2019 which carried the viral image. This image was watermarked ‘Sofi Ahsan.’
Alt News looked-up Sofi Ahsan on Google and found that a journalist by the same name works for The Indian Express. We reached out to him on Twitter and found that the viral image was clicked by him. Ashan said, “The viral image is not from Delhi. I clicked the picture in Eidgah, Srinagar on October 6, 2014. It was the day of Eid ul Adha. Eidgah area usually witnesses anti-India protests after Eid ul Adha prayers. I saw him [the man seen kicked] return after attending the prayer. I cannot comment on if he was a protestor or why he was attacked.”
Ahsan emailed the viral photo and other photos he clicked that day. The image highlighted in red is the viral image.
After analysing the EXIF data of the images shared by Ahsan, Alt News confirmed that they were clicked on October 6, 2014. The viral image was on clicked 11:05 AM. The EXIF data of the viral image is attached below.
Alt News performed another keyword search and found a 2014 article by International Business Times that reported Eid ul Adha was celebrated on October 6 that year in India while Gulf countries celebrated it on October 4.
The social media claim that the viral image is from recent communal riots in Delhi is false.
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11th March 2020 / 5:38 pm
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Old image from Jodhpur falsely shared as Muslim man roughs up cop - Alt News
Mohammed
6th April 2022 / 5:40 pm / Last updated: 6th April 2022
A photo of a man roughing up a policeman has been shared on social media with a claim that the image is from Rajasthan and the suspect is a Muslim.
A tweet by @rose_k01 that received close to 4,000 likes was retweeted by pro-BJP propaganda outlet OpIndia’s CEO Rahul Roushan.
Another right-wing influencer with a verified account @vikrantkumar shared the image with a caption in Hindi stating, “If this is the situation at 18 per cent, what will happen at 30 per cent?”. The caption refers to the population of Muslims in India and attempts to arouse public fear if their number increases. This tweet has received over 4,000 retweets.
18 % पर ये हाल है, 30% पर क्या होगा? pic.twitter.com/UXCBd0etVq
— Vikrant ~ विक्रांत (@vikrantkumar) April 5, 2022
Right-wing YouTuber Abhishek Tiwary claimed that the suspect is Mazloom Ahmed from Karauli, Rajasthan. He also wrote that Ahmed is a former active member of the Popular Front of India (PFI).
दंगा और गुंडई यही निजाम है ।
वसुंधरा तेरी खैर नहीं ?
उसकी खैर लेने वालों की खैर पूँछने वाला आज कोई नहीं!!
मजलूम अहमद….ये नाम हैं करौली राजस्थान के गुनहगार का …
ये मजलूम अहमद पहले PFI का सक्रिय सदस्य रहा है और आजकल कांग्रेस का नेता व पार्षद है। #Karauli pic.twitter.com/WaMGufKydq
— Abhishek Tiwary (@abhishektiwary7) April 6, 2022
Alt News carried out a reverse image search and found that the image is part of a report published in a newspaper. The report says that a head constable was roughed up by a hawker when he attempted to remove his cart. It also says that the incident took place in Jodhpur.
With a keyword search on Google, it was found that the news dates back to May 2016 and was also published by Dainik Bhasker. The policeman in the picture has been identified as head constable Shobharam. According to Dainik Bhasker, Jodhpur municipal corporation launched a special encroachment campaign with the aim to declare Ghantaghar as a “no jamming zone”. HC Shobharam reached Ghataghar with two other policemen to remove hawkers “obstructing” traffic but he was roughed up by a hawker who refused to move.
Alt News reached out to Jodhpur police, including Sadar Kotwali police station, the traffic control room and the police line to contact HC Shobharam. He is currently an assistant sub-inspector.
ASI Shobharam informed Alt News, “I was newly posted in the traffic branch in 2016 and went to Ghantaghar to remove encroachment by handcarts. A suspect identified as Dharmendra belonging to the Mali community became aggressive and misbehaved with me. We registered an FIR against Dharmendra and another suspect led by him. They were arrested by Sadar Kotwali police station.”
He also confirmed that the man in the image who held him by his chin is Dharmendra and clarified that both the suspects belonged to the same community.
ASI Shobharam was posted in Jodhpur police’s traffic branch from 2016 to 2020. He is currently posted in the police lines of Jodhpur police.
To sum it up, neither the suspect seen in the picture is a Muslim nor did the incident take place under the incumbent Congress government’s rule in Rajasthan. The incident dates back to 2016 when BJP’s Vasundhara Raje was the chief minister of the state. An old newspaper clipping is being shared with a false, anti-Muslim claim.
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This photo of 'Go Back Modi' graffiti is from Kolkata - Alt News
Aqib Pathan
25th October 2020 / 1:22 pm / Last updated: 16th February 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tamil Nadu ahead of assembly elections set to be held in April. PM Modi also unveiled key projects in the state including the inauguration of Phase-1 extension of the Chennai Metro Rail and handing over Arjun Main Battle Tank to the army. But the Prime Minister’s visit sparked the Twitter hashtag #GoBackModi. Soon after, a photograph of ‘Go Back Modi’ painted on the road was also shared with the claim that the graffiti was displayed in Tamil Nadu.
Tamilians not welcome modi send message #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/qkUiSgYNbz
— Manish Ranjan Rtd. IAS (@manishranjanIAS) February 13, 2021
Several people shared the image.
Normally the BJP IT Cell gets into a hashtag war with other parties. Today, the hashtag contest is actually between Tamizh & Malayali folks. Nobody can beat #GoBackModi trend on a Tamil (“vere level”) global scale. But Malayalis can hold their fort on #PoMoneModi . Game on folks! pic.twitter.com/3oWifBntP5
— Suby #ReleaseSanjivBhatt (@Subytweets) February 14, 2021
The same image was shared in October 2020 during elections in Bihar.
Bihar is on fire mode 🔥🔥🔥#GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/73xgVA7iUy
— sujiprabhu (@Suji_prabhu) October 23, 2020
Several Twitter users had shared the image.
Bihar is on fire mode 🔥🔥🔥#GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/sNwBHza2eD
— Suresh Tak Saini (@SureshTakSaini1) October 23, 2020
It is also circulating on Facebook with the same caption.
Kolkata-based journalist Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh replied to one of the viral tweets from October 2020, claiming that the image was shot in Kolkata, right in front of Metro Channel, Hare Street police station.
He had first tweeted the image on January 11, 2020 during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Kolkata. PM Modi was on a two-day visit to the city in January when his arrival was met with protests.
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
— Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh (@mayukhrghosh) January 11, 2020
Photographs of the Metro Channel Control Post, Hare Street Police Station are also available on Google Maps.
A photograph of the graffiti taken from a different angle was found in a report published by Scroll on January 12, 2020.
A photo shot during PM Modi’s Kolkata visit in January amid anti-CAA protests has been falsely linked to upcoming Tamil Nadu polls. It was earlier shared ahead of Bihar elections.
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Old image from Meerut shared as funeral procession of Pune-based doctor who died of COVID - Alt News
Archit
9th September 2020 / 11:21 pm
Since the last week of August, several Facebook and Twitter users have been sharing an image of a funeral procession. As per their claim, Muslim youths organised a funeral procession for Pune-based doctor Ramakant Joshi after his family could not turn up due to COVID-19.
Twitter user @MohammadFahim78 tweeted the viral image and wrote, “MBBS Dr. Ramakant Joshi has died today in Pune. He has a son but he lives in the US and his wife is 74 years old. The doctor wanted that as part of his last rites he should be carried on the shoulders of four people but due to coronavirus, no one from the family was ready to come for the funeral. Muslim youths made all arrangements together.” (archived link)
(Translated from: पुणे में आज MBBS डॉ रमाकांत जोशी जी की मृत्यु हो गई है उनका एक लड़का ह लेकिन वह अमेरिका में है और पत्नी की उम्र74वर्ष है और डॉ चाहते थे कि वे 4 लोगों के कंधों पर जाऊं लेकिन कोरोना के वजह से कोई भी परिजन उनके पास आने के लिए तैयार नहीं था मुस्लिम युवकों ने मिलकर सारी व्यवस्था की)
Facebook user Jagesh Chawla posted the viral image and wrote in Hindi that Muslim youths carried the doctor’s funeral as per Hindu rituals. This post has been shared over 1000 times. (archived link)
(Translated from पुणे में आज MBBS डॉ. रमाकांत जोशी जी की कोरोना से मृत्यु हो गई । उनका एक लड़का है, लेकिन वह अमेरिका में रहता है और…)
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Another user claimed that Tablighi Jamaat youth carried out the funeral procession.
Alt News performed a reverse image search on Microsoft search engine Bing and found that the viral image was published on Pakistani news blog Siasat on May 2. As per the article, the picture shows the funeral of a 68-year-old temple priest Ramesh Mathur in Meerut.
Using this as a clue we performed a keyword search on Google and found that The Times of India (TOI) and Asianet carried the viral image in their reports on April 30 and May 1 respectively. As per the reports, the image shows the funeral of a Meerut-based priest Ramesh Mathur. As per the TOI report, Mathur’s family expressed the need for four people to take his body to the crematorium. The incident attarcted media coverage because the procession was carried by Muslim men.
Hindustan Times (HT) and The Statesman also reported about this incident but didn’t use the same image. As per the HT report, neither Mathur’s son, who stays in Delhi, nor his relatives could visit for the funeral due to COVID-19 lockdown. The report added, “The Muslim neighbours first helped the son of the deceased prepare the bier and later took part in the funeral procession while maintaining social distancing.”
None of the reports mentioned that the Muslim men belonged to the Tablighi Jamat sect. Alt News couldn’t independently verify the claim.
But the social media claim that the image shows the funeral of Pune-based doctor Ramakant Joshi is false. The image is from the funeral of a 68-year-old temple priest Ramesh Mathur in Meerut. It was held in the last week of April when the country was observing a lockdown.
While performing a reverse image search on Google we noticed that website TrueScoop (archived link) and YouTube channel Nyooz TV (archived link) used it as a featured image on their respective videos as Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan’s funeral.
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Old image from MP viral as 25 "non-Muslim" Allahabad Uni students arrested for making bombs - Alt News
Aritraa Dey
7th May 2022 / 1:26 pm
A post with two images clubbed together is viral on social media. While the first photograph is of a group of people in police custody, the second is a file image of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
आतंकवाद का नया अड्डा अलाहाबाद विश्वविध्यालय हाँस्टल के 25 छात्र बम बनाते पकडे गए,58 कमरे सील किए गए मीडिया खामोश बैठी है ,क्योंकि पकडे गए छात्रोंमे एक भी मुस्लिम छात्र नही है ! pic.twitter.com/axoe7tH81i
— Ashish (@Ashish30577807) April 27, 2022
The clubbed image is being shared with the viral claim that 25 students of Allahabad University were caught making bombs in the hostel. It furthers that none of the students hailed from the Muslim community.
आतंकवाद का नया अड्डा बना #इलाहाबाद_विश्वविद्यालय हॉस्टल 25छात्र बम बनाते पकड़े गए बड़ी खुशी की बात यह है एक भी #मुस्लिम_छात्र नहीं तो गोदी मीडिया खुब ढिंढोरा पीटती pic.twitter.com/owzmjDK8bB
— Jaysingh Yadav (@Jaysing53113529) April 27, 2022
The post has multiple shares on Facebook and Twitter with the same viral text.
Alt News has previously debunked the same image shared with child-kidnapping rumours. We had fact-checked the photograph of the men in police custody and found that they were accused of being a part of a sex racket gang. They were arrested from the Lebad-Nayagaon four-lane road, Madhya Pradesh. An article on Patrika dated July 15, 2019, had reported the incident.
Alt News also contacted the Karnal Ganj Police Station, which is the closest police station to Allahabad University, to confirm if any student was arrested for “making bombs” in the hostel. SHO Sujit Singh confirmed that the claim is false.
An old image from Madhya Pradesh was, therefore, shared with the false claim that 25 non-Muslim students were arrested from Allahabad University for making bombs in the hostel.
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Old image from Muharram procession passed off as Indian army's atrocities on Kashmiris - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
16th September 2019 / 4:06 pm
“कश्मीर जहां यजीद का लश्कर दिखाई देता है वहां पर हमको बेहतर दिखाई देता है हमारी लाश किसी को नजर नहीं आती हमारे हाथ का पत्थर दिखाई सबको देता है #Save Kashmir#Save kashmri (In Kashmir, where you could see army of Yazeed, where we could see better. No one sees our dead bodies but everyone sees the stones in our hands -translated)”
The above message was shared by a Facebook user with an image of a woman who is profusely bleeding from her head. The message suggests that this image depicts a woman from Kashmir injured by the Indian army. A few more individuals on Facebook and Twitter have shared the image with a similar message.
We were also alerted by a user that the same image is circulating on WhatsApp.
A Google search of the image revealed that the image is not from India. We found an article published by a Shia News website called JafariyaNews.com in February 2005, according to which these images depict the observation of Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram. The Shia Muslim sect mourns the sacrifice of Imam Hussein, the son of Hazrat Ali and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad on this day. They commonly practice chest-beating (Latyma), self-flagellation and cut their foreheads.
In the article, this picture was posted under the section titled, “Lebanon”, which suggests that the picture could possibly be from Lebanon.
It is noteworthy that sharp objects, penetrating people’s skulls, are visible in the image.
In conclusion, an image taken during the observation of Ashura, where a woman was bleeding from a self-inflicted wound, was shared as a picture portraying atrocities by the Indian army in Kashmir.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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Old image from Pakistan shared as condition of school in India - Alt News
Archit
23rd July 2020 / 2:50 pm
Several social media users have shared an image of school children sitting on mud. It’s claimed that the image is from India.
Twitter user @shaista04444 posted the viral image. It has over 300 retweets. (archived link)
दुनिया की सबसे ऊंची मूर्ति वाले देश के स्कूलों की दशा देखें,
क्या 135 करोड़ लोगो…???
आपमें इस सच्चाई को साझा करने का साहस है…
दो दो कौड़ी के नेता सौ सौ करोड़ में बिकते हैं😕औऱ इनको जितवाने वाली जनता को मिलता हैं 5 Kg गेहुँ औऱ 1 Kg चना😠वो भी लाईन में लग के🤗 pic.twitter.com/1V5LA9N5E7
— ❤⃝🇸hͪaⷶiͥsᷤtͭaⷶ ❤⃝ 🇦aⷶfᷫrͬeͤeͤnᷡ (@shaista04444) July 20, 2020
The image is circulated on social media along with Hindi text, “Look at the condition of schools in the country with the world’s tallest statue.”
[Complete message: दुनिया की सबसे ऊंची मूर्ति वाले देश के स्कूलों की दशा देखें, जरा गौर से देखो इन बालको को, जब सरकार ही इनसे सुविधाये छिन रही हैं तो इन्का भविष्य कैसें बनेगा!! खुद तो सरकार मे अनपढ लोग बैठे हैं और आने वाली पिढी को भी अनपढ बनाने पर तुली हैं. आपमें इस सच्चाई को साझा करने का साहस है??]
Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that the image was tweeted by Imran Lashari, who works at Ministry of Foreign Affair, Islamabad in Pakistan as per his Twitter bio. He had tweeted the image in 2017 tagging Islamabad-based reporter Rauf Klasra. Lashari wrote, “Government girls primary school wara sehraan tehsil karor district Layyah southpunjab whats your remarks about punjab Government. @KlasraRauf”
Government girls primary school wara sehraan tehsil karor district Layyah southpunjab whats your remarks about punjab Government.@KlasraRauf pic.twitter.com/27M8U6IwJp
— Imran Lashari (@imrancfa) January 27, 2017
Taking this as a clue, a further search led us to an article from 2015 published in Pakistan-based Siasat. As per the website, this school is in Pakistan’s Punjab.
We also found that a Pakistani Twitter user had posted the viral image in 2015. In his tweet, he had tagged Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, federal minister for railways and chief of Awami Muslim League.
میان صاحب تیس سال سے پنجاب پر حکومت کر رھے ھین
اور بچیان تعلیم میٹرو بس پر بیٹھ کر حاصل کر رھی ھین @ShkhRasheed pic.twitter.com/ugiiPlHzyn
— SKY KINGS (@SKYKINGPK) June 10, 2015
The viral image was earlier fact-checked by Fact Crescendo in February.
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Old image of water-logged lane in Punjab shared as Delhi to target CM Kejriwal - Alt News
Kinjal
28th July 2020 / 6:22 pm / Last updated: 28th July 2020
General Secretary of BJP Delhi Ravinder Gupta shared a photograph of a family sipping tea in a water-logged lane. Gupta attacked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi by claiming that the picture is from Kirari assembly constituency which Kejriwal has converted into “London”.
#दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री @ArvindKejriwal जी का दिल से धन्यवाद जिन्होंने #किराड़ी विधानसभा को #लंदन बना दिया।
यह देखिए किस प्रकार एक पूरा परिवार #लंदन की गली में बैठकर ” गरमा गरम चाय” और बिस्कुट का आनंद ले रहे है🤣#केजरीवाल जी इससे अच्छे दिन मत दिखाना🙏 pic.twitter.com/vz9ZdMbvQe
— Ravinder Gupta (@guptaravinder71) July 26, 2020
National Spokesperson of Akali Dal Manjinder Sirsa quote-tweeted Gupta and took a jibe at Kejriwal — “Don’t know about London but he surely converted Delhi into Venice.”
लंदन तो नहीं पर दिल्ली को वेनिस ज़रूर बना दिया है @ArvindKejriwal जी ने https://t.co/g6G466CThL
— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) July 26, 2020
‘The picture is also doing the rounds on Facebook as Surat, Gujarat.
A reverse image search led to a tweet by journalist Salil Tripathi on July 27. Tripathi said that this picture is not from Surat but Punjab. He retweeted a tweet by AAP MLA Gurmeet Singh from Barnala district of Punjab.
On July 18, 2016, Gurmeet Singh had tweeted this picture claiming that a family in Mansa district of Punjab protested against “shoddy sewage work” by the Akali Dal.
Family in Mansa dist #Punjab protesting against shoddy sewage wrk by #akalis .Ppl r waiting fr 2017 @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/VUZFNjxuzR
— Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer (@meet_hayer) July 18, 2016
A user shared a news clipping of Punjab Kesari while replying to Singh. The report describes the picture as, “After rain in Mansa, people sitting on a street filled with water, enjoying the rain with a cup of tea.”
The photo is circulating as Delhi since 2016. On July 20, 2016, a Twitter user had shared the Punjab Kesari clipping when Chairman of RPG Group Harsh Goenka promoted the false claim.
Pic 1 : @hvgoenka Spreading Lies and Propaganda against Delhi Govt
Pic 2 : Truth of Pic 1; From Mansa, Punjab
RT pic.twitter.com/2EedHQJcfl
— DaaruBaaz Mehta (@DaaruBaazMehta) July 20, 2016
A picture from 2016 shot in Punjab is therefore shared as Delhi to target the AAP government for “poor” drainage system.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Image from Thailand viral as BJP-JD(U) distribute alcohol during Bihar poll campaigning - Alt News
Kinjal
24th October 2020 / 4:54 pm
With Bihar set to go to polls from October 28, campaigning for the assembly election is in full swing. As a result, social media platforms have also been dominated by election chatter. They have been rife with misinformation, and a lot of old photos and videos being linked to the upcoming polls. In the midst of this, a photograph has been going viral which purportedly shows bottles of alcohol that the BJP-JD(U) alliance was planning to distribute to voters ahead of the upcoming election. Facebook user Pooja Sekher Yadav posted this picture with the same claim – “This is also part of BJP-JDU’s preparations for the Bihar election…. Remember, Biharis, alcohol is both poisonous and dangerous, so do not get swayed!!”. Yadav’s post had been liked more than 300 times at the time of writing. (archived link to the post)
बिहार में बीजेपी-जदयू की कुछ तैयारी ऐसी भी चल रही है…
ध्यान रहे बिहारवासियो ये जहर ओर कहर दोनो है इसलिये बहकावे में नही आना है…!!
Posted by Pooja Sekher Yadav on Sunday, 18 October 2020
A Facebook page called Rashtriya Janata Dal Madhubani also shared the image with the same caption. (archived link to the post). Another page named Prabhudh Patrakar – Bihar posted the image. (archived link)
The image and accompanying claim have gained a lot of traction on both Twitter and Facebook.
बिहार में बीजेपी-जदयू की कुछ तैयारी ऐसी भी चल रही है….
ध्यान रहे बिहार वासियों ये जहर ओर कहर दोनो है इसलिए बहकावे में नहीं आना है….!!@RJDforIndia @laluprasadrjd pic.twitter.com/Qync2avJ1f
— Nikku yadav (@Nikku_Yadav_Ji) October 19, 2020
Using a simple reverse image search, Alt News was able to locate the original image in an article by Thai Hitz, a website from Thailand, dated September 22, 2019. It discussed floods in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani area and food packets being prepared to help those affected. These food packets included rice, dry food and other essential items. The report also mentioned that a person named Johnny wanted to ‘help’ those stranded without alcohol during the floods. So, he put together bottles of liquor and distributed them in the flood-affected areas. The article also contains an image of a person distributing the bottles.
A link to Johnny’s Facebook page, ‘ตะลึง กรุง จอน นี่ มือ ปราบ’, was also provided in the report. We looked through his page and found the viral image posted on September 22, 2019.
มาเด้อซุมขี้เหล้า บักได๋สิเอา ซามกูใจดี
#แนวแก้เมื่อย
Posted by ตะลึงกรุง จอนนี่มือปราบ on Sunday, 22 September 2019
The page also had a few other images of people distributing the food packets.
According to a UNICEF report dated September 21, 2019, parts of Thailand, particularly in the north-east, were experiencing flooding. The report included pictures from flood-stricken areas. Relief Web also reported that some areas of Thailand were severely affected by the floods.
Pictures of liquor bottles distributed in Thailand in 2019 were falsely linked to the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. Netizens used the photo to target the BJP-JD(U) alliance, accusing them of trying to influence voters.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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24th October 2020 / 4:54 pm
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Old image from UP shared to portray police complicity in Jahangirpuri violence - Alt News
Nilofar Absar
22nd April 2022 / 8:41 pm
Following the communal violence that recently took place in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, an image is being widely shared on social media. The image depicts a squad of police personnel flanked by two men in casual clothes wearing saffron masks to cover their faces. One of the men can be seen carrying what appears to be a stick.
The image is viral with the insinuation that the men seen with the police personnel are Hindutva goons carrying swords to offer protection to Delhi police.
हाथमे तलवार लेकर दिल्ली पुलिस की रक्षा करते धर्मरक्षक..@DelhiPolice pic.twitter.com/Pql0rglAHG
— Wajid shaikh (@WajidShaikh24) April 17, 2022
हाथमे तलवार लेकर दिल्ली पुलिस की रक्षा करते धर्मरक्षक.. pic.twitter.com/Z4SWaflYIr
— Naushad khan (sallu) (@naushadshallu) April 18, 2022
We performed a reverse image search on Yandex and found tweets dating back to 2020, sharing the viral image.
The police also help #RSS us in India.
#islamophobia_in_india #islamophobia_In_India pic.twitter.com/zS5lMYfrVp
— Tahir Ali (@TahirAl44322311) April 22, 2020
Amongst these tweets, we found one by a user named Saba Khan stating that the image is from UP’s Badaun district.
पुलिस वालों के साथ भगवा गमछे में कौन है?? (बदायूं U.P.) pic.twitter.com/hFUcCr4CIz
— Saba khan 👉 😷 (@Saba__PathaN2) April 20, 2020
Upon going through her Twitter profile, we also came across a video capturing the same incident where cops can be seen walking through the narrow alleyway. The men wearing saffron scarves can be spotted as well.
ये वीडियो बदायूं का है पर मैं पूरी तरह से कंफर्म नहीं हूं
पुलिस के साथ भगवा गमछे में कौन है ???
बस इस सवाल का जवाब चाहिए
कहां का है कब का है फर्क नहीं पड़ता..
सवाल सिर्फ ये है कि पुलिस के साथ ये लोग कौन हैं ?? pic.twitter.com/q7Ez8ZRCHh
— Saba khan 👉 😷 (@Saba__PathaN2) April 20, 2020
Another Twitter user Raqim Qadri commented on Saba Khan’s tweet that the video is from Badaun. We rummaged Raqim Qadri’s Twitter profile and found a tweet stating that the video is from the Jalandhari Sarai area in Badaun.
Yeh video budaun ke mohalla jalandhari saray ki hy..
Or yeh police walo ke sath ghamcha dale kon chal rha h @budaunpolice https://t.co/dPNhQuram6
— RaQim Qadri (@RaqimQ) April 20, 2020
Beneath this tweet, we found a comment from Budaun police’s official Twitter handle confirming that the two men in the viral image are “COVID warriors” assisting the police personnel by urging locals to stay at home and download the Arogya Setu app. The two men in the viral image have been identified as Mukesh Kumar and Sunil Gurjar.
Thus, an old image from 2020 is being shared with a false claim linking it to the communal violence that recently took place in Jahangirpuri, New Delhi.
Nilofar Absar is a lawyer by training and a storyteller by nature who takes a keen interest in the lives of people belonging to South Asian diasporic communities.
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Old image of a Jain fast-unto-death ritual viral as protest against cow slaughter - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
23rd January 2019 / 11:30 pm
A Twitter user, Prof. S. Vengugopalan tweeted a photograph of an emaciated man claiming that a Jain monk is fasting unto death to stop cow slaughter in India. It has been retweeted by many including, former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai.
Facebook page India Against Cow Slaughter had posted the same photograph along with two more images of emaciated monks claiming the same in February, 2015. It has been shared more than 7,500 times on Facebook.
We also found a blog post written in 2015 which was based on this Facebook post.
Alt News couldn’t find any recent media report about a Jain monk fasting unto death against cow slaughter in India. Earlier in 2011, a Jain monk named Prabhu Sagar went on hunger strike and demanded closure of slaughter houses and was later forcibly hospitalized by the police. An article published Dainik Jagran on May 13, 2011 stated, “Jain monk Prabhu Sagar was forcibly admitted to a hospital by the police late on Wednesday night after his health deteriorated due his 16-day long strike.” . However, the images of Prabhu Sagar and the person in the viral picture does not match.
The photo of the monk resembles the ancient Jain religious ritual of Sallekhana/Santhara. The ritual is considered as a fundamental component to the principle of ahimsa (Non-violence). The religious practice is a ritualistic fast unto death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids. It is believed that the vow of Sallekhana/Santhara is taken when all purposes of life have been served or when the body is unable to serve any purpose of life. According to a report by The Indian Express, the practice is not common in Jainism as only monks, nun and lay followers can take the vow to undertake Sallekhana/Santhara.
We found a video posted on YouTube about Sallekhana. In the side by side comparison posted below, on the left is of an individual fasting unto death during the ritual and on the right is the viral image of Jain monk. The peacock feathers next to the individuals also indicate their connection with Jain rituals. Peacock feathers are used by the Jain monk/nun to sweep the ground before walking on it. They dust the ground to avoid killing any life form on the ground. The similarity in different aspects of the two pictures juxtaposed below indicates that the person in the viral picture is practising the ancient Jain ritual of Sallekhana/Santhara.
An article published by Amar Ujala published on April 7, 2017 falsely claimed that the image belongs to a mummified monk found inside a 1000-year-old Buddha statue. However, we found that this image is unrelated to the news story reported in 2015 about a discovery of mummified monk found after scientific test of a Buddha statue.
In conclusion, a picture which has been circulated for at least four years and is still being shared as an incident of a Jain monk fasting unto-death in protest against cow slaughter is actually a Jain ritual of Sallekhana/Santhara, and has no connection with cow slaughter.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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23rd January 2019 / 11:30 pm
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BJP members share images of woman assaulted in 2016 to target SP - Alt News
Kinjal
14th July 2021 / 3:11 pm / Last updated: 14th July 2021
Photographs of an injured woman are circulating on social media. The images show her being beaten with a stick and one of the images shows policemen surrounding the woman. The images are from a 2016 incident in the Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh. It has been alleged that a Samajwadi Party politician assaulted a young woman but he was not arrested due to pressure from the then chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.
It is noteworthy that a female Samajwadi Party worker was recently molested during the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh. Six police officers were suspended as a result. The police had also arrested one of the perpetrators and were on the hunt for the second accused. The Samajwadi Party has alleged that the BJP was not allowing its workers to file nominations and were tearing their pamphlets. Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav had targeted the Yogi government over the violence in the panchayat elections.
BJP Uttar Pradesh state general secretary Priyanka Singh Rawat tweeted the photos, writing, “This was the Samajwadi Party’s hooliganism in 2016…In an incident from Mainpuri district, a Samajwadi Party leader had assaulted a girl in broad daylight while the police were silent spectators. This goon was not arrested due to political pressure from chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others.” It amassed 2,647 retweets at the time of writing. (Archive link)
Archana Pandey, BJP MLA from Chhibramau in Kannauj district, also posted these pictures with the same claim.
So did Twitter user @Utmostultimate.
The photos are widespread on Facebook and Twitter
Alt News had fact-checked these photos in May 2020 when they were being falsely shared in connection with the anti-CAA protests. They are indeed from Mainpuri but the viral claim is misleading.
According to a ScoopWhoop article dated December 22, 2016, a woman was molested by some people in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. When she and her husband raised an alarm about what happened, the woman was thrashed badly. This incident occurred on December 19, 2016, when Vandana Tiwari and Ashwin Tiwari were asking a group of strangers for directions and Vandana was molested. The men made some lewd comments about Vandana and later tried to snatch her dupatta. According to NDTV, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested one individual in this case while the search was on for the rest.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICXLT_oQ0g8]
Dainik Bhaskar had reported that inspector Laxman Singh of Kishni police station registered a case against Anand Yadav and two unknown people. Out of the three, the main accused Anand was arrested.
Alt News came across several other media reports covering the incident. But none of these mentioned that the accused in this case were associated with any political party.
To sum it up, pictures of a molestation incident from 2016 are viral on social media. These pictures were shared by BJP leaders and supporters targeting the Samajwadi Party. They alleged that when Akhilesh Yadav was in power, Samajwadi Party workers were brazenly engaging in violence against women.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Farmers' protests: Old image falsely viral as woman standing up against policemen - Alt News
Anuradha Prasad
3rd December 2020 / 12:25 am
A photograph of a woman branding a lathi at policemen in riot gear has been linked to the farmers’ protest and shared on social media. A parody Twitter account that goes by the username @Rofl_Kamra shared the image on November 28. The caption made a reference to actor Kangana Ranaut who played the role of Rani Lakshmibai in a movie. It termed her ‘fake’ Jhansi Ki Rani and the woman in the photo as the real warrior queen.
नकली झांसी की रानी को देख चुके तो अब देखो असली झांसी की रानी जो किसान हक के लिए कूद पड़ी है युद्ध के मैदान में…माँ तुझे सलाम…🙏 pic.twitter.com/glJq6ho0gi
— Rofl Kamra 2.0 (@Rofl_Kamra) November 28, 2020
Lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat and Jharkhand Pradesh Youth Congress also circulated the picture with similar message taking a dig at Ranaut.
National President of Tipu Sultan Party Prof Shaikh Sadeque tweeted the picture as well. Several other Twitter users circulated the image and among the prominent ones were @Rayaan41, @The_vinaydubey and @Kavita_Meena1.
A reverse-image search on Bing led us to a Facebook page that had uploaded the picture in 2016.
Posted by Hyderabad Funny Club on Saturday, 10 September 2016
A Twitter user had shared the image in 2018 however without mentioning where it was shot. He used hashtags related to farmers’ protests.
തോൽക്കുമെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞിട്ടും അവർ പോരാട്ടം തുടരുകയാണ് അവർ തോറ്റുപോയാൽ തോൽക്കുന്നത് നമ്മൾ കൂടിയാണ്. !!!അവർ തീർത്ത വിയർപ്പിന് നമ്മുടെ വിശപ്പ് എന്ന് കൂടിയാണ് അർഥം….!!
ഇനിയും കണ്ടില്ലെന്ന് നടിയ്ക്കരുത്#കർഷകസമരം #withthem #farmers #Revolutions pic.twitter.com/NBuZC5Rs9F
— സിദ്ധാർത്ഥ് (@AkhilVR45852462) October 4, 2018
While Alt News could not establish further details about the image, it clearly does not represent an incident that took place in the ongoing farmers’ protests.
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3rd December 2020 / 12:25 am
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Old image from unrelated case shared as actor Poonam Pandey in hospital - Alt News
Priyanka Jha
15th November 2021 / 6:00 pm
On November 8, ANI cited the Mumbai police informing that actress Poonam Pandey’s husband Sam Bombay was arrested in Mumbai after she complained of assault. She was admitted to a hospital. Against this backdrop, two images, one of the couple and the other featuring an injured woman, are circulating online. It has been claimed that the injured woman is Pandey.
यह C ग्रेड की पूनम पांडे है जो अक्सर अपने उल जुलूल हरकतों से सोशल मीडिया पर चर्चा में बनी रहती हैं यह हिंदुत्व और हिंदू देवी देवताओं पर भी अभद्र टिप्पणी करती रहती है
फिर सेकुलरिज्म के ज्यादा चुल्ल मचने पर इन्होंने शमशाद अली उर्फ सैम बॉम्बे से निकाह किया यह भूल गई कि शमशाद अली pic.twitter.com/98ATMnFWcl
— मुंगेरीलाल (@mungeri89_lal) November 10, 2021
Several users shared the image on Twitter with the same claim. One user wrote, “This is Poonam Pandey, who often makes objectionable comments on Hindutva, Hindus, and Hindu gods and goddesses. She married Shamshad Ali aka Sam Bombay to scratch the secularism itch. And now he has beaten her so badly that she had to be admitted to the hospital with a broken jaw, a sprained neck, and bruises around her eye.”
Numerous Twitter handles including @VashistIshwar02, @DextrousNinja, @humlogindia, @MemesGormint, @mungeri89_lal, @iYogitasingh, @daniak_shay_45 shared the photos describing Poonam Pandey as a victim of “love jihad”. Alt News received a few requests to verify the photo on our WhatsApp helpline number.
We performed a reverse image search of the picture featuring the injured woman using Yandex. This led us to a video from 2018 from which the still had been taken, confirming that it cannot be recent. The YouTube video was titled, “Poonam Pandey | arsha pandey hospital viral video”.
We performed another keyword search based on this information and came across a Dainik Jagran report dated September 15, 2018. The woman has been identified as Arshi Pandey. It states, “Arshi Pandey, the sole eyewitness in the Poonam murder case, was discharged on Thursday after spending 18 days at the hospital. Her relatives took her home.”
According to Dainik Jagran, “On the night of August 27, 2018, two unidentified men attacked transporter Lakshmi Dutt Pandey’s wife Poonam and his daughter with a sharp weapon in Gorapadao, located in Haldwani’s Mandi Chowki area. Though Poonam lost her life in the aftermath, her daughter spent several days in the hospital.” This was a different Poonam Pandey who lost her life in the attack. The image being shared is of her daughter.
She specializes in information verification, examining mis/disinformation, social media monitoring and platform accountability. Her aim is to make the internet a safer place and enable people to become informed social media users. She has been a part of Alt News since 2018.
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15th November 2021 / 6:00 pm
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Old image of Assam CM shared as him escaping his house during anti-CAA protest - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
16th December 2019 / 9:15 pm / Last updated: 16th December 2019
In the wake of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), an image of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal where he is being escorted by security personnel is getting circulated on social media. Facebook user Rajiv Tyagi posted the photograph with the claim that he had to escape from his residence’s terrace.
A few more individuals on Facebook posted the same image with a similar claim. A tweet by one Aakash has garnered close to 200 retweets.
अपने ही घर के पिछवाड़े से भागते इस व्यक्ति को पहचानते हैं..?
हिंट : एक राज्य के मुख्यमंत्री हैं।#AssamRejectsCAB #CABAgainstConstitution #CAB_नहीं_चलेगा pic.twitter.com/Hdnc0jKYIN
— Aakash_UK (@Aakash_UK) December 13, 2019
We found that the image has a watermark of Assamese news channel Prag News. Subsequently, Alt News did a relevant keyword search (“inspection Sonowal”) on their YouTube channel and found a video posted on May 1, 2019. The chief minister was on a visit to JICA project in Guwahati. The project aims to provide clean drinking to the people of the city. At 32 seconds in the video, one can find the same frame which is circulating on social media.
Here is a screenshot of the viral frame from the video.
On April 30, Sarbananda Sonowal tweeted photograph from his inspection visit at the site of Guwahati Water Supply Project.
Inspected the site of Guwahati Water Supply Project and took stock of ongoing works.
Directed officials to expedite works so that the project can be completed at the earliest and benefit citizens. pic.twitter.com/b3C2Ws83vy
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) April 30, 2019
It may be noted that according to a report by news agency United News of India, CAB protesters had attacked houses of RSS and BJP leaders including the CM’s house. “Chief Minister Sarbanada Sonowal’s house which is located at Dibrugarh in Upper Assam came under attack yesterday night as protestors pelted stones at his house,” stated the report published on December 13, 2019. An old image of the Assam CM was shared with the claim that he had to escape from his house during protests.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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Old image of Baba Ramdev breaking fast shared as him getting knee surgery in Germany - Alt News
Niddhi Rathi
22nd July 2019 / 8:28 pm
A picture of Baba Ramdev surrounded by several people, one of whom is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, wearing surgical masks and handing him a glass of water is viral on WhatsApp. It is being shared with the claim that Ramdev went to Germany for knee surgery. A message circulating with the image says, “करो योग, रहो निरोग” योग गुरु रामदेव के घुटनो का जर्मनी में सफल ऑपरेशन!! “तुम स्वदेशी अपनाओ” ये आदमी ही कहता था ना… मूत्र पीने और गोबर खाने से फलां रोग ठीक होता है ढिमका रोग ठीक होता है? …….. खुद खाता नहीं दूसरों को खिलाता है। (Translation: Do Yoga, stay healthy. Yoga guru Ramdev’s knee operation in Germany successful. This man said adopt domestic services. How can drinking urine and eating cow dung cure diseases? How can it cure dhimka disease? Doesn’t eat it himself but makes others eat.)”
A reverse image search on Google led Alt News to multiple articles published in 2011 that carried the same image. The Hindu Business Line, which republished a PTI report, said that Baba Ramdev was on a hunger strike since June 4, 2011, demanding tougher anti-corruption law. On June 10, 2011, he was admitted to a hospital in Uttarakhand after his condition deteriorated at his Patanjali Yogapeeth ashram in Haridwar. The Hindu Business Line described the image as – “Art of Living Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (C) and Morari Bapu offer juice to yoga guru Baba Ramdev to break his nine-day-long fast at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday. Ramdev’s aide Balkrishna is seen at right. – PTI“
India Today had reported that Ramdev was moved to the ICU at the Himalayan Hospital, Jolly Grant, where he had been forcibly administered glucose. The article also said that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited the hospital to see Ramdev.
In conclusion, a 2011 picture of Baba Ramdev admitted in a hospital in Uttarakhand is being shared with the claim that he got knee surgery in Germany.
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Old image of BJP leader manhandled by farmers viral as incident from UP poll campaigning - Alt News
Kalim Ahmed
25th January 2022 / 8:16 pm
A photo that appears to be of a politician in torn clothes being rescued by the police is widely being circulated on social media. The photo is accompanied by a Hindi caption that suggests that the politician in the photo is a member of the BJP who was beaten during election campaigning. The caption also refers to the quote given by the PM when his convoy was blocked by protestors on a flyover in Punjab. It attempts to mock the PM.
The claim is viral on both Twitter and Facebook.
वोट माँगने जनता के बीच गए भाजपा नेता जी का हाल,योगी बाबा को मैसेज करके बताया कि मै ज़िंदा लौट कर आ गया हूँ। pic.twitter.com/aSO38ICDUY
— Pragya Ke Tweet (@PragyaTweet) January 24, 2022
वोट माँगने जनता के बीच गए भाजपा नेता जी का हाल,कह रहे थे उन्हें कहना मै ज़िंदा लौट कर आ गया हूँ।🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/xPOVuNLD5b
— Khushnuma khan (@Khushi9595) January 24, 2022
वोट माँगने जनता के बीच गए भाजपा नेता जी का हाल,योगी बाबा को मैसेज करके बताया कि मै ज़िंदा लौट कर आ गया हूँ। pic.twitter.com/Fi1EH0k5FW
— D N Yadav (@dnyadav) January 24, 2022
वोट माँगने जनता के बीच गए भाजपा नेता जी का हाल कह रहे थे उन्हें कहना मै ज़िंदा लौट कर आ गया हूँ….! pic.twitter.com/U3YWBrJSTt
— 🇮🇳अहमद जी🇮🇳 (@Ahmed992727) January 24, 2022
It is important to note that the photo is being shared in the context of the upcoming UP assembly elections. The campaigning for this election is in full force as Uttar Pradesh goes to poll from February 10.
We performed a reverse image search and found that the person in the photo is indeed a BJP leader but the image is from July 2021. According to a report published by PTI, the man in the photo is Kailash Meghwal, BJP’s Scheduled Caste’s Morcha chief, who was visiting Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district for a meeting where he was manhandled by protesting farmers.
A video of this incident can be found on the Twitter account of Trolley Times.
pic.twitter.com/wRDekgh0es
— Trolley Times (ਟਰਾਲੀ ਟਾਈਮਜ਼) (@trolleytimes) July 30, 2021
But the claim that BJP leaders were met with protests during election campaigning is not incorrect. Various reports of BJP leaders being confronted by the people of their own constituency have emerged in the past few weeks. In Bijnor, a BJP leader was seen flaunting his gun at the public for pelting stones at his convoy. Last week NDTV reported that Vikram Singh Saini, the BJP MLA from Khatauli, was chased away by the people of his own constituency.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwndsTt5jnA]
In conclusion, a photo is being shared in the context of the upcoming UP elections with the claim that a BJP leader appealing for votes was manhandled by the public. The image is from last year.
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Old image of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari with Jama Masjid's Imam Bukhari shared ahead of Delhi polls - Alt News
Archit
17th January 2020 / 8:26 pm / Last updated: 17th January 2020
Since the beginning of 2020, several social media users have been sharing an image of BJP Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari and Imam Ahmed Bukhari, the 13th Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid. The viral post takes a subtle dig at Tiwari and the Bharatiya Janata Party for indulging in ‘identity politics’. Tiwari’s name has been in the spotlight as the likely Delhi chief ministerial candidate for the BJP in the upcoming Delhi elections. The party, however, is yet to finalise a name.
Congress’s Salman Nizami shared the photograph on January 17 and wrote, “Bukhari Rs 500 mei बिक गया . (Bukhari sold at Rs 500.)”
Facebook-user Qader Unisa posted the viral image and wrote, “Shahi Imam of Delhi Jama Masjid with Manoj Tiwari BJP Delhi CM Candidate/Bhojpuri Film Actor.” Another Facebook user Aman Pathan shared the viral image and wrote, ” ‘One thief is another thief’s cousin.’ Those who curse the Muslim all day are asking for the support. Anyway… out of all people, they are asking for support from a person who has no respect among the Muslim community. Who is going to vote for you? #GotHim.
[Translated from “चोर चोर मौसेरे भाई” दिन भर मुस्लिम को कोसने वाले गए हैं शाही इमाम का समर्थन मांगने, खैर समर्थन भी उस शख्स से मांग रहे हैं जिसकी मुस्लिम समाज मे कोई इज्जत ही नहीं बची है…वोट क्या घंटा दिलाएंगे #लपेटा]”
Alt News found that the claim is also circulating on Twitter.
On January 17, Delhi-based journalist Prashant Kanojia posted a sarcastic tweet along with the viral image. The tweet said, “Bukhari’s deal final on 250 grams of walnuts and 500 grams of raisins.
[Translated from 250 ग्राम अखरोट और 500 ग्राम किशमिश पर बुखारी का डील फाइनल।]”
250 ग्राम अखरोट और 500 ग्राम किशमिश पर बुखारी का डील फाइनल। pic.twitter.com/xNme3XigOv
— Prashant Kanojia (@PJkanojia) January 16, 2020
Alt News did a keyword search on Google and found a video from May 6, 2017, by Zee Media. The video reported that Bukhari met Tiwari after an attack that took place at the latter’s residence. In the video, Bukhari says, “He is my old friend and our friendship goes long back. As soon as I learnt he (Tiwari) was attacked, I decided to pay him a visit.”
On May 1, 2017, Times of India reported that two men were arrested after they allegedly barged into Delhi BJP chief and MP Manoj Tiwari’s residence and roughed up his staff.
Alt News also found that the viral image was tweeted by journalist Atul Krishna on May 6, 2017.
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid met Delhi BJP President Shri Manoj Tiwari a little while back pic.twitter.com/zFjJoJ8aYQ
— Atulkrishan (@atulkrishan007) May 6, 2017
Social media users have shared an image of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari with Imam Ahmed Bukhari and portrayed this as the BJP’s attempt at vote bank politics ahead of Delhi elections in February.
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Old image of Boeing 787 shared by Congress leaders as Boeing 777 to target PM Modi - Alt News
Kinjal
5th August 2020 / 4:48 pm / Last updated: 7th October 2020
General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Congress Rakesh Sachan tweeted a picture of the interior of an extravagant airplane with the caption, “Followers of the owner of this aircraft have an issue with cushions on a tractor. (इस जहाज में बैठने वाले मालिक के भक्तों को ट्रैक्टर में लगे कुशन से दिक्कत थी!)”
His tweet was in reference to Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s swipe at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over images that showed him sitting on what appeared to be cushioned seats on a tractor. This was during a rally in Punjab to protest against the Modi government’s controversial farm laws.
Poet Imran Pratapgrahi also shared the same picture.
On August 1, the official handle of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) tweeted the photograph and wrote, “There was Gandhiji who never fully covered his body because more than half of the population did not have clothes to wear.” The tweet was liked by over 2,300 users and retweeted 364 times. (archived link of the tweet)
[Translated from: “एक गाँधी जी थे जिन्होंने अपना शरीर कभी पूरा नहीं ढका क्योंकि भारत की आधी से अधिक आबादी के तन पर कपड़े नहीं थे”]
On the same day, this picture was also tweeted by Jitu Patwari, who is the in-charge of Gujarat Congress and working president of Madhya Pradesh Congress. He claimed that the plane is PM Modi’s private aircraft. Patwari mockingly remarked that ‘the PM would make India a superpower only when he is given luxuries’. Before his tweet was deleted, it had received more than 1,100 likes and 221 retweets (archived link of the tweet). After Patwari’s tweet, the picture began widely circulating on Twitter and Facebook.
Haryana Congress leader Pankaj Punia also tweeted the picture along with a news report about Boeing 777 aircraft arriving in September 2020 for the Prime Minister’s use.
The picture was posted on the Facebook page of UP East Youth Congress with the same claim that this is the Boeing 777 aircraft.
इस तस्वीर में जो आलीशान सोहफे और विश्वस्तरीय इंटीरियर डिजाइन हैं यह किसी का ड्राइंग रूम नहीं है यह देश के प्रधानमंत्री…
Posted by U.P East Youth Congress on Thursday, 30 July 2020
Upon conducting a reverse image search, it was found that the luxurious airplane is Mexico’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and not PM Modi’s private airplane. The picture was first shared on November 10, 2015, on a website which said that it is a private plane.
A Google search confirms that the picture is indeed of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is manufactured by American company Boeing Commercial Airplane. This particular airplane is specially made for commercial purposes. Since September 2016, the responsibility of managing Boeing 787 Dreamliner was taken over by China-based Deer Jet. More pictures of Boeing 787 Dreamliner were found on the website of Deer Jet. The website also mentions that the aircraft was made in 2.5 years by a French designer and it can travel non-stop for 17 hours.
On November 17, 2017, Australian-Chinese blogger Sam Chui had uploaded a video on YouTube showing the interiors of Boeing 787 Dreamliner. You can see the same frame as shown in the recent viral picture at 2:09 minutes into the video.
The Indian President, Vice-President and Prime Minister use Boeing 747 for their travel. According to an article published on October 10, 2019, by India Today, two Boeing 777 airplanes will be brought to India for the President, VP and PM’s use by July 2020. As per a new update, the airplanes are expected to arrive by September 2020.
In this manner, a picture of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is being misrepresented and widely shared on social media as PM Modi’s private airplane. Photos of the interiors of Boeing B777 aircraft or Air India One (AI-160) have been published by the media.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old image of Brazilian President shared as Italian PM breaks down due COVID-19 pandemic - Alt News
Archit
23rd March 2020 / 5:37 pm
A photograph of a man with teary eyes has been shared on social media by Marathi, Hindi and English speaking users. As per viral claims. the man is Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte, overwhelmed and helpless that the people of his country are dying due to the coronavirus pandemic. The viral image has been shared as a warning to those who are not taking coronavirus seriously.
On March 22, a Twitter user tweeted the viral image along with the claim in Hindi – “जिन लोगों को कोरोना वायरस (कोविड-19) मज़ाक़ लग रहा है, वो इसके तस्वीर को बार बार गौर से देखें और सीख लें.. इटली के प्रधानमंत्री Giuseppe Conte अपने देश में मरती हुई जनता को देखकर रो पड़ें। एक देश का प्रधानमंत्री पॉवर में होने के बावजूद अपनी मरती हुई जनता को देखकर कुछ नहीं कर पा रहा.”
Similarly, a Facebook also posted the image along with a Marathi text – “हे आहेत इटलीचे प्रधानमंत्री GIUSEPPE CONTE आपल्या देशात कोरोना वायरसमुळे रोज 500-800 सर्वसामान्य लोक मरत आहेत हे बघून त्यांना आज आपले अश्रू आवरता आले नाहीत इतकी प्रचंड हतबलता ही एका प्रगतशील देशाच्या प्रधानमंत्रीवर यावी ही फार मोठी शोकांतिका आहे. एका प्रगतीशील देशाच्या प्रधानमंत्रीचे दुःख, हतबलता व रडणे बघून भारतातील प्रत्येकांनी एक धडा शिकला पहिजे ही वेळ आपल्यावर किंबहुना आपल्या देशावर न येण्यासाठी एका जागरूक नागरिकाप्रमाणे घरात बसून सरकारला सहकार्य केले पहिजे, ज्या लोकांना कोरोना वायरस हा चेष्टाचा विषय वाटत असेल त्यांनी हा फोटो वारंवार बघून एक धडा शिकला पहिजे ही वेळ गंमतीची नव्हे तर एका भयंकर आजाराशी लढण्याची आहे.!”
Another Facebook user shared the viral image and wrote in English, “Tears Just came out of My Eyes watching the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte shading tears of how they have failed and lost Control over COVID-19 which has claimed thousands of Italians. May the Almighty God strengthen them.”
The viral image doesn’t show Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Alt News searched the keywords ‘Jair Bolsonaro chorou (Portuguese for cried)’ on Google and found a December 2019 article by Poder 360 which carried the viral image.
According to the report, the photo is from an evangelical Thanksgiving service at the Planalto Palace. Bolsonaro cried after he remembered the knife attack he had suffered in Juiz de Fora (MG), during the 2018 election campaign.
As per an article in The Guardian from September 7, 2018, “Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right frontrunner in next month’s Brazilian presidential election, is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed while campaigning. Bolsonaro was taken to hospital in the town of Juiz de Fora, about 125 miles (200km) north of Rio de Janeiro, after he was stabbed by a man who rushed up to him while he was being carried through a crowd on the shoulders of a supporter.”
Therefore, Bolsonaro’s photograph was falsely shared as Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte overwhelmed due to a large number of deaths in his country caused by COVID-19. Below is a photograph of Conte.
Italy is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus. The interactive dashboard by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering shows that over 5,400 people have died in Italy, more than in any country thus far. As of March 23, more than 59,000 people have been infected by the virus and over 7,000 patients have recovered
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Old image of CPI leader Annie Raja shared as JNU student detained by police - Alt News
Arjun Sidharth
19th November 2019 / 10:06 pm
Amid protests by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the recent announcement of fee hike, social media has been abuzz with photographs circulated to target the agitating students. A photo of an elderly woman has been shared widely. The image shows her being forcibly escorted by police personnel inside a van. Those sharing it claim she is a student of JNU.
A final year student from JNU got arrested. Fascist Modi#ShutDownJNU #JNUWallOfShame #JNUFreebies #JNUProtests pic.twitter.com/AAEq6Imtf8
— Amaresh Ojha 🇮🇳 (@Amreso99) November 18, 2019
The picture has been shared on Facebook as well. Apart from English, the claim has been shared in Hindi. The below post by a user has been shared over 600 times already. Social media users have shared with image with sarcastic messages, taking a dig at students of the university for supposedly spending several years on campus in pursuit of higher education.
फीस बढ़ाने को लेकर विरोध स्वरूप गिरफ्तारी देती,JNU छात्रा “लाजवंती ताई” BA फर्स्ट ईयर 😎
रोल नम्बर 69
Posted by Sheetal Sharma Vyas on Monday, November 18, 2019
The image is also circulating on WhatsApp and is also being shared as a meme.
Another one received from Whatsapp (Veracity unknown) of fresher in JNU😂 pic.twitter.com/Zc9wTCbPwq
— Venkitaraman TR (@ramantrv) November 19, 2019
A reverse-search of the photograph on Google established it does not pertain to the recent and ongoing protests by JNU students. The image in question was carried by several news organizations in May 2019. A protest had broken out in the national capital outside the Supreme Court, after former CJI Ranjan Gogoi was cleared of charges of sexual harassment by a panel of the apex court. According to reports, the protest was led mostly by women’s rights activists and lawyers.
Alt News found another photograph of the lady uploaded on Twitter on May 9, 2019.
In continuation of our protest against the #SupremeInjustice we are walking in Connaught Place with songs and demanding fair investigation in the sexual harassment case. #ChiefJustice #CJI #CJIRanjanGogoi pic.twitter.com/QIDRoZFQA9
— Pinjra Tod (@PinjraTod) May 9, 2019
We also found an article by DNA who identified the lady as CPI leader Annie Raja. In a conversation with Alt News, Annie Raja confirmed that it was her image that was being shared on social media. She told us that her image was being circulated in order to malign the protest by JNU students against fee hikes.
It may thus be noted that the image in question does not represent a JNU student detained by police, as claimed. The photograph is from May 2019 and relates to a protest held in Delhi over the clean chit given to former CJI Ranjan Gogoi over allegations of sexual harassment. In a recent instance, a photograph of a 23-year old student was shared on social media as a 43-year old student still enrolled at JNU.
Arjun Sidharth is a writer with Alt News. He has previously worked in the television news industry, where he managed news bulletins and breaking news scenarios, apart from scripting numerous prime time television stories. He has also been actively involved with various freelance projects. Sidharth has studied economics, political science, international relations and journalism. He has a keen interest in books, movies, music, sports, politics, foreign policy, history and economics. His hobbies include reading, watching movies and indoor gaming.
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Old photos of bus submerged under Delhi's Minto Bridge shared as recent - Alt News
Priyanka Jha
16th July 2021 / 3:26 pm / Last updated: 16th July 2021
On July 13, a Twitter user posted a photo of Delhi’s Minto Bridge underpass. The image featured a DTC bus completely submerged under rainwater. The Chattisgarh Congress Twitter handle quote-tweeted the post and wrote that ‘Sangh’s allies’ have transformed Delhi into Goa.
अब “दिल्ली” ही “गोवा” बना दी है संघ के छोटे रिचार्ज ने pic.twitter.com/X6LColCDqH
— INC Chhattisgarh (@INCChhattisgarh) July 14, 2021
Varun Puri of the BJP also shared the picture. The accompanying caption read, “Now Delhi’s Ad Man Kejriwal is offering a new underwater bus service”. (Archive link)
FREE underwater Bus service facility initiated by Delhi Ke Malik #AdManKejriwal pic.twitter.com/UqT5KiKlCe
— Varun Puri (@varunpuri1984) July 14, 2021
Former diplomat KC Singh retweeted a similar post and remarked that such visuals were a regular sight every monsoon season. (Archive link)
Surprising thing is it happens almost every year. How, has never been clear to me. Drivers ain’t new nor bridge & depth unknown. Human stupidity is the only answer. https://t.co/UOwJgkLDfy
— K. C. Singh (@ambkcsingh) July 13, 2021
In a now-deleted tweet, Vaishali Poddar of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha also shared the photo, adding that the monsoon season had officially arrived in Delhi. An archived version of the post can be found here. This image has also been circulating on Facebook.
BJP Delhi spokesperson Gaurav Goyal shared a different picture of a submerged bus and wrote, “Submarines in Delhi.”
Submarines of Delhi. #AdManKejriwal pic.twitter.com/bZnxdYhs64
— Gaurav Goel (@goelgauravbjp) July 14, 2021
First image
A reverse image search of this photo led Alt News to several news reports from 2020. It was carried by The New Indian Express in a story dated July 24, 2020, where it is described as the Minto Bridge underpass.
Several photos of this bridge taken from different angles were shared by a number of Indian media outlets in July 2020. Various videos of the Minto Bridge featuring similar visuals were also being shared online.
#WATCH Delhi: A bus got stuck in a waterlogged road under Minto Bridge following heavy rainfall in the national capital this morning. pic.twitter.com/OhwpyIU2Sz
— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2020
Second image
A reverse image search of the second photo revealed that it had originally been taken in 2018. The Deccan Herald had published this snapshot of the Minto Bridge in a July 2018 story.
No waterlogging has been observed thus far around the Minto Road area this year. On July 13, 2021, ANI posted a video reporting that the capital had been receiving rainfall since morning and the traffic situation on Minto Road was as per usual.
#WATCH | Minto Road area witnesses a smooth flow of traffic.
The national capital, Delhi has been receiving rainfall since morning. pic.twitter.com/q59e66eW9e
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2021
On July 14, Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi shared a video of the Minto Bridge on Twitter and said that despite heavy rains since morning, no waterlogging had been reported and traffic was moving smoothly.
Despite heavy rainfall since morning, there’s no water logging at #MintoBridge this time and traffic is moving smoothly.
Maybe its time that our opposition stops circulating old photos of Minto Bridge 😊 pic.twitter.com/WKe8XPNl0X
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) July 14, 2021
Aaj Tak also posted a video on the afternoon of July 14, where the area was described as free from waterlogging.
दिल्ली: जलभराव मुक्त नज़र आया मिंटो ब्रिज। देखें तेज़ बारिश के बाद मिंटो ब्रिज का हाल।
रिपोर्ट: @PankajJainClick
अन्य #ReporterDiary के लिए क्लिक करें: https://t.co/mf6keLW7vJ pic.twitter.com/swhxibFC0f
— AajTak (@aajtak) July 14, 2021
Ultimately, old photos of the Minto Bridge underpass was falsely shared as recent.
She specializes in information verification, examining mis/disinformation, social media monitoring and platform accountability. Her aim is to make the internet a safer place and enable people to become informed social media users. She has been a part of Alt News since 2018.
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Old image falsely shared as Afghani female pilot stoned to death after Taliban's takeover - Alt News
Priyanka Jha
20th August 2021 / 6:09 pm
Twitter user @SangeetSagar13 recently shared a picture and wrote, “Safiya Firozi, one of the four lady pilots of the Afghan Air Force. Stoned to death in public this morning.” (Archive link)
Another user @rakesh_bstpyp, who describes himself as a ‘nationalist’ writer, also made the same claim while sharing this picture. (Archive link)
A screenshot of the aforementioned tweet by @SangeetSagar13 is widespread on Facebook. Apart from this, Alt News also received a request to investigate the photo on our WhatsApp number (76000 11160).
We performed a reverse image search which led us to a news report from 2018 stating that three years had passed since the Farkhunda lynching in Kabul. According to the report, locals gathered in front of the Farkhunda memorial to commemorate the third year since the lynching of an innocent young woman. The crowd also carried posters condemning crimes against women like Farkhunda, Rukhshana, Shukria Tabasum, victims of the Mirzaolang massacre, and several others who were harassed, tortured, and murdered. One of the posters seen in the photo accompanying this article resembles the woman in the image in question.
We also came across a video story by The New York Times dated December 26, 2015, through a keyword search. Here, the narrator can be heard saying, “Farkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year-old Muslim woman, was killed after being falsely accused of burning the Quran. The incident was witnessed and recorded by thousands of people.”
A BBC report from May 2015 states that Farkhunda Malikzada had died on March 19. Investigations revealed that she had been wrongly accused of burning the Quran. 49 people were arrested in this case, out of which 19 were police officers.
According to the report, “Three men were sentenced to 20 years in prison, eight to 16 years in prison, and a minor was sentenced to 10 years in prison. 11 police officers were also sentenced to one year each for failing to provide security to Farkhunda.”
Farkhunda Malikzada has been misidentified as Safia Ferozi in viral posts. Ferozi rose to prominence for being Afghanistan’s second female pilot. Ferozi and her family fled Kabul in the 1990s. And after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, they had returned to Kabul. We could not find any credible report to corroborate Safia’s purported death.
The name of Afghanistan’s first female pilot is Niloofar Rahmani, who recently urged audiences to not believe the Taliban’s propaganda on women’s rights.
Therefore, an old image of a different woman was falsely circulated as Afghanistan’s female pilot Safia Ferozi getting stoned to death by the Taliban.
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Old image of female Ukrainian soldier shared as wife of "Ukrainian VP" - Alt News
Archit
3rd March 2022 / 5:29 pm / Last updated: 3rd March 2022
An image of a soldier is being shared with the claim that she is “the wife of the Vice President of Ukraine” fighting against the Russian invasion.
Twitter user @IAmAarav8 posted this image. It has been retweeted over 1,000 times.
Several Facebook and Twitter accounts have shared this image. The six posts added in the slideshow below have gained over 20,000 likes cumulatively. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that the viral image was uploaded on Alamy, a stock image website, last year. The caption states the image shows a soldier from the rehearsal of the Independence Day parade at Kyiv’s Khreshchatyk street. Last year, Ukraine was celebrating three decades of independence.
The stock image doesn’t mention the name of the woman. However, as per a Ukraine government website that lists its head of state structure, the country doesn’t have a vice-president. In fact, a keyword search on Google using the phrase “Vice President of Ukraine” and restricting the results to the domain of the Ukraine government [gov.ua] establishes the same.
To sum it up, an image of a Ukrainian soldier was shared with a false claim. Facebook page 香港地 and Veteran Up also posted different images and made the same claim.
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Old photo shared as Ashraf Ghani embracing Taliban leader before fleeing Afghanistan - Alt News
Kinjal
19th August 2021 / 5:00 pm
A photo of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani embracing another individual is being circulated widely on social media. It is claimed that Ghani is pictured with a Taliban leader and that the photo was taken shortly before he fled the country.
TV9 Bharatvarsh ran the image during a broadcast in which anchor Nishant Chaturvedi stated that Abdul Ghani was seen hugging Taliban leaders. Chaturvedi also questioned the panellists in the program about whether they thought the two embraced out of fear or due to an old friendship. (Archive link)
तालिबानी नेताओं को अब्दुल गनी ने गले लगाया
तालिबानी नेताओं को अब्दुल गनी ने गले लगाया
#Taliban | #Afghanistan | #Kabul | #AshrafGhani
Posted by TV9 Bharatvarsh on Sunday, August 15, 2021
National Herald has also carried the photo with a similar claim.
Janta Ka Reporter promoted the visuals and accompanying claim in a tweet. (Archive link)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani hugs Taliban leader. He may hand over the power soon before leaving the country. Extraordinary developments taking place in #Afghanistan #Taliban pic.twitter.com/hDtmyLe6Mp
— Janta Ka Reporter (@JantaKaReporter) August 15, 2021
The same image was shared in a recent story by The Times of Islamabad. Journalist and historian Vijay Prashad also tweeted the photo with a similar claim. (Archive link)
In a reply to one of the viral posts, a user shared a screenshot of a Facebook post featuring the viral image dated March 1, 2020. According to the caption, this picture was taken during Eid celebrations.
Alt News performed a keyword search which led to a video by Tolo News. The style of Ashraf Ghani’s turban in this video from August 12, 2019, resembles the one in the viral image. However, Alt News cannot confirm that this photo and video were captured on the same day.
Tolo News and a few other Twitter handles (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3) shared pictures of Eid celebrations in August 2019. In these pictures too, Ashraf Ghani can be seen in the same clothes which he is wearing in the viral photo.
Newsmobile earlier published a fact-check report on this image.
Therefore, we can say for certain that the picture was not taken right before Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan because it had already been posted online last year.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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No, Mamata Banerjee did not make WB police clean mosque before namaz - Alt News
Kinjal
23rd November 2021 / 4:34 pm / Last updated: 23rd November 2021
A photo has been shared on social media with the message, “Have you ever seen the police cleaning a temple? No, right? In West Bengal, Mamata didi’s police officers are cleaning a mosque for namaz prayers.”
बंगाल में चुनाव के वक्त कितनी बहन बेटियों का बलात्कार किया, कितने घर तोड़े गए
कितने सनातनी भाइ खून के आंसू रोए … मानसिकता देखो बंगाल की
जिहादी नमाज पढ़ेगा, काफिर गंदगी साफ करेगा.. पुलिस का ये हाल है तो आम काफिर का क्या हाल होगा,
वोट ऐसे करो कि बहन बेटियां सुरक्षित रहें pic.twitter.com/wIk6hfoua6
— #अक्षय Dn 3 🚩Kattar Hindu 🇮🇳 (@daniak_shay_45) November 12, 2021
The image has been posted on numerous Facebook groups. (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4)
Several other users also tweeted the photo. (Link 1, Link 2)
Alt News performed a reverse image search and found the original photo in a Facebook post dated June 18, 2016. AK News posted the image reporting that Bhainsa police personnel cleaned the Panjesha Markaz Masjid on the occasion of Ramadan.
Upon a closer look, we noticed a board in the background reading ‘SK Toys’ in the upper right corner of the image. Through a Google search, we found a shop by the same name in Bhainsa, Telangana. The signboard of the shop matches the one seen in the viral image. We also verified that the shop is located near the Pangesha Masjid using Google Maps, which confirms that the photo is indeed from Telangana’s Bhainsa.
A Facebook page called Swachh Telangana – Swachh Hyderabad had posted several images of police officers cleaning and sweeping. Telangana police had also shared a few such images on June 20, 2016, as police personnel cleaning a mosque and a temple and planting trees as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. One of the images was picked up and shared with a false claim.
Adilabad
The DSP Bhainsa, CI Mudhole, SIs Tanoor, Lokeshwaram & Mudhole conducted Swatch Bharath programme and clean the Temples and Mosques and planted plants at Mudhole.
Posted by Telangana State Police on Monday, June 20, 2016
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Morphed image used to claim Anna Hazare has joined BJP - Alt News
Kinjal
4th February 2021 / 3:54 pm
On January 29, social activist Anna Hazare announced that he would go on a hunger strike in support of protesting farmers starting January 30. Following a discussion with former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary, he decided against the fast.
A picture of the activist with BJP President JP Nadda is now circulating on social media. The image shows Hazare purportedly wearing a BJP scarf. Several people have claimed that he joined the BJP in the presence of Nadda.
A user with the handle @iAnnaHaare tweeted the picture and wrote, “In the presence of Honorable Shri JP Nadda, I joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today!!” The tweet racked up over 1,500 retweets and 7,700 likes at the time of writing. (Archive link)
माननीय श्री जेपी नड्डा की मौजूदगी में आज भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सदस्यता ग्रहण की!! pic.twitter.com/R5ctt0dOaR
— Anna Hazare (@iAnnaHaare) January 29, 2021
A Facebook page named ‘Mein Congress Hun’ also shared the photo and accompanying claim.
The image is being shared widely on Twitter and Facebook with similar claims.
A closer look at the image reveals that it has been morphed. There is a clear distinction between Hazare’s face and neck. His face has been edited onto the body of the person who was in the original picture.
The picture also has a watermark of @AnnaHaare. The name of this handle was recently changed to @iAnnaHaare.
Alt News performed a reverse image search and found this picture in a Navbharat Times story dated June 25, 2020, that shows Jyotiraditya Scindia.
According to an Economic Times article from March 12, 2020, Scindia joined the BJP on March 11, 2020. He resigned from Congress on March 9, 2020 and became a member of the BJP two days later.
Watch | “This is a very democratic party where every individual gets a say… #JyotiradityaMScindia will get the opportunity too”: BJP’s JP Nadda welcomes him to the party#jyotiradityamscindia #MadhyaPradeshCrisis #MPPoliticalCrisis pic.twitter.com/q3Cp5GQa4z
— NDTV (@ndtv) March 11, 2020
After performing a reverse image search using Yandex, we found a number of links from 2011, with the earliest version of Anna Hazare’s picture dating back to April 2011. This photo continues to be used as a file photo by media organisations.
Alt News performed an advanced search on Twitter using epoch time. We were able to find that the picture was first tweeted by @iAnnaHaare on January 29, 2021, at 10:38 PM. @iAnnaHaare is a parody account that changes its username from time to time. Earlier, this account was named @AnnaHaare and prior to this, it was called @TikaitNaresh before it was changed to @AnnaHaare.
Therefore, a picture of Jyotiraditya Scindia joining the BJP was morphed with Anna Hazare’s face to show that the activist has joined the BJP. No such development has been reported as of this writing.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Photo from Varanasi falsely viral as 5000-yo temple 'discovered' in Ayodhya - Alt News
Anuradha Prasad
22nd December 2020 / 5:07 pm
Social media has been abuzz recently with people sharing an image purportedly showing a 5,000-year-old temple which was discovered during road construction work in Ayodhya. The image depicts some construction debris along with a few old temple structures. Users are now sharing this photo writing, “This is told to be 5000 years old temple dis”Covered” while road widening in Ayodhya – “The Ram Janma Bhoomi”. Locals had built house upon this beautiful temple which “Covered” the temple all these while. Sources say many more temples will be uncovered in coming days. ”
This is told to be 5000 years old temple dis”Covered” while road widening in Ayodhya – “The Ram Janma Bhoomi”. Locals…
Posted by Aman Anand on Friday, December 18, 2020
The claim was earlier viral in June.
अयोध्या में सड़क चौड़ीकरण के दौरान “ढका हुआ” 5000 साल पुराना मंदिर मिला ।
स्थानीय लोगों ने इस खूबसूरत मंदिर पर घर बनाया था जो इन सभी मंदिरों को “ढँक” दिया था।
आने वाले दिनों में कई और मंदिरों को खोजा जाएगा।
नोट: मंदिरों का निर्माण शुरू कर दिया गया है।@HinduMandirLive pic.twitter.com/gGRDVe5qPe
— R J (@RatishJha15) June 14, 2020
Along with this, many other Facebook and Twitter users posted the image and wrote that this is a picture from Varanasi where temples are now visible due to construction for a new road being built for the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
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Alt News performed a reverse image search of this photo using Yandex and found a report by CNBC from May 13, 2019, that includes an image resembling the viral photo. This article discusses the construction of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor being built in Varanasi. It describes how locals were removed and their homes demolished for the construction of the corridor. Several other photographs of the construction process have also been published in the report. The temple seen in both images looks similar when examined carefully.
When we looked for video reports on the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor on YouTube, we found a NewsClick video dated May 18, 2019, which covered the impact of this construction work on local residents. A closer look makes it clear that the visual seen in this video at the 2:50 mark is where the image in question was taken from.
In addition to the temples seen in the video screenshot and the viral image below, the same tower, a small temple in the back, and nearby houses and windows are seen in both. Apart from this, two boards appear in the NewsClick video which read ‘Welcome to Vishwanath Dham’ in Hindi and English. Both pictures have been taken at different times, so the construction work is at different stages.
Apart from this, Amar Ujala published a story when construction work began on the corridor on January 5, 2019. The picture shown in this piece is quite similar to the viral picture. Amar Ujala was the first to report on the commencement of the work.
Alt News spoke with Tarun Pratap Singh, a journalist who has been reporting on the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. “People have been living here for many years and they do not have any property papers. As local families grew, they started building homes surrounding the temple and as these buildings kept getting taller, these temples became obscured underneath. These are now visible since these homes have been demolished. All the temples had been there for years, and slowly became surrounded by residential buildings,” he said.
We also reached out to Sunil Verma, CEO of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Special Area Development Board (SKVSADB), who confirmed the same. “These temples were in people’s homes and they carried out personal prayers here. Now that the buildings have been demolished, the temple is open for all. Earlier, only the local people living around used to worship in them,” he informed.
The picture below shows the aftermath of the demolition around the temple. This image also resembles the picture that is going viral.
To sum it up, social media claims about a 5,000-year-old temple unearthed during road construction work in Ayodhya are false. The temple was uncovered upon demolition of homes for building the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
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Old image of Lalu Yadav hospitalised falsely linked to his absence in fodder scam hearing - Alt News
Archit
3rd December 2021 / 6:08 pm
On November 23, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav appeared before Patna’s special CBI court in connection with the 1996 fodder scam. The court fixed November 30 as the next date of hearing.
Two days prior to this hearing, several Twitter users (@dhongiPaap, @Satyend11371050, @sdtiwari, @Anandkumar_IND) posted an image of bed-ridden Yadav along with the insinuation that Yadav faked falling ill to skip the hearing.
दो दिन पहले जीप चलाकर घूमने वाले इंसान की जब 30 नवम्बर को पेशी हो तो..
उसके सीने में अचानक से यूँ हीं दर्द उठता है pic.twitter.com/IoPr1RKobj
— फालतू आदमी पार्टी (@dhongiPaap) November 28, 2021
Several Facebook (FB) users also posted this image with a similar claim – निर्विकार सिंह, Bharat News National and अनमोल विचार.
दो दिन पहले जीप चलाकर घूमने वाले इंसान की जब 30 नवम्बर को पेशी हो तो..
Posted by अनमोल विचार on Saturday, 27 November 2021
One Sharad Tiwari posted this image on FB group ‘भाजपा का परिवार मेरा परिवार(यूपी मिशन 2022- भाजपा समर्थको का स्वागत है)’ with over 4.5 lakh followers. Similarly, FB user Kundan Thakur posted this image on the group ‘योगी समर्थकों का मंच’ with over 20,000 followers.
Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that the image dates back to 2018.
On November 26 it was reported that Yadav was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Delhi after he complained of drowsiness and high fever. A local reporter told Alt News that Yadav was indeed unable to attend the hearing on November 30.
However, it’s crucial to note that on November 23 The Hindustan Times (HT) reported that the CBI court exempted Yadav from personal appearance in the next hearing.
Sudhir Sinha, Yadav’s counsel, pleaded for a reprieve from physical appearances, citing his client’s ailing health. “The special judge granted him the reprieve, saying that his counsel could represent him from the next hearing fixed on November 30. On the next date, the court will examine over 200 witnesses,” Sinha told HT. He added that on November 23 the RJD chief was the only one to physically appear before the court while 21 others appeared through their lawyers.
A 2018 image of bedridden RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was circulated on social media. The posts claimed that Yadav missed the hearing in the fodder scam case citing poor health. While it is indeed true that on November 26 Yadav was hospitalised, it is worth noting that prior to being hospitalised Yadav was exempted from personal appearance for the next hearing.
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Old image of Amit Shah and Mamata Banerjee linked with West Bengal elections - Alt News
Anuradha Prasad
20th November 2020 / 6:36 pm / Last updated: 21st November 2020
Several Facebook users shared an image featuring Home Minister Amit Shah, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dining along with two other people. Facebook user Hakeem Abdus Salam Khan posted the image with the message, “Discussion on West Bengal elections over breakfast. But some blind people will only call Owaisi an agent.. (-translated)” At the time of writing this article, the post has been shared over 1,100 times.
Recently, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s old video from 2016 was shared to target AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi. In the video, Arvind Kejriwal was seen reading a letter by then BJP leader Yatin Oza where it was alleged that Owaisi had struck a secret deal with the BJP. After the revival of this old and unrelated video, Owaisi is being called a ‘BJP agent’. Furthermore, Congress held AIMIM responsible for polarization during the recently concluded Bihar elections.
Another Facebook user Aimim Zubair Qurashi also posted the image with the same narrative.
Sharing this image on Twitter, some users similarly attempted to portray that BJP’s arch-rival in West Bengal Mamata Banerjee was seen together with Amit Shah and Nitish Kumar discussing the upcoming state assembly elections.
With a reverse search on Google, we found multiple media reports. According to a February 2020 NDTV report, Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were seen dining together at Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s residence. “Ms Banerjee and Mr Shah had travelled to Bhubaneswar to attend a meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council (EZC), a forum of eastern states, chaired by the Home Minister. Mr Patnaik and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar were also present while Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren could not make it.” stated the article published on February 29. Naveen Patnaik, the vice-chairman of the council, had hosted its 24th meeting.
The report also included a tweet by the official handle of Odisha CM posted on February 28.
Such a pleasure having the company of Union Home Minister @AmitShah ji, my colleague CMs, @MamataOfficial, @NitishKumar ji & Union Minister @dpradhanbjp ji at Naveen Niwas. Had a wonderfully interactive time over some home cooked #Odia delicacies. pic.twitter.com/tmhfsJnDq2
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) February 28, 2020
This was not the first time that thee two political leaders were seen together at a meeting. Mamata Banerjee had met Amit Shah at his office in the North Block where she raised the issue of National Register of Citizens. Moreover, the image also features several other state political leaders.
Therefore, an old image featuring TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee and Home Minister Amit Shah was falsely linked with the upcoming state assembly elections in West Bengal.
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Old image of Manohar Lal Khattar with former CM Bhupinder Hooda shared as recent - Alt News
Anuradha Prasad
13th March 2021 / 1:41 pm / Last updated: 13th March 2021
On March 10, Congress moved a no confidence motion in the Haryana Legislative Assembly against Manohar Lal Khattar-led government. However, the BJP government won the trust vote with only 32 votes cast in support of the no confidence motion. The same day, several social media users began sharing a picture of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The Deputy Speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly is seen in the company of the two leaders. Facebook page Khari Khari News shared the photo with the caption, “This picture from today shows who is in cahoots with whom! There are too many two-faced snakes in politics nowadays…”
आज की यह फोटो बता रही है कि कौन किससे मिला हुआ है…!!!
सियासत में दो मुंहे सांप ज्यादा हो गए हैं…
Posted by Khari Khari News on Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The claim was also shared by multiple Twitter users.
आज की यह फोटो बता रही है कि कौन किससे मिला हुआ है!
सियासत में दो मुंहे सांप ज्यादा हो गए हैं @rssurjewala @kumari_selja @AbhaySChautala @CMOhryShadow @MonikaSingh__ @BhupinderSHooda @RahulGandhi @RoflGandhi_ @priyankagandhi @Ravishk356 @Rofl_Diiljit @CMOhryShadow @_YogendraYadav pic.twitter.com/cIKhnw13MD
— Kawaljeet Singh (@kawaljeetambala) March 10, 2021
A simple reverse image search is enough to establish the truth behind the viral photo. Alt News found several reports stating that the image was taken in 2019. According to a Deccan Herald article dated December 26, 2019, CM Manohar Lal Khattar and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had come to congratulate Ranbir Singh Gangwa, the newly-elected Deputy Speaker of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.
India Today also published other photos from the same day.
Therefore, social media users shared a 2019 picture of Haryana’s current Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on March 10, falsely linking it to the recent political developments in the state.
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Congress leaders share old pic from Nigeria as Bharat Jodo Yatra crowd in Karnataka - Alt News
Abhishek Kumar
19th October 2022 / 5:21 pm / Last updated: 19th October 2022
A picture of a gigantic crowd is viral on social media with the claim that it is a picture from the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi. Many Congress leaders and supporters shared this picture, claiming that it was taken in Karnataka where a massive crowd purportedly gathered in support of Rahul Gandhi.
Provincial President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and MLA Virendra Chaudhary shared the picture, claiming that it showed scenes from a public gathering in Bellary as part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra being led by Rahul Gandhi. (Archived link)
Congress national coordinator Ritu Chaodhary tweeted the picture and wrote that Rahul Gandhi was creating history. She claimed that the image was from the Karnataka leg of the Bharat Jodi Yatra. However, she later deleted the post. (Archived link)
In a now deleted tweet, Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitendra Patwari also shared the image and wrote that it showed the massive crowd of supporters who gathered for the Bharat Jodo Yatra. (Archived link)
Congress leader BM Sandeep also tweeted this picture with the same claim. (Archived link)
The viral photo was amplified on social media platforms with the same claim.
Alt News performed a reverse image search using TinEye and found another version of the viral image on the results page, a part of which was being cropped and circulated as Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra gathering. This picture was uploaded on a website called Christ For All Nation (CFAN).
When we clicked on this link, we noticed that it was broken. When we looked up the archived version of the link, we found that the image was featured in CFAN’s official press kit. It was archived on May 16, 2007. However, since it was not properly archived, the picture does not appear in the 2007 archive, but is accessible on the one dated August 2, 2009. To verify both the images, we matched the source codes of the images in both the archives and found that they were the same. In other words, this picture is at least 15-year old. This photo in the press kit is from Christian evangelist Reinhard Bonhke’s missionary visit to Ogbomosho, Nigeria.
Next, a keyword search led us to an image posted on the official Facebook page of Christian evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. It was clicked from a different angle than the viral picture. This picture in the post has been listed as the 2002 Crusade in Ogbomosho, Nigeria.
Alt News cannot confirm when this picture was clicked. However, it is clear that the photo is at least 15-year old since it has been on the internet since the year 2007. We contacted CFAN to gather more information about this image. This article will be updated once Alt News receives a response from them.
To sum it up, several Congress leaders shared an old picture of Christian evangelist Reinhard Bonnke’s religious gathering, falsely claiming that it was from the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka.
Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
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Fact-check: Did Nilkamal manufacture dustbins with 'Pakistan Murdabad' sticker? - Alt News
Kinjal
4th September 2021 / 3:42 pm
A picture of a dustbin with ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ (Death to Pakistan) written on it is making the rounds on social media. The dustbin has the logo of furniture manufacturer Nilkamal. Twitter user Shipra Dutta shared this picture and wrote, “Plasticware brand Nilkamal just made me so happy”. The post amassed more than 507 retweets at the time of writing. (Archive link)
*नीलकमल प्लास्टिक वाले ने तो दिल खुश कर दिया*😀 pic.twitter.com/hj2MNRyqI7
— शिप्रा दत्ता 🚩🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🚩 (@ShipraDUTTA16) August 31, 2021
A fan page for actress Kangana Ranaut also tweeted the image with the same message.
Several other Twitter handles posted the image, out of which Gunjesh Gautam Jha, @humlogindia, PN Rai, and Jitendra Bhardwaj are some of the prominent ones.
The image is widespread on Facebook.
Using a keyword search, Alt News located the original image in a Patrika report dated February 22, 2019. According to the article, following the Pulwama terror attack, an unknown individual had applied ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ stickers on 10 to 12 dustbins at a railway station in Udaipur. As soon as the authorities were notified, they removed the stickers.
Local media outlet Udaipur Times had also covered the incident.
Furthermore, Alt News also reached out to the Nilkamal Group for more information on the viral claim. The company clarified that neither does it manufacture dustbins with such messages and nor does it apply such stickers on them. We were informed that Nilkamal supplies dustbins across the country with only the company logo, name, and contact information printed on them. The company did not have any information about the person who had pasted the stickers.
Therefore, a picture of a ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ sticker on a dustbin applied by an unknown miscreant from 2019 was recently shared with the false claim that Nilkamal had manufactured dustbins with such a message.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Photo of Ukrainians praying in snow is not related to ongoing crisis - Alt News
Kinjal
25th February 2022 / 6:03 pm
Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, an image featuring a group of people praying on their knees in the snow has been circulating on social media. It has been claimed that the image shows the tense state of affairs where Ukrainians are praying in the freezing cold.
Christine Caine, founder of Propel Women, tweeted that the image was posted by her friend @SheilaWalsh. The photo shows Ukrainian Christians praying for their nation on their knees in the snow, she claimed. Christine also appealed to her followers to join them in prayer. (Archive link)
My friend @SheilaWalsh posted this picture of Ukrainian Christians praying for their nation, in the snow, on their knees. I know & love so many people in this nation. I’ve been going for over 20 years. We have an office there. Would you join us in prayer? I’m heartbroken. pic.twitter.com/2FXgjK6bVL
— Christine Caine (@ChristineCaine) February 19, 2022
Croatian member of parliament Mariana Peter also tweeted the image as recent. (Archive link)
Ukrainian Christians pray outdoors, in the snow, for their country in this phase of war danger. Let’s pray for people in #Ukraine in these particularly critical times; may God grant wisdom, discernment, strength, courage, protection to the authorities and to the whole population! pic.twitter.com/SPPrEatTZK
— Marijana Petir (@marijana_petir) February 21, 2022
It is also being circulated with a Hindi caption.
The photo is widespread on Twitter and Facebook.
By performing a simple reverse image search, Alt News found the image in an article by the International Mission Board dated September 25, 2019. The Christian news platform mentioned that the image was taken in Kharkiv, a city in Ukraine.
As per the article, Russian separatists had attacked Ukraine’s eastern region in March 2014, prompting pastors and evangelical leaders to put out a call for prayer. Within a week, over 100 people gathered there to pray. Police and army personnel issued threats to the prayer group created in 2014. It also states that separatists had attacked the neighboring cities of Luhansk and Donetsk. Journalist Nicole Leigh herself participated in these prayer meetings held in Kharkiv’s Freedom Square and wrote this article sharing her experience.
In 2014, Russia had seized control of Ukraine’s Crimea region.
To sum it up, an old image of Ukrainians kneeling in prayer in the snow was falsely shared as a visual of the ongoing conflict in the country.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old image from Agra shared as Budaun cop carrying dead body on shoulders - Alt News
Kinjal
19th May 2021 / 9:36 pm
A photograph of a policeman carrying a corpse on his shoulders has been shared by Congress MLA Aradhana Misra-Mona with the claim, “Family abandons the dead and a Badayun cop taking the body on his shoulders. The policeman should be felicitated. But where are the ambulances and hearse vans that the state govt claims are in abundance? BJP Has Robbed #DignityToTheDead. Sad and Shameful.”
Family abandons the dead and a Badayun cop taking the body on his shoulders. The policeman should be felicitated. But where are the ambulances and hearse vans that the state govt claims are in abundance. BJP Has Robbed #DignityToTheDead. Sad and Shameful. pic.twitter.com/Y6blQXPx8q
— Aradhana Misra-Mona (@aradhanam7000) May 16, 2021
Misra has also shared the image on Facebook.
Several other users have claimed that the photograph was taken in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh.
ए भाई SI प्रशांत कुमार सिंह बदायूं किस मिट्टी के बने हो? जब आपदा अवसर बन गई हो सबके अपने मुनाफे के एजेंडे हों तुम किस दुनिया से आए हो यार..🙏 सलाम करता हूं आपको @budaunpolice@Uppolice @adgzonelucknow pic.twitter.com/adoTVGk3WL
— Tarun Jhanjher (@TarunJhanjher) May 16, 2021
The photograph is widespread on Facebook.
Budaun police shared a screenshot of Misra’s post and wrote that no such incident has taken place in the district. Furthermore, the policeman is wearing a winter uniform which suggests that the image is old.
जनपद बदायूं मे इस प्रकार की कोई घटना प्रकाश मे नही आई है, फोटो मे दर्शाये गये पुलिसकर्मी ने शीतकालीन वर्दी पहनी है, यह फोटो कई माह पुरानी है।
अतः इस घटना को वर्तमान समय का बताकर कृपया भ्रामक ट्वीट न करें। इस घटना का जनपद बदायूं से कोई संबंध नही है।@Uppolice @adgzonebareilly https://t.co/Bd62HpsSxI pic.twitter.com/JWt71BqYCl
— Budaun Police (@budaunpolice) May 16, 2021
A subsequent keyword search revealed that the photograph is at least 11 months old.
One Sachin Kaushik wrote on Twitter, “The pictures claimed to be from Budaun are from Fatehpur Sikri, a police station in Agra and they were shot last winter.” He further said that SI Prashant was carrying the dead body to the car that would transport the corpse to the mortuary. In another tweet, he wrote that the car could not reach the spot and was parked 200-250 meters away. Sachin Kaushik identifies as a policeman from Uttar Pradesh.
#Fact
जिन तस्वीरों को बदायूँ का बताया जा रहा है,वो आगरा के थाना फतेहपुर सीकरी की हैं और पिछले वर्ष सर्दियों की हैं।
ये तस्वीरें #COVID19 की भी नहीं बल्कि उससे पूर्व की हैं।SI प्रशांत व का०अमन शव को मोर्चरी ले जाने के लिए गाड़ी तक कंधे पर लाए थे न कि अंतिम संस्कार के लिए।#Salute pic.twitter.com/Pe96DHULge
— SACHIN KAUSHIK (@upcopsachin) May 16, 2021
A person shared a newspaper clipping in a reply to Kaushik’s tweet. It carries the image currently viral. According to the report, the policeman in the picture is Prashant Singh, SI of Fatehpur Sikri in Agra. He had received information about a dead body found in a pond in Korai village. The cop picked up the corpse on his shoulders to take the unidentified body to the morgue because a vehicle could not be arranged in the area.
We contacted SI Singh who is currently posted as a sub-inspector at Etmaduddaula police station in Agra. He confirmed that the image has nothing to do with COVID and also sent a video of the incident.
SI Singh could not recall when the incident took place however, confirmed that it was last year. The oldest instance of the photograph that we were able to trace on social media dates back to April 2020.
An old photograph was thus shared with the false claim that a policeman carried a dead body of a person who recently died due to the pandemic.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Photos of Quran recital viral as Muslim parents marry their children - Alt News
Kinjal
20th October 2021 / 3:04 pm / Last updated: 5th July 2022
Two juxtaposed photographs are viral on social media with the following claim – “Father married his own daughter so mother got furious and married her own son.” The pictures show persons hailing from the Muslim community posing for the camera with garlands around their necks.
The image was shared on a Facebook group called ‘We Support Nupur Sharma’ and drew over 2,000 likes.
It was also shared on a Facebook page named ‘The Right Action‘. Most pages and individuals on Facebook have shared a screenshot of a tweet by @curlykrazy07 carrying the images. The tweet stands deleted but an archived link can be accessed here.
It is also circulating on Twitter.
Father married his own daughter.
Mother married her own son. #ReligionOfShame#MajhabOfShame pic.twitter.com/MXH1nQS5OK
— Shailendra Pratap Sinh Jadaun (@shailen_pratap) July 2, 2022
The same images were earlier shared in April with a Hindi caption making an identical claim. Twitter handle @Singhjyoti_ was among those who shared the pictures back then.
Image 1
This is a photo of a man wearing a skullcap and a girl in a burqa. The duo is wearing garlands around their necks. Last year, it was claimed that the man got married to his nine-year-old daughter. A verified Twitter handle ‘@rakesh_bstpyp’ shared this picture with this claim. This user describes himself as an ‘editor of a newspaper’. The tweet amassed over 1,300 retweets before it was deleted. (Archive link)
One Lalita Thakur also tweeted the photo and accompanying claim. Her Twitter bio states that she is a Modi supporter. The viral caption makes a comparison between Muslims and Hindus. It implies that Muslim men marry minor girls whereas Hindus regard minor girls as deities. (Archive link)
The image was widespread on Facebook and Twitter last year.
Alt News discovered that the same image was circulating back in 2017. It was claimed that a maulvi in Pakistan married his own daughter.
Fact-check
We performed a reverse image search and found the original photo on a Facebook post dated September 23, 2018. The post says that a father and daughter who finished reciting the Quran together from memory were photographed together.
A keyword search revealed that the image was shared by several users in 2016. It was posted on a Facebook page called ‘Tajweed ul Quran’ on February 3, 2016. This is the earliest instance that we could find.
An online forum Islamic Board had shared the photo on October 2, 2016. The accompanying caption stated that this father and daughter became Hafiz-e-Quran (memorizer of the entire holy text) together.
Multiple posts are available on social media congratulating Muslim children upon memorising the entire Quran. These kids are also wearing garlands. In Karnataka’s Bidar district, eight-year-old Tooba Zainab memorised the Quran in 20 months.
Image 2
The second picture was also viral last year along with the first image.
बाप ने बेटी के साथ शादी कर ली तो गुस्से में आकर मां ने भी अपने बेटे से शादी कर ली इतना पाक मजहब है इस्लाम 😆😆
वाह रे हवस के दीवाने..॥#Boycott pic.twitter.com/1eR8sBiLCe
— आदियोगी गौतम स्वामी (@aadiyogiswamiji) October 29, 2021
The same image was shared in 2020 with the claim that a Saudi woman married her son after her husband passed away.
सऊदी की इस मुस्लिम_महिला ने पति के #इन्तेकाल के बाद अपने ही सगे बेटे से किया #निकाह आखिर यही तो है #इस्लाम pic.twitter.com/Gy7uYKuwgG
— ❀🥀तमन्ना🥀❁🚩 (@UpKiLadki) February 5, 2020
Fact-check
This image was also taken after a Quran recital. The earliest instance of the photo that we found on Facebook dates back to February 2018, where the caption reads, “آج میرے بیٹے کا ختم القرآن تھا ھمیں مبارک باد دے کر کون کون شئیر کریگا.” This translates to “Today was my son’s Khatam Al-Quran.”
آج میرے بیٹے کا ختم القرآن تھا
ھمیں مبارک باد دے کر کون کون شئیر کریگا
Posted by Muhammad Habib Dhawa on Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Photos taken after Quran recitals were shared with the false claim that Muslim parents married their children. These images keep reappearing with the same claim on social media despite being fact-checked.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old image of Rohingya refugee girl falsely shared as the girl collecting oil in Ayodhya - Alt News
Pooja Chaudhuri
2nd November 2019 / 5:23 pm
A Facebook page that goes by the name हिन्दू धर्म योद्धा or ‘Warrior of the Hindu religion’ has shared a post claiming that the poor girl collecting oil from Diwali lamps in Ayodhya was a Rohingya Muslim. The post has drawn 15,000 shares so far. “इस अवैध रोहींगया लड़की को वाम और सेकुलर गैंग ने एक षड़यंत्र के तहत अयोध्या पहुंचाया ज़िससे एक झूठा प्रोपेगैंडा फैलाय़ा जा सके , अरे बेशर्मो तुम्हारा प्लान फेल हो गया (Left and secular gang brought this illegal Rohingya girl to Ayodhya through a conspiracy so that a false propaganda can be spread.)”
On October 26, over 5 lakh ‘diyas’ were lighted as part of “Deepotsav” festival in Ayodhya, an event which was given the status of ‘state fair’ by the UP government. The cabinet had also approved an estimated budget of Rs 1.33 crore for the festival.
The post is viral on Facebook and has also been massively shared on Twitter.
इस अवैध रोहींगया लड़की को वाम और सेकुलर गैंग ने एक षड़यंत्र के तहत अयोध्या पहुंचाया ज़िससे एक झूठा प्रोपेगैंडा फैलाय़ा जा सके , अरे बेशर्मो तुम्हारा प्लान फेल हो गया🤘 pic.twitter.com/Ag8RpvCKd5
— Manoj (@Manoj37683203) October 31, 2019
The image on top was clicked two years ago in Bangladesh and shows a Rohingya refugee girl who fled from Myanmar on September 6, 2017.
A comparison of the facial features of this girl and the one in Ayodhya evidently proves that the two are different people. They have distinct features – eye colour, nose, lips.
Furthermore, the image of the impoverished girl in Ayodhya appeared on the internet on October 29.
20,000 litre oil used to light up 500,000 earthen lamps in Ayodhya. Total cost: 133 crores. Here a poor girl trying to collect a little oil from these diyas to take home. Look at the fear in her eyes. Is this our idea of Ram Rajya? pic.twitter.com/5ysbGDTjwS
— Rahul Pandita (@rahulpandita) October 29, 2019
There’s also a video of the girl collecting oil from the lamps. The misinformation was earlier debunked by Boomlive.
133 करोड़ की दीवाली का दिवाला निकाल दिया इस लड़की ने ,सच यही है देश का गिनीज बुक वाले अंधे को ये बात लिखनी चाहिए कि देश मे गरीबो की कीमत नही है लेकिन 133 करोड़ का नाटक जरूर करना है देश की जनता को नोटंकी में जीना ही पसंद है। pic.twitter.com/rFYPRvq2kT
— Mini Muvel (@MiniMuvel) October 30, 2019
While this girl’s identity could not be established, it is certain that she is not the Rohingya refugee girl whose photograph was shot in 2017.
Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News.
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Old image of Shahrukh Khan morphed to show him sporting "vote for MIM" t-shirt - Alt News
Archit
13th November 2021 / 5:33 pm
Several social media users have shared an image of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan wearing a t-shirt with the text ‘Vote for MIM’ and a logo of a kite. MIM is the abbreviation for All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeenn, a Hyderabad-based political party led by the Owaisi brothers – Asaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi.
देशभक्त डरा हुआ इंसान 🙄 pic.twitter.com/7OsJrcOpLu
— Me_चैरेवेति_ ME (@chaireveti) November 11, 2021
The image has a Hindi caption that reads, “Shahrukh Khan has no issues promoting Owaisi who spoke about killing 100 crore Hindus in 15 minutes. But just 2-4 instances in support of Hindus and he started seeing this as intolerance in India. Wow Shah Rukh Khan, wow! Such is your religious impartiality.”
This image is widely shared on Facebook.
Alt News has received several requests to fact-check this claim on our official mobile application (iOS and Android).
In 2012, Akbaruddin Owaisi was taken to court over a statement where he said that Muslims would need just 15 minutes without the police to show 100 crore Hindus who is more powerful.
However, there are no reports of Shahrukh Khan coming out in support of AIMIM.
The viral image is a morphed version of a 2009 photo of Khan. As per the caption on Getty Images, the image was clicked by India Today Group’s Yogen Shah while Khan was visiting Akshay Kumar in Mumbai on the sets of the Bollywood film “Blue”. Khan is sporting a plain white t-shirt.
The following image shows the comparison of the morphed image and the original image.
To sum it up, a morphed image of Shahrukh Khan was shared with the false claim that he wore a t-shirt that said “vote for MIM”.
🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023.
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Old image of Sri Lankan artist viral as woman protesting against rape in India - Alt News
Archit
3rd October 2020 / 2:58 pm / Last updated: 3rd October 2020
An image of a woman dressed in barbed wires and metal sheets is viral on Facebook and Twitter with the claim that she is protesting against increasing rape incidents in India. This image is shared in the backdrop of uproar against the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras who succumbed on September 29.
The viral text associated with this image reads in Hindi, “This picture is a slap on the face of the #Prime Minister and #BJP government. Its echo will be heard by the whole world except for BJP leaders. In lieu of increasing rape incidents in India, this woman is conveying the message that women aren’t safe under the BJP’s government by wrapping her entire body with barbed wire.”
(Translated from “ये तस्वीर #प्रधानमंत्री और #भाजपा सरकार को तमाचा है जिस की गुंज पुरे विश्व को सुनाई देगी #भाजपाइयों को छोड़कर पुरे भारत मे बढ़ते बलात्कार की घटनाओं को लेकर इस महिला ने अपने पुरे जिस्म को काटेंदार तार से लपेटकर ये संदेश दिया है कि भाजपा की सरकार मे महिला सुरक्षित नही है”)
Twitter user @nayak1news posted the viral image along with Hindi text.
ये तस्वीर #प्रधानमंत्री और #भाजपा सरकार को तमाचा है जिस की गुंज पुरे विश्व को सुनाई देगी #भाजपाइयों को छोड़कर पुरे भारत मे बढ़ते बलात्कार की घटनाओं को लेकर इस महिला ने अपने पुरे जिस्म को काटेंदार तार से लपेटकर ये संदेश दिया है कि भाजपा की सरकार मे महिला सुरक्षित नही है। pic.twitter.com/mGFwIBbnf6
— Nayak 1 (@nayak1news) September 30, 2020
Similarly, multiple Facebook users posted the viral image with the same claim.
Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that the photograph was published on April 6, 2015, on a blog that talks about Colombo International Theater Festival which was held at the German Cultural Center.
A subsequent keyword search on Google revealed that the viral image shows an art performance by Sri Lanka-based Janani Cooray. In 2016, Roar Media wrote, “She walked across in constrained, robotic movements, the creaks of the metal jarring our aural senses as her physical movements jarred our sense of mobility.” The article includes an image of Cooray’s dress. It has been credited to Malaka MP from Goethe-Institut, Sri Lanka.
Janani Cooray has a website in her name which carries a similar picture.
A video of her street performance “Osariya” is also available on Cooray’s YouTube channel.
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Old image falsely shared as Tejashwi Yadav leads protest march for woman burnt alive in Bihar - Alt News
Anuradha Prasad
17th November 2020 / 10:30 pm
Recently, reports of a 20-year old Muslim woman burnt alive in Bihar’s Vaishali emerged. The woman was admitted to the hospital in critical condition. She succumbed to her injuries on November 15 while undergoing treatment. Before dying, however, the deceased had allegedly named her perpetrators who hailed from the Hindu community. An FIR was lodged against the accused on November 2.
Following this, people began sharing a picture of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav participating in a candlelight march. They are suggesting that Yadav joined protestors to demand justice for the Muslim woman. The accompanying message reads, “@yadavtejashwi has taken to the streets in a candlelight march to demand justice for Bihar’s daughter Gulnaz.”
Twitter user Pooja Meena shared the viral image on November 16, which garnered more than 150 retweets at the time of writing. (archive link)
बिहार की बेटी गुलनाज़ के इंसाफ के लिए @yadavtejashwi भैया कैंडल मार्च के साथ सड़क और उतर गए हैं।
तेजस्वी भैया के आने से इस लड़ाई में मज़बूती मिलेगी और क्या नीतीश सरकार बच्ची को इंसाफ दिला सकेगी।
#JusticeforGulnaz #नीतीश_कुमार_शर्म_करो#JusticeForGulnaz pic.twitter.com/vjafrIrsn4
— pooja Meena (@poojaQueen15) November 16, 2020
Similarly, several Facebook users are also sharing the picture with an identical claim. This post by Facebook user Rafique Ahmed had been shared more than 300 times at the time of writing. (archive link)
बिहार की बेटी गुलनाज़ के इंसाफ के लिए Tejashwi Yadav भैया कैंडल मार्च के साथ सड़क पर उतर गए हैं। देखते हैं अपराधी कब तक…
Posted by Rafique Ahmad on Monday, November 16, 2020
We noticed that no one in the picture can be seen sporting a mask. This indicates that it is not recent. Performing a simple reverse image led us to a report by Zee News stating that the photo is from December 2018. It also mentions that Tejashwi Yadav was organizing a march in protest of the declining law and order situation in Bihar. Shortly before this, local businessman Gunjan Khemka was murdered. The march was organized due to the public outrage generated by this incident.
The report also contains a tweet by the politician himself in which he explains the reason behind the candlelight march. His original Hindi tweet states, “In protest of the murder of businessman Gunjan Khemka and the increasing crime in Bihar, there was a peaceful candlelight march this evening in Patna organized by various social, business and industrial organizations. The march was from Patna’s JP Golambar to Dakbangla intersection.”
व्यवसायी गुंजन खेमका की हत्या और बिहार में बढ़ते अपराध के विरोध में आज शाम पटना में विभिन्न सामाजिक, व्यावसायिक और औधोगिक संगठनों द्वारा आयोजित कैंडल मार्च में भाग लेकर शांतिपूर्ण विरोध प्रदर्शन किया। कैंडल मार्च पटना के जेपी गोलंबर से डाकबंगला चौराहे तक निकाला गया। pic.twitter.com/bUg7wB25Yc
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) December 24, 2018
We found this image on Yadav’s official Facebook page as well.
To sum it up, a 2018 photo of Tejashwi Yadav was circulated online with false claims that he took out a candle march to demand justice for a young Muslim woman who was burnt alive recently.
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Photo from Jan 1 shared as recent crowd at Manali - Alt News
Kinjal
9th July 2021 / 1:26 pm
Amid eased restrictions following the second wave of the coronavirus, photos of massive crowds thronging the streets of Manali, a popular tourist spot in Himachal Pradesh, have gone viral on social media. Siddharth Bakaria, president of tourism company Sahyog Foundation, tweeted a picture as a recent scene from Manali. (Archive link)
Manali today
Now we shouldn’t blame politicians for there political rallies pic.twitter.com/uQp3dDCb9H
— Siddharth Bakaria Himachal🇮🇳 (@Sidbakaria) July 4, 2021
IPS officer Arun Bothra tweeted a similar photo, which garnered close to 1,000 retweets as of this writing. (Archive link)
हर शाख़ पे उल्लू बैठा है अंजाम-ए-गुलिस्ताँ क्या होगा।
Manali, Himachal Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/eoM6mOulWp
— Arun Bothra 🇮🇳 (@arunbothra) July 5, 2021
Twitter user Amarpreet Singh shared the image with a similar claim. (Archive link)
Pictures speak- No room in hospital to no room in hotels at Manali in some days. 😷#manali pic.twitter.com/uKkLFRyMW9
— Amarpreet Singh (@amarpreet_ka) July 4, 2021
The image is widespread on Twitter and Facebook.
We performed a reverse image search and found a higher-quality version of the viral image on a few social media posts. A reverse image search of this version led us to a Facebook post dated January 24 of this year, where it is captioned as Manali’s Mall Road and attributed to ‘Amigosblink’.
Alt News located Amingosblink’s January 23, 2021 post containing the image using a keyword search on Facebook.
We contacted the Facebook page for more information about the picture. Ajay Kumar, the administrator running this page, stated that he had taken the snapshot on December 31, 2020. He has also sent Alt News a Facebook Live from the same day.
Manali , 31st December,2020
new year eve Manali , 31st December,2020
#manali #kullumanaliAmigosblink
Posted by Amigosblink on Monday, July 5, 2021
Furthermore, the page clarified that the photo is old.
Following the second wave of COVID-19 in India, crowds have been seen at several tourist places. Hundreds of people have also come to visit Manali in Himachal Pradesh.
#WATCH | Tourists throng Manali town in Kullu district as Himachal Pradesh government eases COVID restrictions pic.twitter.com/snIiwfcIo5
— ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2021
A photo of Manali’s Mall Road taken on December 31, 2020, was falsely circulated on social media as recent. But Indian tourists have indeed been seen flouting COVID-19 norms following the second wave of COVID-19.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old image of tunnel in US shared by media as 'Atal Tunnel' inaugurated by PM Modi - Alt News
Archit
6th October 2020 / 2:06 pm / Last updated: 6th October 2020
On October 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Atal Tunnel at Rohtang, Himachal Pradesh. The Hindu reported that the 9.02 km-long-tunnel, built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), connects Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley.
Prior to the inauguration, several Twitter and Facebook users posted an image of two partially constructed tunnels along with Hindi text, “PM Shree @narendramodi ji congratulations on the world’s longest highway tunnel #Atal_Surang. This tunnel will play an important role in protecting the borders of our country. The distance between Manali and Leh will also be reduced by 4 to 5 hours which will give a boost to the economy and tourism sector.”
(Translated from पीएम श्री @narendramodi जी को दुनिया की सबसे लंबी राजमार्ग सुरंग #अटल_सुरंग के लिए बधाई। यह सुरंग हमारे देश की सीमाओं की रक्षा करने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाएगी। मनाली और लेह के बीच की दूरी भी 4 से 5 घंटे कम हो जाएगी जिससे अर्थव्यवस्था और पर्यटन क्षेत्र को बढ़ावा मिलेगा।)
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) members Narendra Kumar Chawla (archived link) and Adesh Gupta (archived link) were among those who shared the picture. Their tweets cumulatively gained close 400 retweets.
Several media outlets also published the viral image in their articles including News18 (archived link), India Times (archived link), MenXP (archived link), OdishaTV (archived link), and Rush Lane (archived link). The image in India Times, MenXP, OdishaTV were credited to Times of India, BCCL, and Rush Lane respectively. There are no photo credits given to the viral image in the News18 article and Rush Lane articles. Additionally, India Today had also published the viral image in the article but later took it down.
Alt News performed a reverse image search and noticed that Google identified the image as ‘atal rohtang tunnel’ and a plethora of media outlets had shared this image in the past dating back to a few years.
However, after rummaging through the search results, we found that a blog had posted the viral image in 2012. Its titled, ‘Inside The Devils Slide Tunnel’ and had multiple other shots of the structure.
We performed a keyword search on Google and learned that the Devil’s Slide Tunnel is located in California, USA. The official name of the tunnel is Tom Lantos Tunnel, after a US Congressman. The tunnel has been functional since 2013 — which explains an under-construction tunnel featured in the 2012 blog.
Last year Texas-based journalist posted another image of the tunnel.
#BREAKING: I just got confirmation that the #CaldecottTunnel & the Tom Lantos Tunnel at Devil’s Slide will remain OPEN during the PG&E power shutoff. @CaltransD4 crews are working through the night to install generators. #powershutoff #poweroutage pic.twitter.com/1ctgViQZuq
— Heather Holmes (@HeatherKTVU) October 9, 2019
Furthermore, a keyword search on Reuters led us to multiple images of the newly constructed Tom Lantos Tunnel. The caption of the image attached below reads, “A man stands near two tunnels that will replace a notorious stretch of California’s Highway 1 at Devil’s Slide near Pacifica, California March 25, 2013. The tunnels mark the completion of the $439 million transportation project, which bypass a steep, winding portion of the coastal highway south of San Francisco that has long been susceptible to rockslide-related closures.”
Therefore, at least an eight-year-old image of Tom Lantos Tunnel was shared by Indian media as newly-inaugurated Atal Tunnel.
Alt News also noticed that two years ago news website Daily Pakistan published the viral image as Havelian-Thakot tunnel. (archived link)
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Old image photoshopped to depict Imran Khan surrounded by global political leaders - Alt News
Arjun Sidharth
28th September 2019 / 6:50 pm
“Picture of the year ✌ Proud moment for every Pakistani ❤ Indian may use Burnol for this pic”. This message was posted on September 26 on Facebook by a page It’s all about Pakistan. A rather interesting photograph accompanied this message, showing Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan surrounded by a host of global political leaders who seem spellbound by him.
Picture of the year ✌
Proud moment for every Pakistani ❤
Indian may use Burnol for this pic 😂😂😂
Posted by It’s all about Pakistan on Thursday, September 26, 2019
US President Donald Trump is seen sitting to the right of Imran Khan, while President of Turkey Raccip Tayyip Erdogan flanks him to the left. The post has been shared over 4000 times already, and going by the comments on the post, several social media users have construed the picture to be real.
The picture has been shared by several Pakistani social media users on both Facebook and Twitter.
Picture of the year ✌
Proud moment for every Pakistani ❤
Indian may use Burnol for this pic 😂😂😂#LoveYouImranKhan pic.twitter.com/kSHk617IBX
— Bilal Arif🇵🇰 (@Bilal_Arif_) September 26, 2019
It may be noted that the leaders of India and Pakistan were recently in New York to attend the 74th session of the UNGA. The posting of the image at this juncture is to be seen in this context, seeking to project the Pakistani PM as a towering international political figure who commands respect from heads of state and government worldwide.
The photograph in question is photoshopped. Alt News had fact-checked it earlier when it was shared on social media with a different manipulation- Prime Minister Narendra Modi sitting in the centre, surrounded by other leaders. The original image was clicked by a photographer, Kayhan Ozer for Getty Images, an American stock photo agency. The occasion was the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Germany in 2017. The photo was captioned, “President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) talks with US President Donald Trump (L), accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu (2nd R), during a session within the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Hamburg, Germany on July 07, 2017.”
As can be seen in the above image, the seat in the centre of the frame is empty!
On different occasions, supporters and fans of political leaders have circulated photoshopped versions of the above image, placing their favourite politician on the empty seat. Some of these attempts are satirical. The leaders in the pantheon include Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.
It may be reiterated that the picture of Pakistani PM Imran Khan, seen seated and surrounded by global political leaders, is photoshopped.
Arjun Sidharth is a writer with Alt News. He has previously worked in the television news industry, where he managed news bulletins and breaking news scenarios, apart from scripting numerous prime time television stories. He has also been actively involved with various freelance projects. Sidharth has studied economics, political science, international relations and journalism. He has a keen interest in books, movies, music, sports, politics, foreign policy, history and economics. His hobbies include reading, watching movies and indoor gaming.
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Old image from Bihar shared as pothole-filled road in Rahul Gandhi's constituency Wayand - Alt News
Kinjal
10th July 2020 / 8:41 pm
A photograph of a road filled with potholes has been shared by several users on social media with the claim that this is Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s constituency Wayanad. “#राहुल_गांधी का संसदीय क्षेत्र #वायनाड बना देश का पहला #स्मार्ट सिटी हर घर के आगे सबका अलग अलग स्विमिंग पूल बनाने वाला पहला शहर,” read a post by one Sanjeet Chauhan on Facebook group ‘BJP Mission 400 for 2024’. The post has been liked 1,400 times and shared 550 times as of this writing.
A user ‘priya Sharma BJP’ also shared the same image with the Wayanad claim on Twitter.
Alt News has received several fact-check requests for the picture on its official mobile application.
A Google reverse-image search of one of the keyframes of the video threw up a broadcast by ABP News aired on July 3, 2017. The photograph is from NH-80 in Bhagalpur’s Pirpainti. ABP News reported that the picture has been floating online since May 2017. The dilapidated road was fixed by July 2017.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=1831307783553904
ABP News had visited the highway to inspect the road and found that it had been repaired. The viral image was from two months before. A local social worker from the area, Dilip Mishra, confirmed that the road was in a poor condition in May 2017. He also informed that repair work on the road was completed by July. In June 2017, The Times of India had published a report which carried the same image.
An image of a road in Bihar filled with potholes was shared with the false claim that this is the current condition in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s constituency in Kerala’s Wayanad. Furthermore, the road was repaired two years ago.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old image shared as BJP leaders visit COVID positive Dilip Ghosh without wearing masks - Alt News
Archit
19th October 2020 / 4:44 pm / Last updated: 21st October 2020
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh was tested COVID-19 positive on October 16. NDTV reported Ghosh was admitted to the high dependency unit at a private hospital. On October 18, Ghosh thanked people in a tweet for sending recovery wishes. Amidst this, an image of bed-ridden Ghosh has been shared with the claim that BJP leaders did not wear masks while visiting him.
Facebook page The Positive Indian shared the image with the text, “Meeting COVID Positive Dilip Ghosh without wearing any Mask. Only BJP Leaders can Show Such Courage.” It was likes close to 700 times. (archived link)
The photo was shared on Twitter as well. One such user was @_TheEnigmous. Along with the viral text, he tagged BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Kailash Vijayvargiya. (archived link)
Meeting COVID Positive Dilip Ghosh without wearing any Mask. Only BJP Leaders can Show Such Courage. @MukulR_Official @KailashOnline pic.twitter.com/0WoT31EkYU
— The Enigmous (@_TheEnigmous) October 17, 2020
This tweet was retweeted by Twitter account @TMC_Supporters that has 18,000 followers.
Even Zee News Bengla published this image in a report (archived link) on Ghosh contracting coronavirus. Similar reports were carried by Bengali news outlets Deshbidesh (archived link) and Banglanewslive (archived link).
Alt News performed a Google reverse image search and found that the viral image was published by Bengali news outlet Kolkota 24×7 in January 2018.
According to The Indian Express, Ghosh was admitted to a private hospital with complaints of severe back pain. “His primary diagnosis showed he is suffering from prolapsed intervertebral disc, a press release issued by the hospital said.”
He was admitted at AMRI Hospital in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area on January 22, 2018.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh admitted at AMRI hospital in Salt Lake with disc prolapse.
— TOI Kolkata (@TOIKolkata) January 22, 2018
Alt News spoke with media relations coordinator (MRO) at AMRI Hospital, Salt Lake. “Kindly note that while this image doing the rounds on social media is indeed from AMRI Hospitals it’s not recent. I don’t remember the exact date but it should be around 2018 when media reports were published. Mr Dilip Ghosh was admitted with neurological complaints,” he said.
“Currently, Mr Ghosh is admitted at the COVID building and as per protocol, no visitors are allowed. No one including doctors and healthcare workers can enter the building without proper personal protection equipment,” the MRO furthered.
West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh reiterated the same to Alt News, “Dilip ji is recovering well. The claim is baseless because no visitors are allowed to meet COVID-19 patients.”
Thus, a 2018 image of West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh was carried by Zee News while reporting that he tested positive for COVID-19. The image was shared on social media with claims that BJP members visited him without wearing masks.
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Old image shared as recent action by Chandigarh police against farmers - Alt News
Kalim Ahmed
3rd July 2021 / 7:29 pm
A photograph of a group of police constables forcefully evicting a senior citizen has been shared with the claim that this is from the farmers’ protest in Chandigarh. Several users on social media have shared the image, condemning the police for their actions.
shame on you Chandigarh police #चंडीगढ़_पुलिस_किसान_विरोधी pic.twitter.com/VVDtWLlbWg
— Harjinder kaur (@harjind66859698) June 29, 2021
The photo was shared by Twitter @SranHarjap, @Jass71093752, and @ChdVarinder, among others. It is also viral with the hashtag #चंडीगढ़_पुलिस_किसान_विरोधी (Chandigarh police is anti-farmers).
The image is circulating against the backdrop of farmers’ protests across Chandigarh. The Times of India had reported that farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) held protests against the state and central governments at deputy commissioner offices across Punjab on July 2. Farmers were protesting against erratic power supply for the farm sector and continuously rising prices of petroleum products. BKU held another protest today “outside the mini-secretariat at the district headquarters and at Dagru seeking rollback of the three farm laws and “false” cases by the Chandigarh police against farmers”, as per The Tribune.
A reverse image search on Google took us to a news report by Hindustan Times which said that the photograph was taken in 2015 in the Hariaua village near Patiala. A group of farmers were protesting against the district administration’s move to take control over the panchayat land, which was “illegally” occupied by some tenants.
The police and administration teams had court orders to take possession of the land, but unhappy farmers started pelting stones and the police retaliated with force to tackle the situation. The police lathi-charged and fired tear shells on the protestors. The local farmers’ leader said that they had a stay order on vacating the land but police were not ready to listen. As a result of the clash, twelve farmers and three cops were injured.
The Tribune similarly wrote that a violent clash took place between police and protesters who had opposed police action to vacate panchayat land at Hariau Kalan village in Patran. The police and power com officials jointly carried out the operation armed with High Court orders that had asked the police to get the land vacated. When the police reached the site, the protestors started pelting stones.
While a simple reverse image search debunks the viral claim, the fact that none of the people in the photograph was wearing a mask also hints that the image cannot be recent.
Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc
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Old image shared as roads dilapidated in Bangladesh due to Cylone Amphan - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
26th May 2020 / 8:49 pm / Last updated: 26th May 2020
After Cyclone Amphan hit large parts of coastal areas in India and Bangladesh this month, an image of a dilapidated road started circulating on social media. Twitter user Rezwan posted the image with the message, “Cyclone #Amphan ripped off road carpeting in rural Bangladesh. Is it the power of the winds or poor construction to blame?”
Another user NH Pranto tweeted the same image without mentioning any country. On May 23, Facebook page Shantipur posted the image with the Bengali message, “এই প্রথম দেখলাম ঝড়ে রাস্তা উড়িয়ে নিয়ে চলে গেছে..”. The post has been shared more than 2,500 times.
Alt News has also received fact-check requests on its mobile application.
With the help of Google reverse image search, Alt News found that the image was posted by Malaysia-centric Facebook pages (1, 2) in December 2019.
Ni la salah orang melayu
Kalau pakai siper tu
Bile berjalan. Kaki tu jangan la seret
Kimak punye asadi
Posted by LANDO Zawawi – Brotherhood Malaysia on Thursday, 26 December 2019
The image on the left – image shared as of damaged roads in Bangladesh – has been juxtaposed with the image on the right – image shared by Malaysian pages in December 2019 – in the comparison posted below.
While we are unable to establish the context and the origin of the image, it is evident that it is unrelated to the recent Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh as it was first shared on social media by Malaysia-centric Facebook pages.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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Old image shared to claim Jignesh Mevani slapped in Begusarai - Alt News
Pooja Chaudhuri
1st April 2019 / 7:39 pm
According to a social media claim, Jignesh Mevani was slapped by a ‘nationalist’ in Begusarai – “बेगूसराय से एक बढ़ीया ख़बर आ रही है। वामपंथी जीग्नेश मेवाणी को बेगूसराय के कीसी राष्ट्रवादीने थप्पड़ों से नवाज़ा है। (A good news is coming from Begusarai. Leftist Jignesh Mevani was slapped by a Begusarai nationalist.)” The message is being circulated with a picture that shows Mevani in a scuffle with a crowd of people. The claim comes in the backdrop of the Gujarat MLA’s recent visit to the constituency to campaign for the candidature of CPI’s Kanhaiya Kumar.
A similar message and the image have been shared by several Twitter users.
Fake news website Dainik Bharat piblished an article on the alleged incident.
The photograph of Mevani in a tussle with a crowd of people is an old image that was shared by the MLA himself in 2018.
The 50 lakh Dalits of Gujarat did not have any slight confidence in this BJP Govt. So we will give antitrust proposal to Gujarat Governor against this Anti Dalit Guj Govt and request for president’s rule in Gujarat.#Democracy_Killed pic.twitter.com/CRA2joOOIb
— Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) February 18, 2018
The same image was also published by Oneindia on February 18, 2018.
Last year in February, Mevani was part of a Dalit protest triggered by the suicide of prominent Dalit activist Bhanubhai Vankar. The protest over land rights led to the detention of the independent legislator’s by the state police. The viral image pertains to this incident.
Social media claims asserting that Jignesh Mevani was beaten during his visit to Begusarai are, thus, baseless. The lack of media reports on the alleged incident was suggestive of the same.
Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News.
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Old image used to falsely claim SP/ BJP bribing voters ahead of 2022 UP polls - Alt News
Pooja Chaudhuri
27th January 2022 / 3:07 pm / Last updated: 27th January 2022
An alleged photograph of an envelope imprinted with the Samajwadi Party’s (SP) symbol is viral on social media. A note of Rs 500 is placed inside the envelope. Shashi Kumar, social media co-convenor of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uttar Pradesh, shared the image and wrote, “Samajwadi vote-buying scheme”. He has posted the image ahead of the upcoming UP assembly elections. (Archived link)
समाजवादी वोट खरीदो योजना pic.twitter.com/VTMNOxfsH9
— Shashi Kumar (@iShashiShekhar) January 20, 2022
It has received 24,000 shares from a BJP-supporting Facebook page called CKMKB.
Some users have also shared a version of the image where the bottom right of the envelope carries the name of SP leader Atul Pradhan, SP-RLD candidate from Sardhana constituency in UP’s Meerut. It also says “Mission 2022”.
The image is massively widespread on Facebook and if one notices carefully, some of the images show the same envelope inscribed with the BJP’s symbol.
The same has also been shared on Twitter.
झूठे हिंदुत्व और राष्ट्रवाद के नाम पर अपने बच्चों का भविष्य दांव पर मत लगाइएगा👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/tH2Xs0PX5g
— पूजा (@pooja4nation) January 22, 2022
A reverse-image search of the photo took us to posts from 2017 where the same envelope carrying the SP’s symbol were shared. The image below quite evidently does not carry Atul Pradhan’s name thus, his name has been morphed into the recent posts.
ये समाजवादी लिफाफा कहाँ तक पहुंचा है, क्या आपको भी मिला है अखिलेश भैया का आशीर्वाद..??@yadavakhilesh @BJP4India @BJP4UP @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/IFGUhFaDA2
— Avinash Shukla (@Hindivadi) March 7, 2017
The tweet above also shares the alleged front of the envelope which carries the images and names of SP leaders from Gorakhpur – former MLA Vijay Bahadur Yadav and former minister Ram Bhual Nishad.
Alt News spoke with Yadav who was SP’s candidate from Gorakhpur Rural constituency in 2017. Yadav distanced himself from the envelope and said, “If I was behind this – bribing people for votes – how is it possible that no investigation has taken place in the last five years? The BJP is behind this shameful tactic. It is the party in power in UP. If they wanted, they could have conducted an investigation,” he said adding that his image used on the envelope is at least 15 years old. “That image is old even for 2017.”
While Alt News was unable to find details of the envelope, it is unrelated to the upcoming UP polls since it has been on the internet at least since 2017. Both the SP and the BJP have been targeted using morphed images of the same envelope.
Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News.
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Old image viral as graves being dug in Pakistan after Indian Air Force airstrike - Alt News
Pooja Chaudhuri
5th March 2019 / 10:13 pm / Last updated: 5th March 2019
An image viral on social media, including WhatsApp, is being shared with the narrative that it represents graves being dug in Pakistan for the casualties in the Balakot airstrike by the Indian Air Force. “#पाकिस्तान-में ४ दिन-से-लगातार-कब्रे# खुदवायी-जा-रही है और तुम अभी तक सबूत पे ही अटके हो (Since the last five days, graves are being dug in Pakistan and you are still asking for proof),” is the caption being used to circulate the image.
The photograph has been shared on Facebook by several individual users.
Many Twitter users have also circulated the same image with the identical caption.
From an Instagram account united hindu, the image has 900 likes.
Alt News reverse-searched the image on Google and found it in a 2016 report by Khas Khabar (republished by topyaps.com).
Google reverse-image search also threw up a 2013 New York Times article carrying a similar image. The photograph was sourced to Associated Press, which described it as, “Pakistani men prepare the graves of Saturday’s bombing victims in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013.” This photograph seemed to be of the same location as the viral image but taken from a different angle.
Getty Images has also stocked similar photographs of mass graves from the 2013 bombing in Pakistan. However, these are also not identical to the viral image but seem to have been shot at the same location.
While Alt News was unable to confirm the exact time and location of the viral photograph, we could ascertain that it has existed on the internet since at least 2016. Therefore, cannot represent the aftermath of Balakot airstrike.
After India’s airstrike on JeM camps and succeeding reports that there were no casualties in the attack, misinformation on social media is being circulated in large numbers to prove that the airstrike caused massive devastation in Pakistan. Earlier, images from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake were shared as the impact of IAF airstrike. Misleading videos are also being shared on social media to assert the same. In fact, a social media user manufactured a WhatsApp chat with a ‘Pakistani friend’ to falsely claim that 292 terrorists were killed in the February 26 airstrike.
Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News.
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Old images of train coaches in fire falsely shared as recent - Alt News
Kinjal
26th November 2021 / 4:01 pm
Two images of a burning train coach are being circulated widely on social media. It is claimed that the fire broke out after a train from Chapra collided with the Anand Vihar Terminal Express. Those sharing the visuals are urging others to share them as widely as possible. Facebook user Vikram Bhai shared both photos to a Facebook group named ‘हमारा हमीरपुर’ (Humara Hamirpur) on November 17.
The images are widespread on Facebook and Twitter.
Alt News had already fact-checked both of the images back in December 2019 when they were being shared in connection to the Citizenship Amendment Act.
First photo
Amar Ujala carried this photo in a May 22, 2018 report covering a fire that broke out in a coach of the New Delhi-Andhra Pradesh Express train.
The report also mentions that two coaches of the New Delhi-Visakhapatnam AP Express caught fire. According to officials, the blaze broke out after the air-conditioning unit of a coach threw up a problem. The image given below confirms that both images were taken at the same spot.
Second photo
We performed a reverse image search and found this photo in a June 4, 2018 tweet. At the time, it was being circulated with a similar claim.
Zee News aired scenes resembling the viral photos in a 2018 video report covering a fire that broke out in the Andhra Pradesh AC Superfast Express.
This confirms that the images in question were falsely circulated as recent. It is worth noting that Navbharat Times recently reported that the Sadbhavna Express narrowly avoided an accident in Chapra after reportedly colliding with an animal. The driver applied the emergency brakes, preventing any casualties. However, there was no information about the train coach catching fire.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old images, digital artworks shared as first photographs of Earth sent by Chandrayaan-2 - Alt News
Mohammed Zubair
27th July 2019 / 4:03 pm / Last updated: 27th July 2019
“First photograph of earth, sent by Chandrayan 2….. What an eye-catching visual it is,” says a message viral on social media with a set of photographs from space.
First photograph of earth, sent by Chandrayan 2….. What an eye-catching visual it is 👇
Posted by Marvelous belgaum on Friday, July 26, 2019
The images were also shared by Indian classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai are currently viral on Facebook and Twitter.
They are also floating on WhatsApp.
On July 22, 2019, GSLVMkIII-M1 successfully injected Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into the Earth’s orbit. According to ISRO, it is scheduled to reach the Moon by August 20, 2019. The images circulating on social media were not transmitted by the spacecraft.
This is a photograph of a solar eclipse from the Moon and was published by NASA on March 2, 2007.
This is not an actual photograph but a visualization of data. It is a computer-generated image published by NASA showing the extent of sea ice around Antarctica on September 21, 2005.
This is an image of Sarychev volcano in the Kuril Islands, Russia. It was published by NASA Earth Observations in 2014.
We found this image on a 2004 blog- 3D wallpapers for Windows phone.
This is a digital artwork created by one Mike Kiev and was busted in 2016 by American fact-checking website Snopes.
This photograph was used as a cover for a 2014 book Karac: Kaldar Warriors #1.
We were able to trace this picture at least as far back as 2014 when it was uploaded by a website nanopdf.com.
This is a poster from the 2009 Nicolas Cage movie ‘KNOWING’.
All the above images were located by Alt News using simple Google reverse image search. Social media user can also find the truth behind unsourced images in the same manner before sharing them further.
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Old images, video viral as Karni Sena's 1000-vehicle convoy in support of Kangana Ranaut - Alt News
Priyanka Jha & Kinjal
12th September 2020 / 4:54 pm
Actor Kangna Ranaut’s name has constantly been in the headlines following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. In the middle of the ongoing investigation, Ranaut compared Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), which ignited a fiery dispute between her and the Shiv Sena. The bitter back and forth between the Shiv Sena and the actor has been going on for some time now. Following this, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) tore down her office in Mumbai, stating that it had allegedly been constructed illegally. Soon after, the Bombay High Court reprimanded the BMC for its actions. This also led to the Karni Sena coming out in support of the actor.
Social media was soon flooded with photos and videos claiming that the Karni Sena had sent a 1000 vehicle convoy to Mumbai for her support. Anjali Yadav, who describes herself as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Karnataka, wrote on Twitter, “In support of Kangana Ranaut, 1000 Karni Sena vehicles left for Maharashtra. Jai Bhavani Jai Rajputana. Now look at how strong we are… Jai Shri Ram.” (Archived link to the tweet)
#DeathOfDemocracy#KanganaRanaut#ShameOnBMC
कंगना राणावत के सम्मान में, 1000 गाड़ियों के साथ करणी सेना महाराष्ट्र रवाना। जय भवानी जय राजपूताना। अब देखो हमारी ताकत।।। जय श्रीराम 🙏🚩 pic.twitter.com/g7xKM5uniG
— Anjali Yadav (@AnjaliYadav0707) September 9, 2020
A Facebook page called ‘Sangh Darshan’ posted these pictures with the same claim on September 9. This post had been shared over 4,100 times at the time of writing. (Post link archive)
कंगना राणावत के सम्मान में, 1000 गाड़ियों के साथ करणी सेना महाराष्ट्र रवाना। जय भवानी जय राजपूताना। अब देखो हमारी ताकत।।। जय श्रीराम 🙏🚩
Posted by संघ दर्शन on Wednesday, 9 September 2020
@Kanganaoffical7, a Kangana Ranaut parody account, had also shared these photos on Twitter.
Karni Sena sent 100 vehicles in support.
A BIG THANKS from India.
#DeathOfDemocracy pic.twitter.com/0sgWsF6BLe
— Kangana Ranaut (@Kanganaoffical7) September 9, 2020
A video was also shared with a similar claim. “Here is the Mumbai Karni Sena’s convoy in support of Kangana Ranaut.”
यह है मुबंई करणी सेना का काफिला कंगना रानौत के समथॆन में
🚩🚩 सेना में करणी सेना 🚩🚩
Posted by Sumit Rajput on Wednesday, 9 September 2020
These pictures and videos are also being circulated on both Twitter and Facebook with this claim.
The Karni Sena has indeed come out in support of Kangana Ranaut. However, we could not find any information which suggested that they had sent 1000 vehicles to Mumbai in support of the actor. In reality, old videos and pictures are being shared to justify these claims being made online. In this article, we will verify the origins of the images and videos one by one.
First image
When we did a reverse image search, we found this picture in a reply to a tweet by Sachin Pilot from March 27, 2016. Pilot had said that the image showed his convoy going from Jodhpur to Barmer. Apart from this, we found another user who had shared this picture on March 22, 2016, mentioning that it was Sachin Pilot’s convoy. Based on this information, we also found that it had been posted on March 22, 2016 by the Facebook page of the Barmer Congress. The Barmer Congress had also tweeted a link to this Facebook post on March 22, 2016.
Second image
A reverse image search of the second image led us to a tweet dated March 1, 2017. The user who posted this tweet mentioned that this was a picture from Gujarat.
થરાદ ના વરરાજા સાઉથ ફિલ્મ સ્ટાઈલ થી લાડી લેવા 30 સ્કોર્પીયો લઈને નીકળ્યા…….
વાહ ઉત્તર ગુજરાત વાહ…
😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Sb5OmsMudg
— મોમ્સ LITTLE 🌟 (@AsliKrush) March 1, 2017
Apart from this, this image had also been shared in a tweet dated March 5, 2017 and by a Facebook user on March 7, 2017.
Third image
After doing a reverse image on this one, we found that it had been shared by the Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena Facebook page on December 22, 2019.
Video
The video could not have been shot recently since no one can be seen wearing a mask. We also noticed a few other details that gave us clues to its origins.
1. The words ‘Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party’ can be seen on a billboard near the right side of the image. This is a political party in Jammu & Kashmir which has a cycle as its election symbol.
2. A banner on the hood of a car says ‘Yuva Rajput Sabha’.
3. ‘Maharaja Hari Singh’ can be seen written on another banner on the vehicle.
Using this as a starting point, we did a keyword search and found many other such videos. According to a few reports, these rallies are held in Jammu annually to honour Maharaja Hari Singh on his birthday. A local organization called the Yuva Rajput Sabha of Jamma organizes these rallies every year. The keyword search also led us to the same video on Youtube, which we found had been uploaded two years ago in 2018.
The video quality here is much higher than that of the video currently going viral. In it, the license plates of these vehicles can also be seen. The license plates on two of the cars here start with the letters ‘JK’, which is the code of Jammu & Kashmir.
To sum it up, the images and videos in question do not actually show a convoy of vehicles the Karni Sena sent to Mumbai in support of Kangana Ranaut. These visuals are unrelated and are actually a few years old. While the Karni Sena has indeed come forward in support of Ranaut, we did not find any news of the alleged 1000 vehicle convoy. According to this report, when the actor left for Mumbai, both the Karni Sena and RPI workers had reached the Mumbai Airport to express their support and welcome her.
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Old images, fake lists and accounts falsely portray Chinese soldiers 'killed' in clashes with India - Alt News
Archit
24th June 2020 / 6:10 pm
A set of six images — three photos of Chinese military carrying coffins wrapped in the country’s national flag, a screenshot of tweets by one ‘Wang Chung 又是这个武汉妹子’ that claim China lost the war against India and over 30 Chinese soldiers died, a map of India that shows the state-wise risk of Covid-19 community transmission and a screenshot that claims 55 Chinese confirmed killed by “brave Biharis” — is viral on social media.
BJP member Avadhut Wagh tweeted the first three images along with the hashtag #BanChineseProducts on June 24. (archive link)
These images are particularly viral on WhatsApp. Alt News has received several fact-check requests on its helpline number (+917600011160) and official Android application.
In this report, we will fact-check each of the images and claims separately.
1. Images of coffins wrapped in Chinese flags
Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that two of these images (image 1 and image 3) were published by China-based news website Zhejiang in May 2019. As per the article, the photos show the sixth batch of burial ceremony of the Chinese People’s Volunteers who were martyred during the Korean War in 1950-53. As per the article, this ceremony was held in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province in China.
We performed a keyword search and found a report on another China-based news website CGTN about the ceremony. As per the April 7, 2019 report, the bodies of 10 Chinese volunteer soldiers were buried in a ceremony. This was the sixth batch of remains of Chinese soldiers returned by South Korea. The burial ceremony was held at the Martyrs’ Cemetery, Shenyang.
Next, we reverse-searched the second viral image we found that it was published by China Daily in 2016. This is also from a similar burial ceremony. The image was shot at the Incheon Airport in South Korea during the handover of the soldiers’ remains.
CCTV had uploaded a video of the handover in 2016.
2. Screenshots of Twitter account ‘wang chung 又是这个武汉妹子’
Alt News performed a keyword search in order to find Wang Chung’s tweets but we were unable to find both. This could either mean that the tweets don’t exist or were deleted.
However, we did find a Twitter account with the same name, ‘wang chung 又是这个武汉妹子’. The username of this account is @wangchungbhosda and the last part is a Hindi swear word. Alt News found a Google cache of one of the tweets by this handle which is currently viral in the form of a screenshot. Wang Chung has changed its profile picture but the cached link shows the previous profile picture which is also there in the viral tweet (archive link).
As per the bio, Wang Chung is a parody account and it was created last year in April. But the account’s first tweet dates back to June 17, 2020.
Rummaging the timeline of this account, we observed a pattern that suggests that the user is most likely an Indian. The account has replied to several Hindi tweets and trolled various accounts from India such news channels, journalists and political parties.
We also found that @wangchungbhosda tweeted the news article seen in the viral screenshot while replying to a tweet by ANI. (archive link)
Since the India-China border dispute, several fake accounts impersonating prominent individuals and Chinese nationals have cropped up.
3. List of slain Chinese soldiers
On June 20, Alt News published a report debunking this list. The 56 Chinese names featured here were lifted from a Wikipedia page of generals of the PLA.
Therefore, old photographs and fake lists are viral on social media, especially WhatsApp, to falsely portray Chinese soldiers who died in clashes with India.
🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023.
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Old images falsely shared as Indian fighter jets shot down by Nepal - Alt News
Archit
25th July 2020 / 9:52 pm / Last updated: 27th July 2020
Twitter user Irmak Idoya tweeted two images — a fighter plane on fire and people surrounding debris — and wrote, “Indian airforce had crossed the border to conduct airstrike on the Nepal territories today. India conducted an airstrike in Kot Kharak Singh Pernawan near India Nepal border. In responding, we’ve shot down Indian jet & two Indian pilots killed.” This has been retweeted over 3,000 times (archived link).
The viral images have been shared on Facebook and Twitter by multiple users including Pakistan-based Facebook pages Think For Pakistan, President ISF Malakand officiall and numerous Pakistani social media users.
Alt News performed a keyword search and found that no media articles reported the alleged clash between India and Nepal. In case of cross-border skirmish, the news would be covered by every national media outlet.
We performed a reverse image search on Google to understand the context behind the images.
This image was carried in an article by The Oregonian in 2011. As per the article, the image shows a Libyan pilot ejecting from his plunging fighter jet over Benghazi on Macrh 19, 2011. The photo is attributed to the Associated Press.
The full picture was found on Associated Press archives described as, “A pilot ejects from the cockpit of a doomed warplane after it was shot down over the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Explosions shook the Libyan city of Benghazi early on Saturday while a fighter jet was heard flying overhead, and residents said the eastern rebel stronghold was under attack from forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.” Photographer Anja Niedringhaus has been credited for the picture.
Image 2
This image is from February 2019. As per The Statesman, the image shows the site where Indian Air Force Mirage-2000 fighter crashed at a military airport in the Bengaluru’s eastern suburb. The photo has been credited to news agency IANS.
Therefore, the social media claim that Nepal shot down Indian Air Force fighter jets, killing two pilots, is false.
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Old images falsely shared Hindu culture embraced in UAE after PM Modi's visit - Alt News
Kalim Ahmed
12th July 2021 / 7:03 pm / Last updated: 12th July 2021
A set of images routinely circulates on social media with the claim that “ever since PM Modi visited the United Arab Emirates”, sheikhs have started going to temples, eating food on banana leaves and offering Hindu prayers.
जब से मोदी जी ने अरब की यात्रा की है पता नहीं शेखों को क्या हो गया है
शेखो ने मंदिर जाना शुरू कर दिया है, अब केले के पत्ते पर हिन्दू रीति रिवाज से खाना खाने लगे हैं
पुजा शुरू कर दिया है शेखों ने जय श्रीराम🚩 pic.twitter.com/2iVYO1uqzH
— Ravikant Mishra《REWA》🇮🇳 (@ravikan0325126) July 6, 2021
जब से मोदी जी ने अरब की यात्रा की है पता नहीं शेखों को क्या हो गया है।
शेखो ने मंदिर जाना शुरू कर दिया है, अब केले के पत्ते पर हिन्दू रीति रिवाज से खाना खाने लगे हैं।
पुजा भी शुरू कर दिया है शेखों ने।#घरवापसी_कीओर#जय_श्रीराम 🙏 pic.twitter.com/q3JvMJoSh4
— 🕉जीतेन भारद्वाज #TTG🇮🇳🕉 (@jiten384444) July 7, 2021
जब से #मोदी जी ने अरब की यात्रा की है पता नहीं शेखों को क्या हो गया है। #शेखो ने मंदिर जाना शुरू कर दिया है, अब केले के पत्ते पर हिन्दू रीति -रिवाज से खाना खाने लगे हैं। पुजा भी शुरू कर दिया है शेखों ने।
और मजे की बात ये है कि #इस्लाम खतरे में नहीं आया !😏🤔 pic.twitter.com/6im8LKEL32
— Kala Chaturvedi (@kala_chaturvedi) August 31, 2019
The claim is widespread on both Twitter and Facebook. Some of these claims are also accompanied with the hashtag #घरवापसी_कीओर (#Towards_Homecoming) and #जय_श्रीराम (#Jai_ShriRam)
These photos have been viral at least since 2015 with the claim that they were taken during the inauguration of a Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi attended by local “Arab leaders” where they had lunch on banana leaves.
A Hindu Temple Inauguration in Abu Dhabi. Arabs attended the opening ceremony n had lunch on banana leaves. pic.twitter.com/qdouySXotx
— Aviator Anil Chopra (@Chopsyturvey) December 23, 2015
An Hindu Temple Inauguration Ceremony in Abu Dhabi attended by local Arab leaders.
They had lunch on banana leafs. pic.twitter.com/x5zXANKyQy
— Mahesh Vikram Hegde 🇮🇳 (@mvmeet) December 21, 2015
Image 1
For the first image, we performed a reverse image search and found that it is from 2018 when the PM was on a four-day visit to Palestine, the UAE, and Oman. The photo was taken when PM Modi had visited Abu Dhabi on the second leg of his three-nation tour. A delegation of BAPS Sadhus and Temple Committee had visited the Crown Prince to express their gratitude to him for his gift of land for the BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi.
Image 2
For the second image, we again performed a reverse image search and found the photos to be from 2013 when the BAPS was on a Satsang Tour of UAE, Oman and Bahrain.
The words that are written in Arabic on the building behind read ‘مجلس النواب’ (Majlis Al-Nuwab) i.e., Council of Representatives. It is the parliament building in Bahrain.
Below, we have juxtaposed the photos of the BAPS delegation on tour with a publicly available image of the parliament in Bahrain to show the similarities between the two.
The BAPS Cultural Center in Dubai was inaugurated during the tour but there’s no mention of an inauguration of a temple. Moreover, the viral image was shot before Narendra Modi assumed the office of the prime minister and it is from Bahrain, not the UAE.
Image 3
We found that the photo of sheikhs eating on banana leaves was first uploaded on Reddit in 2015 via Imgur.
The description on the image claims, “Emarati locals are having onam sadhya in Dubai.”
There are few points to observe here:
1. Most viral posts claim that the photo is from a “temple inauguration in Abu Dhabi”. But the construction of the first temple in Abu Dhabi was only announced in August 2015 during PM Modi’s first visit to UAE.
2. The foundation stone of the temple was laid this year and the temple is expected to be completed by 2023. So the sheikhs could not possibly have had a meal inside a temple still under construction.
3. The oldest reference of the image of sheikhs eating a meal on banana leaves says that they were consuming the “Onam sadhya” which is the traditional multi-course vegetarian meal served on the festive occasion of Onam celebrated by Malayali in and outside Kerala. UAE has a substantial Keralite population and the practice of eating sadya predates PM Modi’s visit in 2015. The image below is from 2014.
A set of photographs of unrelated events was shared to build a fictitious narrative that the Arabs have started embracing the Hindu culture after PM Modi’s visit to the UAE.
Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc
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Old images falsely viral as Prayagraj youth died by suicide after SP's loss in UP polls - Alt News
Aritraa Dey
14th March 2022 / 7:48 pm
A collage of three men hanging from the ceiling is being widely shared on social media platforms. As per the post, three students who had been preparing for competitive exams died by suicide after the Samajwadi Party (SP) did not come to power in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
[Viral text in Hindi: हताश प्रतियोगी छात्र. सबसे बड़ा झटका हम प्रतियोगी छात्रों को ही लगा है.. समाजवादी पार्टी ना आने से प्रयागराज में लगाई तीन भाइयों ने फांसी।]
This photo is massively viral on Facebook.
Alt News found that at least two out of the three images are old. Furthermore, Prayagraj police has denied these incidents took place after poll results were announced.
Image 1
The details of this image were found on a news site named Sanjeevani Today. On November 24, 2020 a man going through a financial crisis died by suicide in Ramgarh. The man is identified as Randhir Kumar from Bokaro, son of Tara Mahato.
Image 2
We did a reverse image search on the second image and found a link to an article that identified the person as Nayab Najir from Begumgang, Lucknow. The incident took place on February 25, 2019. The article is no longer accessible but can be read on Google cache and the image comes up on Google reverse search. Dainik Bhaskar had also reported on the suicide case three years ago.
Image 3
We could not find any details of the third image. But we found a tweet by Prayagraj police on March 11 that stated no such cases of suicides have been reported in the past 24 hours. The results of UP elections were announced on March 10.
Thus, old images were shared with the false claim that three people died by suicide after SP lost UP polls.
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Old images from 2015 Kanwar Yatra viral as Muslim women celebrating Mahashivratri - Alt News
Pooja Chaudhuri
5th March 2019 / 3:03 pm
“इंदौर में महाशिवरात्री के मौके पर मुस्लिम माताओं बहनो ने बुर्का पहनकर उठाई कांवड़। ॐ नमः शिवाय लिखक्रर शिव भक्त मुस्लिम बहनों का स्वागत नहीं करोगे? (Muslim mothers and sisters in Indore adorned burqas and carried Kanwars in the occasion of Mahashivratri. Won’t you welcome these Muslim women disciples of Shiv who wrote Om Namah Shivaya?),” was the message viral with images of burqa-clad women carrying Kanwars (containers with holy water). From the Facebook profile of one Kanak Misra, the post has received over 6,000 shares.
इंदौर में महाशिवरात्री के मौके पर मुस्लिम माताओं बहनो ने बुर्का पहनकर उठाई कांवड़। ॐ नमः शिवाय लिखक्रर शिव भक्त मुस्लिम बहनों का स्वागत नहीं करोगे ?
Posted by कनक मिश्र on Sunday, 3 March 2019
Several other individual users, Facebook pages and Facebook groups have shared similar imagery with the same caption.
Mahashivratri was on March 4, however, the images of burqa-clad women holding Kanwars have nothing to do with the Hindu festival. Both images pertain to the 2015 Kanwar Yatra when not only Muslim women, but men, and members of the Parsi, Christian and Sikh communities also participated in the festivities. This took place in Indore.
News18 had reported on the occasion and also uploaded the images which are now viral with a false context.
Old, unrelated images are often circulated on social media with a manufactured narrative. It is pertinent that users practice self-verification.
Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News.
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Old images of 2014 Bangladesh floods shared as Assam floods - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
18th July 2019 / 4:44 pm / Last updated: 21st July 2020
Photographs of a teenager saving a deer from floodwaters are yet again circulating on social media in the wake of devastating floods in Assam where the death toll has crossed 100. Over 100 animals have also died in the Kaziranga National Park. Rakshith Shivaram who identifies himself as Former State Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, drew over 31,000 likes and close to 8,000 retweets for the images.
The images were also carried on the front page of Gujarat-based Sandesh News.
One Susanta Nanda IFS tweeted one of the same images during the 2019 Assam floods, “Hero’s are made by the paths they choose & not by the power they grace. This picture of the earth hero from Assam is simply outstanding”. Last year, the floods had reportedly taken the lives of at least 80 people.
Another picture of a man carrying a baby above his shoulders while his body is submerged in water was also circulated with the claim that it depicts the floods in Assam.
On reverse searching the images on Google, Alt News found that they are old and are unrelated to the 2019 Assam floods.
Image 1
The pictures of the fawn were clicked during floods in Bangladesh in February 2014. According to a photo-story by UK-based Daily Mail, the incident took place in Noakhali, Bangladesh where wildlife photographer Hasibul Wahab had captured this brave act by a teenager named Belal. “During the ordeal onlookers were unsure whether the boy was going to appear again. When he finally made it to the other side the locals cheered as the deer was reunited with its family.”, stated the report.
The report includes several pictures of the incident.
In 2016, Assam government in a major goof-up had included one such image in its interim report on Assam floods to Union home minister Rajnath Singh.
Image 2
The other image was shot during the 2016 floods in Andhra Pradesh. Here, a desperate father was carrying his sick baby on his head through deep floodwaters to reach the nearest hospital in the state. “Pangi Satibabu, 30, a farmer, from Kudumusare village in Andhra Pradesh, carried his six-month-old daughter above his head for three miles to the nearest health centre after heavy rainfall led to a deluge.”, stated an article published by Daily Mail on September 29, 2016.
In conclusion, old and unrelated photographs clicked during floods in Bangladesh and Andhra Pradesh, India were shared as the impact of the recent floods in Assam.
[This article was updated on July 20, 2020.]
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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Old images from Kashmir shared amidst recent unrest after dilution of Article 370 - Alt News
Pooja Chaudhuri
4th September 2019 / 3:58 pm
Several photographs have been shared on social media, especially by Pakistani handles, to portray brutality in Kashmir. In this article, we will debunk four such images that were shot in Kashmir, but do not represent the recent unrest following the abrogation of key provisions of Article 370.
Where are you @UNHumanRights are you dead too#SaveKashmir pic.twitter.com/q84SlNrAfy
— Malik Abdul Basit Awan (@AbdullBasiit) August 29, 2019
This photograph was taken in 2017 and was uploaded by AP Images. “Kashmiri village women and young girls wail as the body of Indian policeman Tasveer Ahmad arrive for his funeral at Surasyar village about 38 kilometres (24 miles) southwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir Saturday, June. 17, 2017,” reads the description of the photograph.
Kashmiris have been kept in captivity in a state of hunger and thirst for 28 days, Seeing all this, the UN is silently watching the spectacle, it is sad that human rights are also silent, because everyone is silent that the dead are Muslims#28daysofkashmirshutdown pic.twitter.com/Az32rbB6gq
— Parvez Pathan پرویز پٹھان (@parvezpathon1) September 1, 2019
The image on the left was traced back to 2010 uploaded by Reuters and described as, “Women and a child watch the funeral of Mohammad Iqbal, a Kashmiri youth, from the window of a house in Srinagar August 4, 2010.”
The bottom right image has already been debunked by Alt News. It is of a Gaza teen who was wounded by a pellet gun in the 2014 Gaza war.
Yes I’m kashmir #28DaysOfKashmirShutdown@UN @BBCHindi @AJEnglish @aajtak @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/NwS3niVCGS
— Saleem Haneef (@saleemhaneef1) September 1, 2019
The image of a young boy behind barbed wires was traced back to 2010. It was uploaded by Getty Images described as, “A Kashmiri child stands besides a stretch of barbed wire during a curfew in Srinagar on July 18, 2010.”
Old images were shared on social media in an attempt to pass them off as representative of the recent unrest in Kashmir. Alt News has debunked many such images in an earlier article as well.
Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News.
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Coronavirus: Old images from Kolkata and Pakistan falsely shared as curfew violation in West Bengal - Alt News
Priyanka Jha
31st March 2020 / 2:19 pm / Last updated: 31st March 2020
A set of images is going viral on social media with the claim that it depicts the violation of coronavirus lockdown in West Bengal’s Kolkata. A Facebook user posted these images with the caption, “দেখুন আজ কলকাতার মেটিয়াবুরুজ এ LOCK DOWN চিত্র (See the picture of lockdown in Kolkata’s Metiabruz today.)” The post has been shared more than 1500 times so far.
A few more individuals have posted the images with the same narrative. Meghalaya’s Governor Tathagata Roy also retweeted the images posted on Twitter. The tweet says, “Government relief should be given to only those people who abide by the rules of lockdown. Those. who don’t, shouldn’t get benefits, relief and (medical) treatment from the government.”
Facebook user Ram Tapas Chandra Roy posted a set of images with the same claim. It has garnered close to 1,300 shares.
In the course of this article, we will trace the images back to their earliest possible source and find their context.
Image 1
This image is not from India let alone Kolkata, West Bengal. It’s available on the image-sharing platform Flickr. According to the website, it’s a 2007 image from Pakistan’s Rawalpindi and it depicts the Bara Market located in the city.
The image was shot on April 15, 2007, which means that it’s more than 12 years old.
Image 2
A reverse search of this image revealed that while the image is from Kolkata, it was clicked last year. We found this image was published along with a July 2019 Times of India report. “Vehicles moving towards the station from the north will be diverted along BB Ganguly street and asked go under Sealdah flyover to reach their destination,” reads the text inscribed below the image.
Image 3
The image too depicts Raja Bazar market in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi. We independently verified the location where this image was shot. It was uploaded on Reddit on October 15, 2014.
However, the EXIF data of this image shows that it was clicked on July 7, 2013. Hence, the image is almost seven years old.
Image 4
This image has a watermark, “Jaihoon.com”. A Google reverse image search led us to the same website. According to the website, the image was shot on August 11, 2017. The filename of the image reads, “bengal-rajabazar4”.
The EXIF data of the image also corroborates the date when it was clicked. Thus, the image is more than two years old.
In conclusion, old and unrelated images from Kolkata and Pakistan’s Rawalpindi were shared with the false claim that people are flouting lockdown rules in Kolkata, West Bengal.
She specializes in information verification, examining mis/disinformation, social media monitoring and platform accountability. Her aim is to make the internet a safer place and enable people to become informed social media users. She has been a part of Alt News since 2018.
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Old images from Syria, Bangladesh shared as Delhi riots - Alt News
Kinjal
4th March 2020 / 1:15 pm / Last updated: 4th March 2020
More than 45 people have died in Delhi’s recent communal violence. As tensions deplete, misinformation continues to be shared rampantly on social media. The following pictures are being widely shared online.
Image 1: A photo of policeman wearing protective gear attacking a minor with a stick has gone social media with the claim that Delhi Police is beating a Muslim boy. This image is viral on Twitter and Facebook.
Facebook user Anil Kumar Yadav shared the viral image. It has been shared over 32,000 times.
On February 29, Udit Raj, former MP and Indian National Member (INC) tweeted (archive link) this image as well. However, he did not claim that the image is from New Delhi, instead, he posted a short poem.
Image 2: An image of children hugging a woman in despair has gone viral with the claim that it is also from recent communal violence in Delhi. This image was posted (archive link) by a Facebook user which was shared over 200 times. Just like the previous image, on March 1, Raj tweeted (archive link) this image with a short poem.
Image 1: Performing a reverse image search on TinEye, Alt News found the viral image on Getty Images. The caption states, “A Bangladeshi policeman threatens a child with a baton during clashes with garment workers in Dhaka on June 30, 2010. At least 15,000 protesting garment factory workers blocked key roads in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, the latest in a string of protests over low wages and poor conditions. Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse the workers, who sew clothes for some of the top names in Western retail, after they blocked a major intersection in the north of the city.”
This image was also used in a 2010 report by The Guardian.
Image 2: This image too was located on Getty Images via reverse image search on TinEye. According to the caption, “A Syrian woman comforts her children after their house in the Sahour neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was bombed in 2014.” The photograph is shot by photographer Zein-Al-Rifai.
This image was also used in a photo essay on Siryan war by CBS News, news division of US-based Columbia Broadcasting System.
Social media claim that these images are from recent Delhi riots are therefore false. While INC member Udit Raj didn’t claim that these images are from Delhi, his poetry and the timing of the tweets gave the impression that they pertain to the violence in the capital.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old images from Telangana falsely shared as cash seized from BJP Bengal leader's residence - Alt News
Archit
15th April 2021 / 3:47 pm
West Bengal elections are underway and supporters of BJP and TMC are not only promoting the parties in election rallies but also on social media, often through misinformation.
A photograph of Rs 2,000 notes stacked in a corner while the police address the media has been shared with the claim that the money was recovered from a BJP leader’s residence in West Bengal.
बंगाल में BJP के नेता के घर से बरामद रुपया! pic.twitter.com/PnQHAcymM9
— Vulgar_news (@NewsVulgar) April 15, 2021
Several Twitter users have shared the image.
बंगाल में BJP के नेता के घर से बरामद रुपया। pic.twitter.com/Tgqr4uNPpg
— सुशील मिश्रा🚩 (@sushilmishra01) April 15, 2021
From the Facebook accounts NS Mehra and ‘Kisan Andolan’ the claim drew over 800 and 1,200 shares respectively.
बंगाल में BJP के नेता के घर से बरामद रुपया
Posted by किसान आंदोलन on Wednesday, 14 April 2021
It is in fact widespread on Facebook.
Alt News performed a Google reverse image search and found a November 2, 2019 report by Telangana Today. As per the report, Telangana police arrested four members of a family and some others while seizing 350 bundles of fake Rs 2000 currency notes from Khammam. Shaik Madar was identified as the main accused.
In the report, Commissioner of Police (CP) Tafseer Iqubal said that the racket was being operated with Sathupalli town as its centre.
The incident was also reported by Financial Express and ANI.
Telangana: Khammam police today arrested five persons for cheating public in guise of exchanging Rs. 2,000 denomination currency notes and offering 20% commission.
320 bundles of Rs. 2000 denomination fake notes (around Rs 6.4 crores) seized. pic.twitter.com/ptulXGi1Qb
— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2019
The same image was shared earlier this month when DMK chief MK Stalin’s son-in-law Sabareesan’s residence was raided by Income Tax officials. The IT department had seized ₹1.36 lakh in the raid which was returned to the family after documents accounting for the money were produced. The image was also shared in January 2020 with the claim that fake Rs 2,000 notes were seized from RSS supporter Ketan Dave in Gujarat.
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Old photos of girl murdered in Rajasthan shared with false Muslim angle - Alt News
Kinjal
2nd July 2020 / 6:49 pm / Last updated: 3rd July 2020
Photographs of the dead body of a girl hanging from a tree have been shared on social media with the claim that Naseer Khan raped and murdered the girl in Rajasthan’s Sapotara. It’s being said that she was 8 years old. Below is a tweet by @Real_AbhiShukla where the claim has been made in Hindi — “8 वर्षीय बच्ची , सपोटरा , राजस्थान में # नसीर खान ने # बलात्कार के बाद # हत्या कर शव पेड़ से लटका दिया गया।”
The images are circulating across Facebook and Twitter. Alt News has also received fact-check requests on its official mobile application.
A reverse-image search of the photographs took us to a report by The Lallantop published on June 22, 2019. According to the report, a 19-year-old girl was murdered in Rajasthan’s Karauli district. On June 20, she had left her home for defecation and was later found hanging from a tree in another village. The doctor who conducted her post-mortem ruled out rape.
As per a report published by Dainik Bhaskar on June 22, the girl died after her throat was strangulated. The PM report did not hint at rape. The report said, “Initial police investigation speculated a lovers’ spat as the motive behind the crime. The police found the footprints of a person on a far below a field where the deceased’s slippers were also found at a distance of 100 feet from the scene of the crime. On the other side, the shoe prints of the pressure applied to kill the girl were found.
A follow-up report published by Dainik Bhaskar on June 26 said that the police arrested Mahendra Mina and the motive behind the murder was a lovers’ spat. Mina killed the girl to get rid of her and later tied her dead body from a tree.
Photographs of a year-old incident were shared on social media with the false claim that a Muslim man named Naseer Khan raped and murdered an 8-year-old girl in Rajasthan. The police had arrested Mahendra Mina in connection with the crime. Furthermore, the girl was not a minor but 19 years old.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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Old images of Amit Shah-Adityanath rally with empty chairs shared as recent - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
3rd April 2019 / 8:02 pm
A Twitter user, Krishna Mohan Sharma, posted two images: one features BJP President Amit Shah and UP CM Yogi Adityanath at a dais in a rally, while the other showed empty chairs in an open field. The message posted along with the photographs said, “वाराणसी : नाश्ते का पैकेट कुर्सियों पर रखा होने के बावजूद जनता नहीं आयी चेहरे की मायूसी बता रही है अमित शाह और योगी सोचने पर मजबूर हैं। (Varanasi: Despite the food packets placed on the chairs, people didn’t show up. Disappointment on the faces of AmitShah and Yogi tells the story that they are compelled to think. -translated)”. The post suggests that people refrained from participating in a Shah-Yogi rally, even though food packets were placed on the chairs to lure them. This tweet by Sharma, who identifies himself as a former NSUI coordinator, has garnered nearly 1,000 retweets. AAP MLA Alka Lamba was among those who had retweeted Sharma’s tweet.
@Pooja_pandit also posted the images with an identical message, which has amassed more than 700 retweets.
National Executive Member of Samajwadi Party Preeti Chobey had also tweeted the same with a similar message.
नाश्ते का पैकेट कुर्सियों पर रखा होने के बावजूद जनता नहीं आयी,चेहरे की मायूसी बता रही है अमित शाह जी, और योगी जी सोचने पर मजबूर हैं।
वैसे डॉक्टर पांडेय जी,अपना इलाज खोज लीजिये,चंदौली गवाने के बाद कि आपको कहाँ का राज्यपाल बनना है?
लिख लीजिये,23 मई को ताकी सनद रहे| pic.twitter.com/MPUYjnJOdt
— Preeti Chobey (@preeti_chobey) April 2, 2019
Upon reverse searching the image with empty chairs, Alt News found that the image is originally from 2018. Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath were seen sharing a dais at the launch of BJP’s “Yuva Ugdosh” programme in a rally at Varanasi.
A photo story published by Amar Ujala on January 21, 2018, also said that not only the leaders but the administration and police also seemed concerned about the empty chairs. A video report by News Tak has been posted below.
Many other individuals on Twitter and Facebook have shared the images with the same text.
In conclusion, old images of a Shah-Yogi rally with empty chairs were shared on social media as recent.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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Old images of BJP UP leader beaten by party's female workers shared with misleading claim - Alt News
Kinjal
8th June 2021 / 1:05 pm
Photos of a man wearing a saffron kurta are viral on social media. In the first image, a group of women is seen beating the individual while the second shows his torn kurta. Users claim that the incident occurred in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha, where women thrashed a local BJP MLA with shoes and slippers. These images were posted on the Facebook group ‘I Support Kanhaiya Kumar’.
[Hindi caption: “उत्तर प्रदेश में अमरोहा के बीजेपी विधायक की महिलाओं के द्वारा जूते-चप्पल व डंडे से पिटाई की खबर आ रही है!”.]
Twitter user Mobin Pathan also shared the photographs with the same claim. He identifies as a member of the Indian Youth Congress on Twitter. (Archive link)
उत्तर प्रदेश में अमरोहा के बीजेपी विधायक की महिलाओं के द्वारा जूते-चप्पल व डंडे से पिटाई की खबर आ रही है! pic.twitter.com/NgoB2UPrRt
— Mobin Pathan (@MobinpathanINC) June 6, 2021
The photographs are being circulated widely on Twitter and Facebook.
A keyword search led us to a News18 India video story dated June 6, 2018, reporting that BJP leader Madan Verma was thrashed by the party’s female workers in the collectorate premises of Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. Verma had gone to the collectorate to pacify women workers who had come to file a complaint about the theft of ration. However, the angry women thrashed the leader, accusing him of extortion. They alleged that he extorted money from ration shop owners by threatening them using another minister’s name.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0WN5ir_bEs]
News18 had also posted a tweet about the incident.
On June 5, 2018, ‘The Voice Hindi News’ also carried a story quoting the women as saying, “Despite having three ration shops in the village, the villagers are neither getting food grains nor kerosene. And the local ration dealers are openly black marketing these goods.”
It is noteworthy that Madan Kumar Verma is not listed as a BJP MLA on My Neta. Verma’s Twitter profile reads, “Chairman Palola Cooperative Society, Amroha”.
Mehboob Ali of the Samajwadi Party is the MLA representing Amroha in Uttar Pradesh.
Therefore, photos from 2018 that show BJP leader Madan Verma being thrashed by the party’s female workers at the collectorate office in Amroha are being falsely shared with the claim that a BJP MLA was recently beaten by women.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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