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2,551	Old tampered video showing Barack Obama tossing away Melania Trump's gift resurfaces - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 10th June 2020 / 10:47 pm / Last updated: 11th June 2020 A video is circulating on social media in the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter protest in the United States sparked by African American citizen George Floyd’s death due to police violence. The video shows former First Lady Michelle Obama awkwardly accepting a gift from incumbent FLOTUS Melania Trump. Struggling to figure where to place the gift, former President Barack Obama takes it from his wife. The video shows him going back towards the entrance of the White House and tossing the gift to his left. “Trump took his wife to visit Obama and gave gifts in an attempt to calm the anger of the black people. Unexpectedly, Obama took the gift and dumped it as soon as he turned around,” reads the claim shared with the video. Trump took his wife to visit Obama and gave gifts in an attempt to calm the anger of the black people. Unexpectedly, Obama took the gift and dumped it as soon as he turned around. This is today’s video🤭🤭🤭 pic.twitter.com/liOk1TvbDw — TRONIX MADIBE (@DJTRONIXSA) June 10, 2020 The clip, which carries the logo of US-based CNN, is massively viral on Twitter. Alt News has also received fact-check requests on its mobile application. The video has been viral since 2017. It was shared by a comic page on Facebook ‘Blast Avenue’ on January 23, 2017, gathering 22 million views. Watch til the end 😂😂😂😂😂 Posted by Blast Avenue on Sunday, 22 January 2017 This video was shot in January 2017 when Donald Trump, then President-elect, and his wife Melania Trump visited the White House to meet the Obamas. In the original CNN video, former President Barack Obama does not throw away the gift but hands it over to a White House staffer. The Obamas greet the Trumps President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet President-elect Donald J. Trump and wife Melania at the White House on Inauguration Day http://cnn.it/2j22dfc Posted by CNN on Friday, 20 January 2017 Alt News found the above video with a video search on Google with the time frame selected between January 19, 2017, and January 21, 2017. CNN also uploaded a longer version of the event. The part viral can be seen 25 seconds into the broadcast. The same video taken from a wide shot angle clearly shows (7:12 seconds) Barack Obama handing over the gift to a staffer. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Michelle Obama explained the awkward gift exchange. She said, “I mean, this is like a state visit, so they tell you that you’re going to do this, they’re going to stand here. Never before do you get this gift, so I’m sort of like okay…’What am I supposed to do with this gift?’ No one would come and take the box and I’m thinking, ‘Do we take the picture with [it]?’ See, he [Barack Obama] grabbed the box and took it back inside.” A 2017 video of a state visit between the Obamas and the Trumps was tampered with to show the ex-President tossing away the gift handed by First Lady Melania Trump. [Update: The wide shot video which provides clearer frames was added to the report on June 11, 2020.] Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	10th June 2020 / 10:47 pm / Last updated: 11th June 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-tampered-video-showing-barack-obama-tossing-away-melania-trumps-gift-resurfaces/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,552	Old, unrelated video shared as Sikh family praising PM Modi amid farmers' protest - Alt News Kinjal 12th December 2020 / 2:13 pm / Last updated: 12th December 2020 Farmers have been protesting for several months now against three agricultural laws passed by the parliament in August. Amid the ongoing demonstrations, a video of a Sikh family is making the rounds on social media. A woman and two children also appear here. In the video, these individuals are praising Prime Minister Modi. They can be heard saying that there is no prime minister like Modi in the whole world while standing in salute. Twitter user Mahaveer Jain tweeted this clip with the caption, “We have a great leader with us #KisanStandsWithModi #FarmersWithPmModi.” It garnered over 21,000 views at the time of writing. (Archive link) We have great leader with us Modi 🙌#KisanStandsWithModi#FarmersWithPmModi @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/QYC5T45WXA — महावीर जैन, ಮಹಾವೀರ್ ಜೈನ, Mahaveer Jain (@MahaveerVJ) December 7, 2020 In a now-deleted tweet, BJP’s State Spokesperson Gaurav Goel had shared the visuals too. His post also contained the hashtag ‘#FarmersWithPmModi’. (Archive link) This viral clip also made its way to Facebook with the accompanying claim. (Archive link) हमारे पास एक ऐसे प्रधानमंत्री हैं जिनका कोई निजी हित नहीं हैं। वे जीते हैं तो सिर्फ #भारतमाता की आन के लिए और देश की जनता की शान के लिए। आओ ऐसे महान प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी जी का हम सभी समर्थन करें। 🙌 #KisanStandsWithModi #FarmersWithPmModi #Narendermodi Posted by Narayan Patel on Monday, December 7, 2020 Several others have been sharing the video on Facebook and Twitter with this hashtag as well. BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (archive link) and Twitter user Akash RSS also posted the viral clip (archive link). Alt News performed a reverse image of a few frames from the video and found that it had been posted on Facebook on April 21. It was created by TikTok user @chachabhatijaa. This user also has a Facebook page by the same name. We also found a video posted on April 23 by a YouTube channel called Hello Giridih. The caption reads, “Giridih’s TikTok star Taranjit Singh’s video has gone viral #tiktokvideo #giridih.” The man is identified here as Taranjit Singh, a resident of Giridih. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F-818HIAN0] We reached out to Singh for more information about this clip. “I recorded this on April 20. This video has nothing to do with the ongoing farmers’ protests. It was recorded while we were under lockdown. The number of Covid cases in India seemed to be under control at the time compared to the rest of the world. So, we created this to appreciate Prime Minister Modi’s decisions related to the Covid pandemic,” he revealed. Singh shared a photo of an ABP News broadcast from April 22 where the video was covered. While the viral TikTok creator has not made any comments about the farmers’ protests, he did share an image in support of India’s farmers on the ‘Chachabhatijaa’ Facebook page on December 10. (Archive link) Therefore, an old TikTok video from April is being falsely shared as recent to drum up propaganda around the farmers’ protests. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	12th December 2020 / 2:13 pm / Last updated: 12th December 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-tiktok-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-farmer-stands-with-pm-modi-amid-of-protest/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,553	Old unfounded reports of removal of JK from UN 'list of disputes' viral again - Alt News Archit 16th November 2020 / 5:04 pm / Last updated: 16th November 2020 Several social media users shared an October 29 article published by a website called Latest Laws (archived link). As per the article, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was removed from the United Nations (UN) list of “unresolved disputes”. Further, it attributed a quote to Pakistan’s acting envoy to the UN Amjad Hussain B Sial. This article has been shared widely on Twitter. The claim is circulating on Twitter independently as well. BJP supporter Gaurav Pradhan and Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal (tweet deleted, view archived link) posted the said claim. Rawal tweeted, “Because of @narendramod…Jammu & Kashmir has been removed from the United Nations list of unresolved disputes, in a setback to Pakistan which has been asking the U.N. to intervene on the issue.” Alt News has documented multiple instances of misinformation put out by both Pradhan and Rawal. Author Sanjay Dixit (archived link) shared an article by ET last year which reported the same. Alt News couldn’t find a ‘list of unresolved disputes’ on the UN’s official website. Nonetheless, the claim was reported by multiple media organisations including The Hindu, NDTV and The Economic Times. A well-informed source at the UN confirmed that the headline of these reports is “false” and explained elaborately the issue at hand. We will establish the following in this fact-check — Viral article is a decade old After a keyword search, we found that The Hindu (archive link), NDTV (archive link) and The Economic Times (archive link) published an article with the headline ‘Jammu and Kashmir removed from the list of disputes under UN’. These reports are syndicated copies of Press Trust of India’s report of a General Assembly session in 2010. We compared Latest Laws article with The Hindu and found that it is 94% identical. Media misreported 2010 General Assembly session Barring the style guide differences, the 2010 articles by The Hindu and ET are identical. While the NDTV report is longer, it includes a quote by the United Kingdom envoy to the UN, Mark Lyall Grant. Grant said, “Some long-running situations, including in the Middle East, Cyprus and Western Sahara remain unresolved, as do issues where the Council has become engaged in recent years, including Nepal and Guinea Bissau” at the General Assembly in 2010. After Grant’s address Amjad Hussain B Sial, Pakistan’s acting envoy to the UN in 2010, responded, “Jammu and Kashmir dispute was not mentioned in the context of unresolved long-running situations.” This quote is one possible reason why the headline reads ‘Kashmir issue removed from the list of disputes under UN’. The most elaborate article on the 2010 General Assembly session we found was by The Indian Express (archive link) with the same headline. “The context of the article is the annual meeting when the report of the Security Council is presented to the General Assembly. The UK’s envoy was President of the Council for that month, he made the opening remarks in which he listed out a few unresolved issues. Pakistan took umbrage at him for not mentioning J&K in his list,” said the well-informed source at the UN. Alt News found United Nation’s press release dated November 11, 2010, on the sixty-fifth General Assembly Plenary 48th & 49th meetings in 2010 which includes Grant’s full address. India was represented by MP Bhubaneshwar Kalita. The UN document addressed Grant as President of the security council, a position which is rotated each month, as explained by the expert. The meeting was a two-day event, Pakistan’s envoy Sial’s inputs are documented in a press release on November 12, 2010. None of the documents mention “list of disputes under UN” as reported by Indian media. “However, the point is Jammu & Kashmir has never been an item on the agenda of the Security Council. It has always been “India-Pakistan question”. Further, since the last formal meeting of the Council on this agenda item also took place in November 1965, even this is listed in a separate category by the Secretary-General in his regular report on the list of items seized by the Council. The India/Pakistan question is listed in a separate category of items which have not been considered in the last 3 years (view link),” the source added. As per this document, latest entry related to India dates back to 1971 — “The situation in the India/Pakistan subcontinent”. This was the year India-Pakistan engaged in a war which led to the liberation of East Pakistan in 1971 and the birth of Bangladesh. “This list is understood to be an arrangement where the Council distinguishes between those items that are active and those that are virtually dead for practical purposes. It may be recalled that the only reason why this item continues to be listed even in this list is that Pakistan writes a letter each January asking for its retention. It is pertinent to note that as per UN rules of procedure, such a letter from just one country is enough to keep the matter(s) retained,” the source furthered. A press note about a session in the 2010 General Assembly was published by media organisations with a misleading headline — ‘Kashmir issue removed from the list of disputes under UN’. This claim was recently published by a website called Latest Laws and on social media. As per our well-informed source at the UN, there was no ‘list of disputes’ at the international body. India’s stand on J&K As per a document by India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Kashmir, the accession of J&K to India was completed on October 26, 1947. In October, TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, told The Print that the UN is not the forum to discuss Kashmir even as Pakistan, with the support of China, has been raking up the issue since the scrapping of Article 370. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Inter-faith relationships between Hindu women and Muslim men have been a sore point for the… Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… Right after Elon Musk took over the reins of microblogging site Twitter, the organization carried… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	16th November 2020 / 5:04 pm / Last updated: 16th November 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unfounded-reports-of-removal-of-jk-from-un-list-of-disputes-viral-again/", "author": "Archit" }
2,554	Old, unrelated image from 2013 used to portray police response to recent farmers' agitation - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 3rd October 2018 / 8:16 pm / Last updated: 3rd October 2018 Violent clashes took place between police and farmers on October 2 when security personnel sought to prevent farmers from several states from entering the national capital. The farmers who had been agitating under the aegis of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) were stopped at the Delhi-U.P border, with teargas shells and water cannons deployed to halt their march. In the midst of the uproar over this development, several prominent social media users shared a photograph which showed a policeman brandishing a hand gun in front of a peasant. Look at the farmer with a brick in his hand, facing a cop with a gun. If you don’t think the farmer is a terrorist – and I hope you don’t – if you empathise with his anger, I hope you’ll think again before you call a Kashmiri kid with a stone in his hand a terrorist. pic.twitter.com/7Omxax3sWj — Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) October 2, 2018 The above tweet by Kavita Krishnan, activist and politburo member of CPI (ML), drawing parallels between protesting farmers and Kashmiri stone-pelters was retweeted over 2400 times and ‘liked’ over 5400 times. Krishnan later issued a clarification. Among those who shared it was the Twitter account @zoo_bear. Yesterday I had retweeted a tweet by Kavita Krishnan. The pic was actually from 2013 during meerut clashes and not of recent #FarmersProtest I apologise for my mistake. 🙁 pic.twitter.com/eXmMh1Hfdc — Zoo Bear (@zoo_bear) October 3, 2018 On Facebook too, this image has been shared widely with the claim that it was clicked during the farmers’ agitation. Posted by I am With Barkha Dutt on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Through a Google reverse image search, Alt News found that the photograph in question is NOT of the recent agitation. It was taken in 2013 and was clicked in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. An article by The Pioneer dated September 30, 2013 had carried this photograph. The same photo was also published by Indian Express on the same day, credited to PTI and also by The Hindu. The context of this photograph was the defiance of imposition of section 144 of the CrPC (prohibition of unlawful assembly) after the National Security Act was slapped on BJP leader Sangeet Som, one of the accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013. The photograph was taken when police tried to prevent villagers from gathering for a mahapanchayat that had been banned by the administration fearing an upsurge in communal tension. An unrelated image from 2013 was used to portray administrative apathy and heavy-handedness in the wake of the recent farmers’ march. While there is little doubt of violent confrontation between police and agitating farmers, sharing an old image from another incident not only ended up misleading social media users but was representative of confirmation bias. 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. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	3rd October 2018 / 8:16 pm / Last updated: 3rd October 2018	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-image-from-2013-used-to-portray-police-response-to-recent-farmers-agitation/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,555	Old photo of man demanding release of 'pro-freedom' Kashmiri leaders falsely linked to farmers' protest - Alt News Kinjal 9th January 2021 / 9:34 pm A picture of a man holding a placard has recently been making rounds on social media. It reads, “Release all mainstream and pro-freedom Kashmiri leadership. Dal Khalsa Sad (Amritsar)”. Users are claiming that this man is part of the farmers’ protest movement. BJP Delhi media head and spokesperson Naveen Kumar Jindal tweeted this photo and wrote that “pro-terrorist” Hurriyat leaders were jailed and here was a young man who wanted them to be released. His tweet had been liked 1,100 times and garnered more than 300 retweets at the time of writing. (Archive link) Twitter user @KaafirGyan also shared the image and accompanying claim in a tweet. (Archive link) शरजील इमाम जैसे देशद्रोहियों की रिहाई की माँग करने वाले किसान कभी नही हो सकते है, ये #farmersrprotest के नाम पर देश के ख़िलाफ केवल एक गहरी साज़िश है!!! pic.twitter.com/vSCg0H4vQ5 — Kaafir V3.0 (@KaafirGyan) January 5, 2021 This image is viral on Twitter and Facebook. The bottom of the poster reads “Dal Khalsa Sad (Amritsar)”. Alt News performed a keyword search using these terms and came across a story by The Tribune dated December 5, 2019. It states that the Dal Khalsa and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) were going to protest at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on the occasion of Human Rights Day on December 10, 2019. Based on this information, we investigated further and found an article by Khalsa Force from December 12, 2019. It reports that Dal Khalsa and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) activists were stopped at the Pathankot border in Punjab on the Kathua District Magistrate’s orders. The man in the viral photo can be seen at several points in the video report embedded in the article. In the opening scenes of a BBC video report from December 9, 2019, this individual can be seen shouting slogans and holding a poster similar to the one in the image in question. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FxB4LZbWj4] The Quint also published a fact-check report about this picture on January 6, 2021. The report quoted HS Dhami, former president of Dal Khalsa, as saying, “This photo is not related to the recent farmers’ protests.” He also identified the man holding the poster as Angad Singh. Angad tweeted a video of this incident on December 10, 2019. There are some pictures of the Kathua border on his Facebook profile as well. The farmers’ protests began in September 2020 after the introduction of new agricultural ordinances, while this picture is related to an incident from December 2019. Therefore, the Dal Khalsa and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) held a protest demanding the release of Kashmiri leaders in December 2019. A picture from this demonstration was recently circulated on social media with users falsely linking it to the ongoing farmers’ protests. In the past, several old and unrelated photos and videos have been linked to protesting farmers. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	9th January 2021 / 9:34 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-image-from-kashmir-shared-as-farmer-demanding-release-of-kashmiri-leaders/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,556	Minor victim's photo from unrelated case shared as 8-year-old who was murdered in Kolkata - Alt News Kinjal 11th February 2021 / 7:26 pm On February 4, reports emerged that an eight-year-old girl was murdered in West Bengal’s Kolkata. Upon reaching the crime scene, the police suspected she was raped. Meanwhile, social media users have been sharing a purported photo of the victim and questioning why the people of West Bengal have not protested against her death. Twitter user Utkarsh Srivastava shared this picture. His post was retweeted by 619 handles at the time of writing. (Archive link) Congress leader Archana Dalmia tweeted the viral photo alongside a picture of a newspaper clipping about the eight-year-old who was murdered in North Kolkata, after being allegedly raped. Twitter user Anjali Devi also shared the image with this claim. (Archive link) The photo is viral on Facebook and Twitter. Alt News performed a reverse image of the picture and came across an Amar Ujala story dated October 27, 2020. It attributed the image to an incident in Etah, Uttar Pradesh. A 15-year-old molestation survivor died by suicide after jumping from the fourth floor of the hospital. The report mentions that the perpetrator was a tenant in the girl’s house. Even after vacating her home, he would still harass her. Fed up of this, she took her own life. We then performed a keyword search which led us to ABP Ganga’s story from October 28, 2020. According to this report, the accused was arrested in Etah in the girl’s suicide case. The police found some pictures of the deceased in his possession, which he used to blackmail her. ABP Ganga stated, “The police have charged him in a case of sexual harassment and abetment to suicide.” A photo of a teenaged girl driven to suicide in October 2020 after being blackmailed was falsely linked to the recent suspected rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kolkata. 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. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	11th February 2021 / 7:26 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-image-from-up-shared-as-alleged-rape-and-murder-of-8y-old-in-kolkata/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,557	Old, unrelated image viral as condoms found in Shaheen Bagh - Alt News Kinjal 20th February 2020 / 6:03 pm / Last updated: 4th December 2020 Since December 15, peaceful protests led by women against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have been taking place at Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi.. A few days ago, a picture of used condoms dumped in heaps is being circulated with the claim that they were found at the protest site. Facebook user Prabhu Sagar, who is a member of Hindu Samaj Party (as per bio), posted the viral picture and said, ” If you want evidence, comment below. I will send the proof in abundance. Municipality employees found this scene in the drain behind Shaheen Bagh while cleaning.” His post received over 1,400 shares before it was taken down. [Translated from साक्ष्य चाहिए तो कॉमेन्ट करे। प्रमाण मै भेजुगा नगर पालिका कर्मचारियों को सफाई करते समय शाहिन बाग के पीछे वाले नाले में ये दृश्य देखने को मिला है ।]” @pokershash, the co-founder of Fact Hunt, tweeted (archive link) the viral image and said, “Someone send me this pic of back stage of Shaheen Bagh and told Kudrati Khana yaha se aata.” Alt News performed a reverse image search on Yandex and found the viral image in an article by lanhmanh.com, a Vietnamese website. According to the website, the condoms were found in the garbage of male students. The article’s headline when translated to English reads, ‘Stunned at the shocking revelations about the “pink” life inside the male dormitory.’ The article is from three years ago. Using this as clue, Alt News did another reverse image search on Google along with the Vietnamese keywords ‘bao cao su nam ký túc xá’ [Translates to male dormitory condoms]. We found the viral image on two more Vietnamese websites – baomoi.com and doisongphapluat.com. The former website republished the latter’s article which was published on December 13, 2016. Thus, the viral image isn’t recent. Alt News couldn’t independently verify the location of the image but its existence on the internet since 2016 proves that it cannot be from Shaheen Bagh. The picture has been shared on social media with false claims to target the ongoing CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh. Prior to this misleading claim, several false claims have been shared to target the protests in Shaheen Bagh. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	20th February 2020 / 6:03 pm / Last updated: 4th December 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-image-viral-as-condoms-found-in-shaheen-bagh/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,558	Old, unrelated images of injured protesters shared as those of BJP supporters thrashed by ‘Mamata’s goons’ - Alt News Jignesh Patel 12th February 2019 / 7:57 pm / Last updated: 17th September 2020 “कोलकाता में बीजेपी की रैली में ममता बनर्जी ने अपने गुंडों से हमला कराई हिंदू भाई लोगों पर देश को बचाना है 2019 में बीजेपी को जिताना है” (Mamata Banerjee’s goons attacked Hindu brothers at a BJP rally in Kolkata. We have to re-elect BJP in 2019, if we want to save the country -translated), reads a Facebook post by an individual user, Anil Singh Bjp along with graphic images of injured people. So far, it has been shared more than 29,000 times from this account alone. Several other individual users have posted the images with identical text on Facebook and Twitter. We found that the photographs viral on social media are old and not related to any BJP rally in Kolkata. Upon reverse searching the images on Google, we came across a tweet by Rahul Gandhi which included two photos of protesters bleeding heavily. The images pertain to a protest held by the young job seeking aspirants outside the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in November 2018. A report published by The Week on November 2, 2018 stated, “The police used canes to disperse people protesting here Friday against two court rulings that quashed the selection of over 12,000 government teachers and ordered a CBI probe into the process to appoint 68,500 more.” वादा था 2 करोड़ रोजगार का, मगर UP में 68,500 सहायक शिक्षकों की भर्ती सही से कराए जाने की माँग कर रहे युवाओं के साथ योगी सरकार का बर्ताव देखिए। जो बच्चों का भविष्य बनाते हैं उनके भविष्य पर ऐसी मार? कांग्रेस उत्तर प्रदेश के शिक्षक अभ्यर्थियों के साथ है। युवा इसका जल्द जवाब देंगे। pic.twitter.com/NSWpF7Agu5 — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 3, 2018 Moreover, the other image on the bottom-right is of the woman who got injured during a protest held by the guardians and parents of Binodini Grils’ High School, Kolkata against the school management. According to a report which has the picture of the woman, they were protesting outside the school premises over an accusation of molestation levelled against a teacher in the school. Insofar as the violence in the rally of BJP President Amit Shah on January 29 is concerned, buses that carried the BJP supporters were allegedly vandalised by TMC supporters. A report published by the Hindustan Times stated, “The BJP workers retaliated by vandalising several government buses, police vehicles, motorbikes and two offices of the ruling Trinamool Congress. Several bikes and cycles were set ablaze.” In conclusion, old and unrelated images were sought to be portrayed as TMC party workers attacking BJP supporters at a rally held in Kolkata. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	12th February 2019 / 7:57 pm / Last updated: 17th September 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-images-of-injured-protesters-shared-as-those-of-bjp-supporters-thrashed-by-mamatas-goons/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,559	Old, unrelated images shared as Hindu women attacked during Delhi riots - Alt News Alt News Desk 28th February 2020 / 9:13 pm / Last updated: 28th February 2020 A set of images is being shared on social media with the claim that these depict women from the Hindu community attacked during Delhi riots. Facebook user Manju Singh posted the images with the narrative, “दिल्ली के मौजपुर,शिव विहार इलाकों के हिंदू घरों में घुस-घुसकर, माँ-बहनें को मारा-काटा गया. कैसा भाईचारा.?? थू है ऐसे इस्लामिक कट्टरपंथ पर (In Delhi’s Maujpur and Shiv Vihar area, [they] forcefully entered Hindu homes and butchered [our] mothers and sisters. Shame on such Islamic fundamentalism -translated).” Two images show a woman with deep cuts on her back while the third image showed women lying on the floor with blood all around them. It may be noted that these images are being circulated in the backdrop of ongoing communal riots in northeast Delhi which have reportedly taken lives of at least 38 people. Many individuals on Facebook and Twitter have shared the images with the same narrative. It is also being shared on WhatsApp. Alt News reverse searched these images on Google and here is what we found. We had debunked these two images in October 2018 when they were shared with the false claim that Hindu women were attacked by Muslim men in Bihar. In fact, it was found that a woman was attacked by a man named Sandeep Giri on her way back from a temple. He assaulted her with a knife when the woman rejected his advances. This incident took place in Kateya, Gopalganj in Bihar. Giri was later arrested by the police. Read our detailed fact-check here. We found that these images are old and unrelated. Both the images have existed on the internet before communal violence broke out in Delhi this month. The image on the left was located in a 2018 YouTube video whereas the image on the right existed in a 2015 blog. However, Alt News couldn’t verify specific details about the two images. Suffice to say, old and unrelated images showing severely injured woman were shared on social media with the false narrative that these images depict Hindu women attacked by members of the Muslim community during the ongoing Delhi riots. Follow @free_thinker Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	28th February 2020 / 9:13 pm / Last updated: 28th February 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-images-shared-as-hindu-women-attacked-during-delhi-riots/", "author": "Alt News Desk" }
2,560	Old, unrelated images shared as mass deaths due to coronavirus - Alt News Archit 24th March 2020 / 2:35 pm / Last updated: 24th March 2020 With the number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India exceeding 500 and hundreds of districts in the country in complete lockdown, there is a growing sense of fear among citizens at large. Globally, there are more than 3 lakh confirmed cases and close to 15,000 deaths. This has caused people to fall for a variety of misinformation floating online – misleading images and videos rousing fear or medical misinformation promoting pseudoscience and invalid treatments. While your intentions may be pure, misinformation, spread especially during a global pandemic, can take lives. We request our readers to practice caution and not forward unverified messages on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. A photograph of several people fallen on the road has been linked to COVID-19 and shared on social media. These images have been posted with texts in Telugu, Hindi and Bengali. A Facebook user posted the viral image with a Hindi text, “People are taking corona lightly but there aren’t people who can get up in Italy. (Translated from: लोगो को कोरोना मजाक लगता है देखे इटली में इसे उठाने वाला कोई नही.)” A user also tweeted the viral image along with a Telugu text, “Look what’s happening in Italy via this satellite image. Ignoring the requests of their prime minister, they went out. Now, the situation is such that their bodies can’t even be buried. Be careful. (Translated from ఇటలీ లో ఏం జరుగుతుందో శాటిలైట్ చిత్రం ద్వారా చూడండి పిట్టల రాలిపోయిన జనాలు చూడండి వారి ప్రధాని చెప్పిన మాట వినకుండా విచ్చలవిడిగా తిరిగిన దానికి కలిగిన ఫలితం కనీసం శవాలను పూడ్చి పెట్టడం కూడా సాధ్యం కాని పరిస్థితి … తస్మాన్ జాగ్రత్త.)” Alt News also received several requests asking us to check if the image is a satellite image from Italy on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. Fact-check In the first week of February, this viral image was circulated with the claim that it shows the repercussion of the coronavirus outbreak in China. Alt News’s report found that viral image was published on March 24, 2014, by Reuters. According to the caption, “People lay down in a pedestrian zone as part of an art project in remembrance of the 528 victims of the Katzbach Nazi concentration camp, in Frankfurt, March 24, 2014. The inmates of the Katzbach concentration camp, a part of the former Adler industrial factory, were forced into a death march to the concentration camps of Buchenwald and Dachau on March 24, 1945. Some 528 victims of Katzbach are buried at Frankfurt’s central cemetery.” The people are therefore lying on the road as part of an art project in remembers of the Katzbach Nazi concentration camp. Along with the viral image in the first claim, this Facebook page posted two other images. The second viral photo is a collage of three images which shows multiple coffins. The user wrote in Bengali, “Italy’s condition is very bad. If you use work as an excuse and unnecessarily step out of your house, keep this scenario in your mind. (Translated from খুবই করুণ পরিস্থিতি ইটালির কাজের দোহাই দিয়ে বাড়ি থেকে অকারনে বেরোনোর আগে এই দৃশ্যটা একটু মাথায় রাখবেন.)” Fact-check: Image 1 and 2 Alt News performed a reverse image search on all the three images and found that the coffins are of African migrants who were killed in a shipwreck near Lampedusa, Italy on October 3, 2013. The first image was published in a 2013 report by The Guardian. The second image was carried in a 2014 report by International Business Times and the third image was carried in a 2013 report by The Star. According to a 2013 BBC report, at least 130 African migrants died after a boat carrying them to Europe sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. The report added that most migrants were from Eritrea and Somalia. Fact-check: Image 3 The third image posted by Bengali social media users is of a burial site surrounded by military and medical staff. It also shows several dead bodies being buried by medical staff dressed in a white coloured protective gear. After performing another reverse image search, we found that the viral image is a still is from the 2011 Hollywood film Contagion. It can also be viewed in the film’s official trailer at 2:19 mark. Several articles have been published which draw parallels about the global coronavirus pandemic crisis with the film. Thus, the social media claims associated with all the images are false. None of them is related to COVID-19. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. 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2,561	Old, unrelated images shared as migrant workers beaten during coronavirus lockdown - Alt News Jignesh Patel 1st April 2020 / 7:49 pm On March 27, Shilpa Bodke, who describes herself as the Maharashtra Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee Social Media State Coordinator, tweeted two images with the message, “जितना आज दिहाड़ी,रेहड़ी,हाइवे पर चलते लोगो को मारकर सख्ती करी जा रही है”. She further wrote, “Had the government shown even 10% of the strict action [they unleashed upon workers] and closed airports, as warned by Rahul Gandhi, India would have been in a better state.” In the images, one can see two individuals with wounds on the back. The tweet has garnered more than 1,200 retweets at the time of writing the article. An archived version of this tweet can be accessed here. Bodhke has shared the post in the backdrop of the 21-day lockdown announced to tackle coronavirus infection which has left thousands of migrant labourers on the streets without modes of transportation to get home. Many other people on Facebook and Twitter shared the images with an identical claim. Fact-check Alt News found that these images are old and unrelated to the recent nationwide lockdown. With the help of reverse image search on Google and Yandex, we were able to trace the earliest instances of these images. Image 1 The first image was published along with an article on the website “matinews.com” on December 18, 2017. This opinion piece carried a collage of photos which includes the image now viral on social media. Furthermore, we found a tweet by a user from March 2018. The tweet claimed that traffic police in Dhaka’s Shantinagar beat up an ordinary rickshaw puller. “The poor are being abused. Share if you have a conscience,” reads the tweet. The second image is close to nine months old. It was posted by a Facebook page on July 17, 2019. Hence, it is unrelated to the recent lockdown in India. West Bengal police had also called out this old image via its official Twitter handle on March 27, 2020. “Some pictures and video are being deliberately circulated on social media against the West Bengal administration,” said the police. pic.twitter.com/hsLmNhxAIZ — West Bengal Police (@WBPolice) March 27, 2020 Alt News was unable to independently verify the origin and context of these mages. However, it is can be ascertained that these are unrelated to the recent nationwide lockdown because they predate the coronavirus pandemic. 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. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	1st April 2020 / 7:49 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-images-shared-as-migrant-workers-beaten-during-coronavirus-lockdown/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,562	Old, unrelated images shared to claim Kerala police brutally assaulted Sabarimala protesters - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 10th October 2018 / 5:35 pm / Last updated: 15th March 2019 On October 7, thousands of people rallied in protest against the recent verdict of the Supreme Court allowing entry to women into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. On social media, this event was politicised with the claim that Kerala police had resorted to the use of force at these protests in a brazen display of heavy-handedness. Shame on you who went to USA for cancer treatment @vijayanpinarayi how did you treat women and senior citizens protesting reg #SabrimalaVerdict? Are you a human being????? @narendramodi Throw him out.. Keralite women and men join hands and do the impossible! pic.twitter.com/4RegyId9Ye — meena das narayan (@MeenaDasNarayan) October 9, 2018 The above tweet by journalist Meena Das Narayan targeted Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, asking him how he has treated women and senior citizens protesting the Sabarimala verdict of the Supreme Court. Narayan had attached a screenshot of a tweet by a user with the handle @vocalpain. This account has now been deleted. A set of photographs has also been shared by several users on Twitter who claim the Kerala police attacked “Hindus peacefully chanting Swamiye Ayyapa in protest of the SC #SabarimalaVerdict” and did not even spare women and children. Police brutally attacked Hindus peacefully chanting Swamiye Ayyapa in protest of the SC #SabrimalaVerdict They showed no mercy and were violently beat up women,children too.#SaveSabarimala #Sabarimala #Sabarimala#ReadytoWait #HinduJustice pic.twitter.com/iuSl4IO2Az — जया 🚩🚩 (@jayapatel0793) October 7, 2018 Yet another photograph is doing the rounds on social media showing a police constable lathicharging an elderly person, claiming that this person was attacked by the police amidst the protest over the Sabarimala verdict. 80 year old devotee protesting against #SabarimalaVerdict beaten by #Marxist #Kerala #Police. @HKupdate @Kuvalayamala @mohandastg @ensine @birajanath @Prof_Hariom @keralaCastro @nach1keta @excomradekerala @jothishnair1010 #Sabarimala @Palakkadan6 @chathootti @PartyVillage017 pic.twitter.com/qWMk00SLeh — Ramaswamy Iyer (@iyer_rn) October 8, 2018 The photographs shared on social media do not pertain to the recent Sabarimala protests. They were clicked earlier in July 2018 when the Kerala police had cracked down on a ‘KSU Secretariat march’ that was led by the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress party. These photos had been tweeted from the official account of NSUI on July 4. KSU Secretariat march was brutally attacked by Kerala police using iron nail attached lathies. 20+ leaders including state president, K M Abhijith seriously injured. pic.twitter.com/H371hUx4dT — NSUI (@nsui) July 4, 2018 Hey Lady, Be ashamed of yourself for spreading lies. There is nothing as such happened in Kerala. The pic you shared is from a protest happened in July 2018. I have tweeted about it and attaching the screenshot of the same with date. Tweet link👇🏻https://t.co/4JEhzeVYyq pic.twitter.com/VJaZdowvbQ — RiJOY👨🏻‍💻 (@iamrijoy) October 9, 2018 As for the photograph showing an elderly person being assaulted with a lathi by a cop, using the reverse image search tool, Alt News came across a link to a website in Malayalam, in which this photograph was posted more than 3 years back, in March 2015. This establishes the fact that this particular photo is not of the recent Sabarimala protests that took place in Kerala. Use of unrelated images to score political brownie points on social media is a predictable and routinely used tactic by purveyors of misinformation. The protests over the verdict of the Supreme Court on the Sabarimala temple entry issue were sought to be utilized to project an ‘anti-Hindu’ image of the Kerala government, through the use of unrelated images. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	10th October 2018 / 5:35 pm / Last updated: 15th March 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-images-shared-to-claim-kerala-police-brutally-assaulted-sabarimala-protesters/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,563	Old image of cops holding stones in hand falsely linked to farmers' protest - Alt News Anuradha Prasad 5th February 2021 / 2:14 pm A photo of a policeman holding stones in both hands has been viral on social media platforms for quite some time. Users claim that this is a scene from the farmer protests against the centre’s new farm bills. The months-long agitation turned violent in Delhi on January 26. Violent clashes broke out between the police and protesters during the farmers’ Republic Day tractor rally. The Delhi Police used tear gas bullets and lathi-charge to disperse crowds. After this, on January 29, a group of people pelted stones at protesting farmers at the Singhu border. Those asking the farmers to clear the area identified as ‘locals’. Alt News found in its fact-check that BJP workers and members of the Hindu Sena were part of this group claiming to be locals. People are also sharing a second photo of a policeman with a stone in hand. “The pictures speak for themselves, this is what is happening in my country,” reads the accompanying claim. (Archive link) तस्वीरे खुद बोलती है, क्या हो रहा है ये मेरे देश मे..।।#rsskegunde#FarmersProtest pic.twitter.com/QZQz5xGR08 — नज़र फ़रीदी Nazar Faridi نظر فریدی (@NazarINCIndia) January 31, 2021 Many other Twitter users also shared this picture with the hashtags #farmersprotest and #rsskegunde (RSS goons). The image is being shared widely on Facebook as well. A Facebook page called ‘Jumla Vahi Sunayenge’ posted the image. This post was shared by more than 1,200 users at the time of writing. (Archive link) Alt News performed a reverse image search and found a high-quality version of the photograph on the Nirmalagiri College SFI Facebook page. The SFI (Students Federation of India) is a left-wing student organization aligned to the Communist Party of India. This photo was uploaded on August 23, 2013, without any description but along with pictures of demonstrations. Posted by Nirmalagiri College SFI on Friday, August 23, 2013 We contacted the Secretary and the President of the SFI unit of Nirmalagiri College. They were unable to provide more information about the photo. We did not find a high-quality version of the viral image anywhere else apart from this page. Since this picture was uploaded on August 23, 2013, it cannot be representative of the farmers’ protest. We performed a reverse image of the first picture in which only one hand of a cop is visible, and came across some tweets from last year. Twitter user @single_life_000 posted a tweet on February 16, 2020, along with three pictures of a cop’s hand. The original Tamil caption read, “Police or sly people? #CAAProtest #Chennai #ChennaiBagh #ChennaiShaheenBagh #Chennaiagainst_CAA_NRC #ChennaiPolice # CAA_NRC_Protests #வீதிக்குவாங்க_ரஜினி. A closer look at the photo shows that the policeman has a tattoo spelling out ‘RSS’ on his forearm. காவல்துறையா? காவிகளின் ஏவல்துறையா? #CAAProtest #Chennai #ChennaiBagh #ChennaiShaheenBagh #Chennaiagainst_CAA_NRC #ChennaiPolice #CAA_NRC_Protests#வீதிக்குவாங்க_ரஜினி pic.twitter.com/iSQ1wn06vG — UHD Tamil (@single_life_000) February 15, 2020 Users are writing #rsskegunde (RSS goons) while sharing this picture. We were unable to gather more information on this photo. It is possible that ‘RSS’ may represent the police officer’s initials. Nothing can be said with certainty except for the fact that the images are old hence unrelated to farmers’ protest. The second photo went viral during the anti-CAA protests as well. Boomlive had fact-checked it in February 2020. A journalist and a dilettante person who always strives to learn new skills and meeting new people. Either sketching or working. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	5th February 2021 / 2:14 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-images-shared-to-show-police-role-during-violence-in-farmers-protest/", "author": "Anuradha Prasad" }
2,564	Old, unrelated images viral as sex toys, condoms found inside JNU campus - Alt News Archit 7th January 2020 / 3:56 pm On January 6, a day after the recent attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) by masked assailants armed with lathis and iron rods, several social media users posted two images of sex toys with the claim that these belong to students of JNU. Twitter user @Shubham85395292 posted the images and said, “Last evening, after the violence on JNU campus, student’s precious property was damaged including condoms and sex toys (Translated from – कल शाम JNU विश्वविद्यालय में तोडफ़ोड़ के दौरान छात्रों के कुछ कीमती वस्तुओं को नुकसान पहुंचाया गया जिसमे कॉन्डोम और सेक्स टॉयज शामिल)” कल शाम JNU विश्वविद्यालय में तोडफ़ोड़ के दौरान छात्रों के कुछ कीमती वस्तुओं को नुकसान पहुंचाया गया जिसमे कॉन्डोम और सेक्स टॉयज शामिल pic.twitter.com/eoKCDPK0pG — बाबा ब्लादिमीर पुतिन नाथ TPN (कानपुर वाले) (@Shubham85395292) January 6, 2020 These images are viral on Facebook and Twitter. On doing a reverse image on Google, Alt News found that this image was posted by Reddit user Reed_Himself in 2015. He has described it as, “I walk out to the dumpster and luckly the trash was taken out this morning so the dumpster only had 3 bags in it. I hop in and rip open the first one, nothing, second one nothing. The third was mostly the same but I notice a brown grocery bag and I look inside. Its full of condoms, fuzzy handcuffs, toy cleaner, vibrators, and all sorts of stuff. So i think to myself that cant be it, in my mind I was looking for a tote bag or backpack. I hope out of the dumpster empty handed and go back to the front desk.” Alt News ran the second image on Google’s reverse image search and found that this image was uploaded by pscully, a user on Imgur, on February 2018. They wrote, “I inspect foreclosed homes and this is a room I walked into recently.” Therefore, the images on social media viral with the claim that sex toys and condoms were found inside JNU campus is false. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	7th January 2020 / 3:56 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-images-viral-as-sex-toys-condoms-found-inside-jnu-campus/", "author": "Archit" }
2,565	Old, unrelated images viral as vandalism by farmers during Bharat bandh - Alt News Aqib Pathan & Kinjal 9th December 2020 / 2:25 pm / Last updated: 9th December 2020 An image of vegetables scattered on the road is being widely shared on social media against the backdrop of Bharat bandh called by protesting farmers on December 8. The image was shared on Instagram by a user named pushpendrakulshresth with the Hindi caption, “Is this Bharat bandh, you illiterate people? Do you have no shame hampering the daily bread of the poor! Just because there is no support, you’ll stoop down to this level. (जाहिलों क्या ये भारत बंद था तुम लोगों को थोड़ी भी शर्म नहीं आयी गरीबों की रोजी-रोटी से खिलवाड़ करने में!! समर्थन नहीं मिल रहा तो तुम लोग कुछ भी करोगे, धिक्कार हैं)”, which garnered over 24,000 likes. (Archive link) Twitter handle @ThePushpendraK shared this image with a Hindi caption alluding that the bandh was called by ‘traitors’ in the garb of farmers. (Archive link) Many have posted the image with claims of vandalism during Bharat bandh. जब भारत बंद नही कर पाए तो जनता पर आक्रोश निकाला। सब्जी मंडी में गुंडागर्दी किया और ये कहना है की येलोग किसानों के साथ है। इनका चरित्र इस छबि में स्पष्ट दिख रहा है।#BharatBandhFuss pic.twitter.com/Vv1pcLcm0o — Arpita Jana ♓ (@arpispeaks) December 9, 2020 A similar claim is also widespread with a Marathi caption. आंदोलनाच्या नावाखाली गरीबाच नुकसान करणारी ही औलाद शेतकऱ्यांचं हित बघू शकते का 😡 नेत्यांची लाळ चाटणाऱ्या हरामखोरांनो लाज बाळगा जरा. pic.twitter.com/5sHDJYDAHC — Pooja Alhat (@PoojaAlhat1) December 8, 2020 This image is massively viral on Facebook and Twitter with the same Hindi caption. The same photograph along with several others was used in an article by Kreately, a website promoted by BJP leader Kapil Mishra. The article suggests that Bharat bandh was ‘anti-national’. Alt News received a request on our WhatsApp helpline number (+917600011160) to authenticate the claim. Alt news performed a reverse image search and found a Twitter post where the same image was used on May 5, 2020. Sharab se pet nahi bharta saheb Roti sabji se bharta h pic.twitter.com/uaa55z61qB — Mohd Suleman Saifi (@MohdSulemanSai3) May 5, 2020 A subsequent search with Hindi keywords led us to a tweet by Congress media panelist Surendra Rajput. He shared two images of the same incident including the viral image. He claimed that the photograph was taken during coronavirus lockdown when liquor shops were allowed to operate under government supervision and incidents of violence against fruit and vegetable vendors were reported from across the country. दारू की दुकान पुलिस संरक्षण में खोली जा रही है और सब्ज़ी की दुकान तोड़ी जा रही हैं। वाह रे शासन वाह। pic.twitter.com/6JOazeRdJJ — Surendra Rajput (@ssrajputINC) May 5, 2020 We noticed a number plate in the background that reads ‘WB’ which is the vehicle code for West Bengal. Several shops also have boards inscribed with Bengali text. In fact, the image was shared with a message in Bengali in May. The post below has 28,000 shares and 10,000 likes. মদের দোকান খোলা যেতে পারে। কিন্তু গরীব মানুষ রা সবজী নিয়ে বসতে পারবে না। সবজী কেনার জন্য ভিড় হলে তা ছড়িয়ে লন্ডভন্ড করছে… মদের দোকানে ভিড় হলে মদের বোতল রাস্তায় ফেলবে তো!! ছি: প্রশাসন ছবি:সংগৃহিত দাস ফড়িং Posted by Pampa Das on Monday, 4 May 2020 The image, therefore, certainly does not depict harassment of vendors during Bharat bandh called by farmers protesting the centre’s farm bills. Kreately, which was earlier mentioned in this report, published an article on December 8 with the Hindi title “Damn such a strike and damn those who organise such strikes. (है ऐसे बंद पर… और धिक्कार है ऐसे बंद करने वालों पर…!!)” where several old and unrelated images were used. Image 1 This image is from 2018. Outlook published an article on September 10, 2018 which describes the photo as, “Jan Adhikar Party supporter vandalises vehicles during ‘Bharat Bandh’ protest against fuel price hike and depreciation of the rupee, in Patna.” Image 2 We found the second image in the same outlook article from 2018 captioned as, “Left Party workers stop a biker during ‘Bharat Bandh’ strike called by Congress and other parties against fuel price hike and depreciation of the rupee, at Jayadev Vihar in Bhubaneswar.” Image 3 This too depicts the protests from 2018. “Jan Adhikar Party supporters vandalise vehicles during ‘Bharat Bandh’ protest against fuel price hike and depreciation of the rupee, in Patna,” reads its caption on Outlook. Image 4 We found that the fourth image was used by DNA in an article published on July 27, 2018 on strikes by transporters in Gujarat. Image 5 The fifth image is a cropped version of the third image which was used in the Outlook article. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	9th December 2020 / 2:25 pm / Last updated: 9th December 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-images-viral-as-vandalism-by-farmers-during-bharat-bandh/", "author": "Aqib Pathan & Kinjal" }
2,566	Old image of Sikh man praying in mosque viral as Muslim man who posed as farmer - Alt News Archit 12th January 2021 / 3:09 pm / Last updated: 13th January 2021 An image of a Sikh man praying in a mosque is being shared on social media. On January 12, Indian Navy veteran Harinder S Sikka tweeted, “He went to attend ‘Kissan Rally’, forgot to remove his headgear on return to mosque. His agenda could be anything but their welfare. Pls help in sharing this pic. In the name of Farmer’s Bill, we’ve Jihadi, communists & traitors washing their dirty linen? @narendramodi @AmitShah.” (archive link) Sikka is alluding that a Muslim man posed as a Sikh farmer in the ongoing protests. He went to attend ‘Kissan Rally’, forgot to remove his headgear on return to mosque. His agenda could be anything but their welfare. Pls help in sharing this pic. In the name of Farmer’s Bill we’ve Jihadi,communists & traitors washing their dirty linen?@narendramodi @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/vMCXUchcP4 — Harinder S Sikka (@sikka_harinder) January 12, 2021 Facebook page Defence360 that has about 30,000 followers shared the image with identical text. Actor Diljit Dosanjh tweeted an image of Manpreet J Singh’s book ‘The Sikh Next Door: An Identity in Transition’. Twitter account @TheAngryLord quote-tweeted him along with the viral image and wrote, “If this is the transition, I feel very sad for what our Gurus fought for…” This tweet was retweeted over 200 times. (archived link) If this is the transition, I feel very sad for what our Gurus fought for… https://t.co/LjAYtOuvFe pic.twitter.com/63Mon4xmrU — INFERNO (@TheAngryLord) January 11, 2021 Alt News performed a keyword search on Facebook and found that the viral image dates back to at least 2016. Doha-based Facebook user زيد أولدي posted the image in January 2016. He wrote, “Sikh brother praying namaz in masjid. This is my India #proudIndain“. Sikh brother praying namaz in masjid. This is my India #proudIndain Posted by ‎زيد أولدي‎ on Friday, 22 January 2016 Facebook page ياران وطن posted it in May 2016. دا سیک ورور مسلمان شو خو وایې چې خپل کلتوری لباس نه بدلوم هر کلی راشی وروره اسلام ته راتګ په خاطر ضرور لایک او خپور کړئ Posted by ‎ياران وطن‎ on Tuesday, 3 May 2016 Alt News couldn’t identify the man in the image nor details about its location. However, it is not related to the recent farmers protest as it is at least five years old. Thus, an image of a Sikh man praying in a mosque that dates back to at least 2016 was shared with the false claim that he forgot to remove his turban after returning to the mosque from the farmers’ protest. In the past, Alt News has debunked similar claims that allege people from the Muslim community are posing as farmers in the on-going movement. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	12th January 2021 / 3:09 pm / Last updated: 13th January 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-photo-of-sikh-man-praying-namaz-mosque-farmers-protest-false-claim/", "author": "Archit" }
2,567	Old, unrelated photo shared as family commits suicide in Surat due to hunger during lockdown - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 18th April 2020 / 4:40 pm A photograph of a man, woman and infant hanging dead from a tree has been widely shared on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that the family committed suicide out of hunger during the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. India has been under complete lockdown, barring essential services, since March 25. This has now been extended till May 3. The lockdown has stranded migrant workers across the country without a means to get home or regular meals. The image has been shared with the claim that the family was travelling to Gujarat’s Surat on foot. They committed suicide out of starvation, it adds. Below is a tweet by one Alok shared with the caption, “सुरत से आ रहें थे पैदल भुख बरदाश नहीं हुआ तो सूसाईट कर लिए इसकी जिम्मेदार भारत सरकार ….प्रधानमंत्री के राहत कोष , पैसे दे रहे हैं सब कुछ कर रहे हैं क्या राहत लोगों तक पहुंच रही है और अगर पहुंच रही है तो लोग आत्महत्या करने पर मजबूर क्यों हैं.” From the Facebook account मौर्य वंश सम्राट अशोक, the post has received 1,000 shares. Alt News has received multiple requests on its official mobile application to fact-check the image. A reverse image search revealed that the incident is unrelated to coronavirus and dates back to June 2018. Lallantop had reported on the incident when the photograph was viral with the false claim that a farmer had hung himself with his wife and children due to loan distress. In reality, the man committed suicide along with his wife and child because he couldn’t cope with the taunts of his family members. The incident took place in Maharashtra’s Vardha district. According to a policeman from Ashti police station, 37-year-old Anil Narayan Wankhede used to work as an electrician in a company in Madhya Pradesh. He lost his job as the company shut down, forcing the family to return to Anil’s parents’ house in Vardha’s Arvi village. They had nad been living with Anil’s parents and sister for more than two months amid constant taunts for his job loss. Neighbours also complained that they could hear the family getting into frequent brawls. One day, his father threw him out of the house with his wife and child. Anil did not want to shift to his in-law’s house and going back to his parents’ house was not a choice. He took his wife and child to a field, made them drink pesticide, then hung himself and them from a tree. The incident was also reported by Marathi media outlets Ain News and Dainik Bhaskar’s Divya Marathi. Therefore, a photograph from 2018 was falsely shared as that of a family which committed suicide in Surat due to hunger during coronavirus lockdown. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	18th April 2020 / 4:40 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-photo-shared-as-family-commits-suicide-in-surat-due-to-hunger-during-lockdown/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,568	Old, unrelated photo shared as farmers protesting revocation of Article 370 - Alt News Archit 30th November 2020 / 7:50 pm / Last updated: 30th November 2020 In the last week on November, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh began their march towards the national capital in protests against new farm bills introduced by the Centre in September. In the backdrop of this several social media users have posted an image of Sikh men holding a poster against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). किसान चाहते हैं कि कश्मीर में अनुच्छेद 370/”35″A को बहाल किया जाए pic.twitter.com/qedhx1aoDf — Pushpendra Kulshreshtha (@ThePushpendra_) November 30, 2020 “Farmers want article 370 and 35A to restored in Kashmir,” reads the viral message. Article 370 was abolished by the Modi government in August last year which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 35A which empowered the J&K legislature to define the state’s permanent residents and their special rights and privilege was also revoked. BJP supporter Shefali Vaidya tweeted the image and wrote, “What kind of farmers are these? Who call @ImranKhanPTI as their brother, refuse to say Bharat Mata Ki Jai and want to restore article 370?” This was retweeted over 1,500 times. In the past, Alt News has documented multiple instances of misinformation put out by Vaidya. (archived link) What kind of farmers are these? Who call @ImranKhanPTI as their brother, refuse to say Bharat Mata Ki Jai and want to restore article 370? pic.twitter.com/clvIvpY7dT — Shefali Vaidya. (@ShefVaidya) November 30, 2020 Facebook page ‘Support Modi Ji and BJP‘ with over six lakh followers also posted this image. It was shared over 600 times. (archived link) Farmers want article 370 and 35A to restored in Kashmir !! बस मोहरा बदला गया है , प्लानिंग बिल्कुल शाहीन बाग वाली है !! Posted by I Support Modi Ji and BJP on Sunday, 29 November 2020 This image was also tweeted by @ExSecular gaining over 1,500 retweets. Despite sharing misinformation frequently in the past, @ExSecular is followed by Prime Minister Modi. (archived link) Farmers want article 370 and 35A to restored in Kashmir .. pic.twitter.com/Cs4qLE7RcG — Exsecular (@ExSecular) November 30, 2020 This image was posted in August 2019 by Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar or SAD(A), a splinter group of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) which has advocated for the formation of a separate Sikh state of Khalistan many times. As per the banner, the men are protesting against the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A and UAPA. Posted by Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar on Thursday, 8 August 2019 SAD(A) has been vocal in its opposition to the Centre’s abrogation of Article 370. On the occasion of human rights day on December 10, 2019, it held a dharna in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. “We are upset with what is happening in Kashmir. The voices of Kashmiris have been suppressed. Neither the Supreme Court nor the press have done enough to make their voices heard. We will protest in solidarity with the people of Kashmir,” Simranjit Singh Mann was quoted by The Quint in a September 22, 2019 report. Therefore a year-old image was shared with the false claim that farmers held placards in favour of restoring Article 370 and 35A in Kashmir. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	30th November 2020 / 7:50 pm / Last updated: 30th November 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-photo-shared-as-farmers-protesting-revocation-of-article-370-and-uapa/", "author": "Archit" }
2,569	Old, unrelated photograph of mob assault in West Bengal circulates as attack on Hindu women - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 6th April 2018 / 1:37 pm / Last updated: 11th July 2018 A photograph with disturbing visuals accompanied by provocative text is currently circulating on social media. The Facebook page Ram Lalla Hum Ayenge Mandir Wahi Banayenge which has more than 560,000 followers has posted the following picture. According to the post, the Mamata Banerjee led TMC in West Bengal is persecuting the Hindu community in the state. कट्टर हिन्दू इस पोस्ट को ज्यादा से ज्यादा शेयर एवं इस पेज को लाइक करें Posted by राम लला हम आएंगे मंदिर वही बनाएंगे on Saturday, March 31, 2018 The text along with the picture says, “In West Bengal, TMC’s muslim politicians stripped our Hindu sisters and daughters naked and beat them mercilessly. Hindu girls were humiliated and their honour was publicly sullied. Slogans of Hindu Murdabad were chanted. Friends, please share this. What Hindus in Bengal are facing today, Hindus in the rest of India will face tomorrow” (translated). This message along the picture was posted on March 31 and has been shared more than 3600 times at the time of writing. West Bengal has been rocked by violence after Ram Navami processions across the state turned violent leading to communal tension. The above image is being circulated at a time when the state is on the boil. Is the claim true? The claim that this brutality is the handiwork of Muslim political leaders of Trinamool Congress (TMC) is false. While the photograph is from West Bengal, it has nothing to do with the current tension in the state. In fact, it has nothing to do with religious communities. The photo was taken in 2014. This news was reported in July 2014, and the incident had occurred near the village of Kaliabazar in West Bengal. A local ‘tantrik’ and two other men were thrashed by angry villagers after they were suspected of having raped and murdered a seven-year old girl. One of the persons had later succumbed to his injuries. The photograph was blurred out and a fake message was attached to it, which was subsequently shared on social media. Alt News discovered that such rumours floating about on social media are not new, and that this same photograph has circulated earlier in 2015 and 2016 as well. In fact, Navbharat Times had published an article in April 2016 busting this false information. Social media has of late been used as a catalyst to stir communal trouble in sensitive areas at key moments. With West Bengal remaining on the edge following the recent spurt in violence, such blatantly provocative and communal messages continue to keep the pot simmering and pose a challenge to efforts to maintain harmony and instill trust among citizens. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	6th April 2018 / 1:37 pm / Last updated: 11th July 2018	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-photograph-of-mob-assault-in-west-bengal-circulates-as-attack-on-hindu-women/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,570	Old, unrelated photos viral as Zee News office attacked for insulting Delhi voters - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 10th February 2020 / 7:11 pm / Last updated: 11th February 2020 “An enraged crowd attacked Zee News officer for terming the people of Delhi freeloaders and traitors. Heard this, is it true?” wrote one Sunik Kumar on Facebook, drawing close to 900 shares to a post where he shared a photograph of Zee News anchor Sudhir Chaudhary with a nose injury and another image showing a shattered workspace. [Translated from: दिल्ली के लोगों को मुफ्तखोर और गद्दार कहने पर भड़की जनता ने ज़ी न्यूज़ के ऑफिस पर किया हमला। #ये सुना है सही है क्या?#] The message is viral after Chaudhary, a vocal supporter of prime minister Narendra Modi, lashed out at Delhi voters after exit polls predicted a clear majority for the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The post has been shared by many on Facebook. The first photograph of Sudhir Chaudhary with a nose injury was found in an article by garjachhattisgarhnews.com from July 13, 2019. According to the website, Chaudhary had met with an accident in Mumbai. The Zee News anchor had uploaded a Facebook Live two days earlier where he said that he was unable to report for the channel due to his injury. “Two days earlier, I had gone to Mumbai and met with an accident. I have a hairline fracture on my nose and doctors have advised me to take rest,” he said. Posted by Sudhir Chaudhary on Thursday, 11 July 2019 He can be seen with the same injury in several other Live videos as well. A reverse-image search of the second photograph took us to a report by mumbailive.com. It was published two years ago and spoke about MNS workers ransacking Mumbai Congress office and the arrest of party leader Sandeep Deshpande. The image (same as the one currently viral) was credited to ANI. A Twitter search redirected us to a December 1, 2017 tweet by the news agency where the image was used. “Mumbai: Unidentified persons vandalized Mumbai Congress office at CST, more details awaited,” read the tweet. #Mumbai: Unidentified persons vandalized Mumbai Congress office at CST, more details awaited pic.twitter.com/hqfUDYyBXZ — ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2017 A subsequent tweet by ANI reported, “MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande & seven other party workers sent to judicial custody till 18 December for vandalising the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee office near Azad Maidan.” The group was later granted bail. #Mumbai: MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande & seven other party workers sent to judicial custody till 18 December for vandalising the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee office near Azad Maidan — ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2017 Old, unrelated images were therefore shared to propagate the false claim that Zee News office was ransacked and Sudhir Chaudhary was injured for name-calling Delhiites. Moreover, no such incident has been recently reported. Members of Shiv Sena had allegedly attacked the office in 2006. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	10th February 2020 / 7:11 pm / Last updated: 11th February 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-photos-viral-as-zee-news-office-attacked-for-insulting-delhi-voters/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,571	Old, unrelated video falsely linked to Kanpur protests against Nupur Sharma's remark - Alt News Kalim Ahmed 13th June 2022 / 4:09 pm A 15-second long video clip where a group of men can be seen brandishing guns is viral on social media. It has been shared with the claim that it is from Kanpur, where violence recently broke out after protests were carried out by Muslims against remarks made by a BJP spokesperson on Prophet Muhammad. Twitter user @VISHNUK35030487 shared this video with a Hindi caption that suggests that the video is from Kanpur. He further went on to say that these “jihadis” are firing indiscriminately with state-of-the-art weapons, and the police are merely using teargas against them. ये हैं कानपुर के जिहादी जो खुल्लम खुल्ला अत्याधुनिक हथियारों से कर रहे था अंधाधुंध फायरिंग और पुलिस सिर्फ आंसू गैस के ही गोले छोड़ रहीं थी,इनका इलाज हैं सीधी गोली एक बार अगर दस बीस उड़ गए तो फिर ये लोग जल्दी से हिमाकत नहीं करेंगे😡 pic.twitter.com/MOMMh054WG — VISHNU KUMAR MISHRA (@VISHNUK35030487) June 10, 2022 Many pro-BJP users and BJP members have shared the video clip on Twitter, including Major Surendra Poonia, with captions suggesting that the video is from Kanpur. The video clip is also viral on Facebook with similar claims. We broke down the video into keyframes and ran a reverse image search on one of the stills, which led us to a tweet from May 2021. As per the caption, the violence broke out in Dhaura Tanda village over cow meat. Clearly, the video is not recent and has nothing to do with the violence in Kanpur. धौरा टांडा में गौ मांस को लेकर हुआ विवाद पुलिस ने की बड़ी कार्रवाई वीडियो वायरल @dgpup @igrangebareilly @bareillypolice @JitendraBlock @dadda_ramesh @ArunKum38709726 pic.twitter.com/c1dygj4SuK — श्रमजीवी पत्रकार कल्याण एसोसिएशन (@Mohamma44011537) May 10, 2021 We further performed a keyword search and came across a news report by Amar Ujala. As per the report the altercation took place between Jaleesh Ahmed and Salim Qureshi, residents of Dhaura Tanda village in Bhojipura, Bareilly, UP. Jaleesh Ahmed had given his shop on rent to Salim Qureshi on the condition that meat will be sold in the shop “legally”. On the day of the altercation, it was alleged that Qureshi allegedly inflated the price of cow meat to Rs 250/kg from Rs 150, which led to a dispute. Ahmed asked Qureshi to vacate the place, and the people of the Banjara community physically assaulted Qureshi, after which Qureshi’s family members reached the spot with licensed as well as illegal weapons. They fired in the open, causing a stampede. Ahmed belonged to the Banjara community. We also found a police statement on the matter. As per the police, the altercation was due to the difference in the price of the meat. #bareillypolice थाना भोजीपुरा क्षेत्रान्तर्गत दो पक्षों में मांस खरीदने को लेकर हुई मारपीट/घटना के सम्बन्ध पुलिस अधीक्षक ग्रामीण, जनपद बरेली की बाईट । #UPPolice @Uppolice @dgpup @adgzonebareilly @igrangebareilly pic.twitter.com/Zfk7TESC5p — Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) May 9, 2021 To sum it up, a year-old video from Dhaura Tanda village where two parties of the same community fought over the prices of meat was falsely shared as a video from Kanpur and linked to protests against Nupur Sharma. Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	13th June 2022 / 4:09 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-falsely-linked-to-kanpur-protests-against-nupur-sharmas-remark/", "author": "Kalim Ahmed" }
2,572	Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as Dalit boy and girl stripped naked, thrashed in UP - Alt News Kinjal 1st July 2020 / 2:05 pm / Last updated: 1st July 2020 A video of a man and a woman paraded naked while a crowd records their video is circulating on social media. Hushyar Singh Meena (@HushyarMeenaIN) who identifies as ABVP Jaipur state secretary posted the video on June 26 and wrote, “It is being said that this incident took place in Deoria’s Sakrapar. Son and daughter of a Dalit were stripped naked and beaten. The youth were beaten only because they did not come on time to cut the harvest. The accused should be punished irrespective of where this video is from.” Alt News is refraining from embedding the video in this article due to its distressing nature. A screenshot has been attached below. [Translated from: ये देवरिया के सकरापार कि घटना बताई है. दलित के लड़के और लड़की को निर्वस्त्र कर मार रहे है. फसल काटने नही आए सिर्फ इसलिए युवक और युवती को निर्दयता से निर्वस्त्र कर पिटाई की गई. ये वीडियो कही का भी हो दोषियों के खिलाफ कार्यवाही होनी चाहिए.] The clip is circulating on Facebook and Alt News has also received several fact-check requests. This video dates back to April 2017. Alt News has already debunked it in the past. As reported by Hindustan Times, the incident took place in Shambhupura village in Banswara district of Rajasthan. After a Khap like diktat was issued, Kachru (20) and his cousin with whom he was allegedly in a relationship were thrashed and paraded naked in the village. Both the victims belonged to the Bhil tribal community of Rajasthan. “The police said that a case has been registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the Information Technology act against five individuals and around 10-12 unidentified persons,” added the report. During a Mirror Now broadcast, SP Anand Kumar stated, “A girl and a boy from the same family eloped a few days earlier. Since it was a family affair, they did not inform the police and began a search operation on their own. They were eventually found in Gujarat yesterday, and around 10-11 am they were brought back to the village. No one was informed and they were stripped and thrashed. No one was aware of the incident and the boy was returned to his family while the girl was married off immediately. A WhatsApp video and photos came to the fore, after which the SHO went to the village and spoke to the sarpanch. No one was willing to talk initially but after digging a little it was found that the incident indeed took place. The police traced the boy and has taken him in confidence. He was reluctant to give details at first but eventually filed an FIR. ” Therefore, a video of a 2017 incident from Rajasthan was revived with the false claim that a girl and boy from a Dalit family were mercilessly thrashed. However, this was a case of honour-based violence as the couple, who were relatives, eloped together. 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. A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… Trigger Warning: Violent Content. Viewer discretion is advised. Over the past few months, rumours of… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	1st July 2020 / 2:05 pm / Last updated: 1st July 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-from-rajasthan-falsely-shared-as-a-dalit-boy-and-a-girl-paraded-naked-and-beaten-up-in-deoria-up/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,573	Old, unrelated video from WB viral as Kolkata police thrashing Kanwaris - Alt News Shinjinee Majumder 27th July 2022 / 1:19 pm / Last updated: 28th July 2022 A video clip of police officers lathi-charging several people seemingly in front of a temple has gone viral with the claim that Kolkata policemen are beating up the Kanwar Yatra pilgrims at the command of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. The video has a Hindi text superimposed on it which reads “बंगाल में ममता सरकार के आदेशानुसार कांवड़ियों पर प्रेम बरसाती पुलिस”. The Kanwar Yatra is the pilgrimage of the devotees of the Hindu deity Shiva (also known as Kanvaria) to various places sacred to them. This pilgrimage is held annually during July and August. The video has been shared on Twitter with the same claim. Twitter user @shallakaul shared the video and garnered 40.2K views and almost 3000 likes. If this is true then life of a Hindu in Bengal is really very difficult pic.twitter.com/EmMCWPSYyr — Dr.SushmaShallakaul🇮🇳 (@shallakaul) July 16, 2022 Another Twitter user @9_tshakti shared the same video with a caption in Hindi. उधर #बंगाल में कांवड़ यात्रियों का ये हाल कर रखा है ममता की पुलिस ने 😖😠 ये वीडियो नेट पर मिला है, जिसे देखते ही मूड खराब हो गया, इसे देखकर लगता है कि हिन्दुओं की बहुत दुर्दशा हो रही है बंगाल में ! pic.twitter.com/iCZdzIJipv — आशीष ‘आचार्य’ (@9_tshakti) July 12, 2022 This video has also been shared multiple times on Facebook with the same claim. On a closer examination of the video, one can hear Bengali being spoken in the background, thus suggesting that the video clip is likely from West Bengal. Taking this as a clue, we performed a keyword search on Twitter and found several posts from August 2021, claiming that the video had been filmed outside the Bhootnath Temple in Kolkata. The official Twitter handle of BJP West Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) too had shared the clip in 2021. Upon a subsequent search on Google using relevant keywords, we found that TV9 and various media outlets had reported on this issue. According to a report by Dainik Jagran dated August 16, 2021, all the major temples in the city had opened, however, due to certain COVID-19 restrictions at the time, the Bhootnath temple remained closed. CM Mamata Banerjee had extended the COVID-related restrictions with a few relaxations until August 30, 2021. Despite this, the devotees had gathered outside the temple and were consequently lathi-charged by the police. It is important to note that none of the news reports had described the devotees as Kanwar Yatra pilgrims. Below we have compared stills from the viral video to the images that were used in the TV9 report. Alt News geolocated the place that is seen in the viral video. On a closer inspection, one can see a board with the text আহিরীটোলা ঘাট বাঁচাও কমিটি (Ahiritola Ghat Bachao Committee). Taking a cue from this, we looked up the street view of Ahiritola Ghat in Kolkata. Below we have compared stills from the video and the Ahiritola Ghat street view found on Google maps. Hence, it is quite apparent that the incident took place in front of Ahiritola Ghat and not Bhootnath Temple. The two locations are not the same, although they are within close vicinity to each other (650 meters). Upon searching keywords “Ahiritola Ghat” with a relevant time filter on Google, we found a fact check from August 2021 by the News Postmortem. The article has an image of Sanmarg‘s report on this issue. The Sanmarg report contains a statement from Mahesh Thakur, a representative of the Bhootnath temple authorities, wherein they said that the incident was being given a baseless political spin and that the incident had not occurred in front of the temple. It took place near Ahiritola Railway crossing. (The Ahiritola Ghat is 30 meters away from the Sovabazar Ahiritola railway station.) To sum it up, an old video of policemen beating up several people outside the Ahiritola Ghat in Kolkata for defying COVID-19 restrictions was viral with a false claim that it is recent and that the police were beating up the Kanwar Yatra pilgrims at the behest of CM Mamata Banerjee. Student of Economics at Presidency University. Interested in misinformation. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	27th July 2022 / 1:19 pm / Last updated: 28th July 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-from-wb-viral-as-kolkata-police-thrashing-kanwaris/", "author": "Shinjinee Majumder" }
2,574	Video from 2015 shared as woman commits suicide in US due to coronavirus infection - Alt News Priyanka Jha 29th March 2020 / 2:51 pm / Last updated: 29th March 2020 A video of a person committing suicide by jumping from a high rise building is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that the person was infected with coronavirus in USA’s New York City. [The video might be disturbing for some users, Viewer discretion is advised.] न्यूयॉर्क में कोरोना के मरीज़ ने फ्लैट से कूदकर की आत्महत्या……. ये तस्वीर आपको हिला कर रख देगी, न्यूयॉर्क में… Posted by Bharat Breaking News on Saturday, 28 March 2020 Vikas Bhadauria, a journalist with ABP News, also tweeted the video claiming that a person infected with coronavirus committed suicide in the US: “ये तस्वीर आपको हिला कर रख देगी, न्यूयॉर्क में #Corona से जूझ रहे एक शख्स ने अपने फ्लैट से कूद कर आत्महत्या कर ली, अमेरिका के 1 लाख कोरोना मामलों में 46 हज़ार अकेले न्यूयॉर्क के हैं अकेले इस शहर में 606 लोगो की मौत हो चुकी है।”. An archived version of the tweet can be accessed here. Many other individuals on Twitter and Facebook shared the video with the same narrative. We have also received a request on our official mobile application to fact-check this claim. Alt News broke the video into multiple frames using the digital verification tool InVid. A Google reverse image search of one of the keyframes revealed that the video is from 2015 and is not related to the recent coronavirus pandemic. We found a Facebook post where it was claimed that a pregnant Ghanian woman committed suicide by jumping from the roof of her building after finding out that her husband was cheating on her with her mother. Graphic: Pregnant Ghanaian Woman jumps off the Cliff Suicide Pregnant Ghanaian Jumps Building Shocking Video Ghanaian Woman jumps off the Cliff as Hubby sleeps with Her Mom. Pregnant Ghanaian Woman Jumps From 40 Storey Building Because Her Husband Was Sleeping With Her Mom and was carrying her husbands child,40 Storey Building jumping Must she commit suicide? Comment your opinion and share Posted by Ọmọ Oòdua on Monday, 10 August 2015 “It is understood that the woman’s mother and husband had been having an affair for some time and that their secret relationship was only discovered when the wife caught them in [the] act of having sex. While still trying to come to terms with the double betrayal, the woman suffered further humiliation when she learned that her mother had actually fallen pregnant as a result of the affair,” stated a report published by Daily Mail on August 12, 2015. There was confusion over exactly where the woman’s alleged suicide took place, however, many reports have claimed that a local police report in Ghana has confirmed it. In conclusion, a 2015 video of a Ghanian woman committing suicide is being shared with the claim that a person committed suicide after getting infected with the coronavirus. At the time of writing this article, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases crossed over 1 lakh in the United States of America, with close to 27,000 cases in New York itself. The death toll in New York City has climbed to 450. Note: The number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India exceeds 1,000. This has caused the government to impose a complete restriction on movement apart from essential services. Globally, more than 6.5 lakh confirmed cases and over 30,000 deaths have been reported. There is a growing sense of panic among citizens, causing them to fall for a variety of online misinformation – misleading images and videos rousing fear or medical misinformation promoting pseudoscience and invalid treatments. While your intentions may be pure, misinformation, spread especially during a global pandemic, can take lives. We request our readers to practice caution and not forward unverified messages on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. 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. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	29th March 2020 / 2:51 pm / Last updated: 29th March 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-of-a-woman-committing-suicide-shared-as-a-person-committed-suicide-in-newyork-after-getting-infected-with-coronavirus/", "author": "Priyanka Jha" }
2,575	Old, unrelated video of arms hidden inside cans of ghee falsely linked to Delhi riots - Alt News Mohammed Zubair 29th February 2020 / 7:38 pm / Last updated: 1st March 2020 A video showing men removing pistols and magazines hidden inside cans of ghee is viral with two contrasting claims – one which targets the Muslim community and the other, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). A message viral with the video reads, “See how mullahs are bringing weapons. Had the police not caught them on time..(देखिये मुल्लें कैसे हथियार ला रहे हैं पुलिस ने इनको सही समय पे पकड़ लिया वर्ना.)” “देखिये मुल्लें कैसे हथियार ला रहे हैं पुलिस ने इनको सही समय पे पकड़ लिया वर्ना.??” देखिये मुल्लें कैसे हथियार ला रहे हैं पुलिस ने इनको सही समय पे पकड़ लिया वर्ना.??👇👇 pic.twitter.com/NADeSR6B76 — Aj Gohil (@aj_gohil56) February 27, 2020 The video is also viral on Facebook with the same message. देखिये मुल्लें कैसे हथियार ला रहे हैं, पुलिस ने इनको सही समय पे पकड़ लिया वर्ना.?? Posted by K Mohan Sanghi on Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Another message reads, “Jihadi terrorists were caught in Delhi supplying illegal weapons in cans of ghee for the mass killing of Hindus and Sikhs in Delhi. (दिल्ली में हिंदुओं और सिक्खों की सामूहिक हत्याएं करने के लिए आतंकवादी जेहादी घी के डिब्बे में अवैध हथियार सप्लाई करते हुए धर दबोचे गए.)” Another message claims that these weapons were hidden by members of the RSS and Bajrang Dal. “RSS bajrandal ki sazish or harkat dekho isko shar karo Ye hai asli atank ka chehra jo log dusre samaj ko bol rahe hai wo zarur dekhle,” reads the text. This claim was shared by an individual R Malik on Facebook, drawing more than 33,000 shares. Alt News performed a keyframe analysis using InVID and did a reverse-image search on Google. We found a Times of India report from September 27, 2019, featuring the same video. News agency ANI had also reported the incident: “Special Cell of Delhi Police has busted an interstate gang involved in illicit arms trafficking and arrested two accused Jitendra and Raj Bahadur. During the search of their vehicle, two plastic cans of Vanaspati Ghee were recovered. On opening the cans, 26 pistols with extra magazines were found concealed underneath a thick layer of Vanaspati Ghee.” In conclusion, a five-month-old incident of police officials in Delhi arresting two persons for carrying pistols and magazines in sealed cans of ghee is widely circulating with false claims amid Delhi riots. Co-founder, Alt News Co-Founder Alt News, I can be reached via Twitter at https://twitter.com/zoo_bear Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	29th February 2020 / 7:38 pm / Last updated: 1st March 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-of-arms-hidden-inside-cans-of-ghee-falsely-linked-to-delhi-riots/", "author": "Mohammed Zubair" }
2,576	Old, unrelated video of woman dancing shared as that of Congress worker Shilpi Singh - Alt News Jignesh Patel 17th January 2019 / 8:34 pm “यह महिला कांग्रेस की बड़ी नेता शिल्पी सिंह हैं” (This woman is a tall Congress leader named Shilpi Singh. -translated), reads a caption prefixed to a video of a woman who can be seen dancing with a glass placed above her head. According to the caption posted by Shubh Pandit, the woman seen in the video is a Madhya Pradesh Congress IT cell vice-president Shilpi Singh. It has been viewed close to 20,000 times. Pandit describes himself as a supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath. Several other individuals on Facebook have shared this video with the identical narrative. Alt News broke the video into multiple key-frames using Invid, a chrome extension and did a Google reverse image of a key-frame. We found one of the earliest instances when the video was shared online. The video captioned –“Nasha sharab me hota to nachti botal” was uploaded on YouTube on July 2, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHZ-Ktxhwhw Furthermore, juxtaposing the image of the woman in the video with that of Shilpi Singh’s photo depicts a clear distinction between the two. They are NOT the same; the woman in the video is not Congress worker Shilpi Singh. Shilpi Singh also tweeted that the woman in the video is NOT her. नीचता , बेशर्मी और बेहूदापन भाजपा के नेताओ से लेकर कार्यकर्ता तक मे भरा हुआ है। जहां मोदी से लेकर स्मृति ईरानी तक महिलाओं का अपमान करते हैं तो वही बीजेपी की महिला विंग की नेता #कविता_उपाध्याय मेरे सम्बन्ध में फर्जी वीडीयो डालकर मुझे गालियां दी रही है , क्या यही भाजपा की सोच है. pic.twitter.com/w6Bx6iZcS8 — Shilpi Singh (@ShilpiSinghINC) January 15, 2019 The video was viral in Pakistan as well, in 2017. It was claimed that the man seen in the video is a local Pakistani minister Jam Khan Shoro. An article published by a Pakistan website, The Sindh Times concluded that the video is from India and the man is NOT the local minister. Alt News couldn’t conclusively establish the origin of the video but it is certain that the video has been circulating on social media for the last two years. In conclusion, the video shared as that of Congress IT cell vice-president Shilpi Singh is of an unrelated incident which is at least 18 months old. A woman who seems to be enjoying herself in a social gathering was made out to be female politician. This is a standard technique employed by purveyors of misinformation – shame a woman for having a ‘good time’, especially if she enjoys a position of power. This defiling panders to the conservative sections of a society that looks down upon women ‘having fun’. A similar vilification campaign was launched against Gurmehar Kaur when a video of a girl dancing in a moving car was circulated as hers. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	17th January 2019 / 8:34 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-of-woman-dancing-shared-as-that-of-congress-worker-shilpi-singh/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,577	Old, unrelated video shared as BJP leaders begging Rajnath Singh to repeal farm bills - Alt News Nibedita Sen 12th January 2021 / 4:39 pm A 33-second video is viral with the claim that BJP leaders are begging defence minister Rajnath Singh to repeal the farm bills. “#BJP leaders begging Defence Minister @rajnathsingh to cancel 3 #FarmBills2020 They are telling him that these bills are in the interest of only 5% & against 70%,” reads the viral message. #BJP leaders begging Defence Minister @rajnathsingh to cancel 3 #FarmBills2020 They are telling him that these bills are in the interest of only 5% & against 70% #farmers #26JanDelhiTractorParade #FarmerSuicideModiQuiet #FarmersProtests pic.twitter.com/rC0MtBV5VV — I_am_Gurvinder_Singh (@bawa_gurvinder) January 11, 2021 It is also circulating on WhatsApp. Last year, the video with viral with the claim that BJP MPs are requesting defence minister Rajnath Singh to revoke the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). A tweet shared along with the video read, “No media is ready to show this, 88 MP from BJP has met Rajnath Singh and requested to take back NRC and CAB.” No media is ready to show this, 88 MP’s from BJP met Rajnath Singh and requested to take back NRC and CAA… India against #CAA #NRC and #NPR Posted by Adv Meer Adil Ali on Tuesday, 7 January 2020 It had also been shared with a Hindi caption – “88 सांसदों के दल ने राजनाथ जी से हाथ जोड़कर एनआरसी को लागू न करने का आग्रह किया लेकिन कोई भी न्यू” – that alleged the same. Alt News found the same video uploaded on August 11, 2018, with the claim that it shows BJP MLA Rajendra Singh giving his resignation to Rajnath Singh, then union home minister. According to the post, this was in protest against the SC/ST Act. MLA Singh tells the union minister, “The 78% will continue to oppress the 22%. I know you very well, we have slept on the same bed together and now I am begging in front of you for that 22%.” Sc/St act ka gyapan dete grih mantri rajnath singh ko…. Rajnath Singh murdabad…… Narendra modi murdabad…….. BJP sarkar murdabad………………… Posted by Deepak Das Ambedkar on Friday, 10 August 2018 We found several other posts on Facebook and YouTube form 2018 which also said that the clip shows BJP MLA Rajendra Singh resigning from his post over the SC/ST Act. In March 2018, a Supreme Court judgement watered-down provisions of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act that provided for the mandatory arrest of an accused named under the law. The verdict was met with massive protests across the country. As the viral video has existed on the internet since 2018, it cannot be representative of protests against the farm bills. The claim that it shows BJP leaders requesting Rajnath Singh to roll back the new laws is false. Defence Correspondent turned fact-checker. Two times award winning journalist by Govt. of Goa. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	12th January 2021 / 4:39 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-bjp-leaders-begging-rajnath-singh-to-repeal-farm-bills/", "author": "Nibedita Sen" }
2,578	Old, unrelated video shared as brutality on Hindus in West Bengal - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 16th May 2020 / 5:31 pm / Last updated: 16th May 2020 Several users on Twitter have shared a video of a man ruthlessly beating two men with a stick while a crowd of spectators encourages the violence. General Secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Milind Parande claimed that the video depicts brutality against Hindus in West Bengal (archive). [Disclaimer: The video is violent in nature. Viewer discretion is advised.] प. बंगालकी सरकार मुस्लिम दुष्टताके विरूद्ध कारवाई करे। प. बंगाल में हूगलीके चंदननगरमें हजारों मुसलमानोंद्वारा हिंदुओंके घरोंको जलाया जा रहा है; हिन्दू महिलाएं सड़कोंपर आ गयी है..पुलिस प्रशासन मुसलमानोंके साथ है.मीडिया नहीं दिखा रही. हिंदूओंको स्वयंरक्षा के खड़ा होनाही होगा। pic.twitter.com/5oBZkpAAi1 — Milind Parande (@MParandeVHP) May 16, 2020 The video he shared is circulating in the backdrop of communal violence in West Bengal’s Telinipara sparked after members of a community taunted another group as “corona”. Several shops were ransacked and the two groups also hurled bombs at each other. The police has so far arrested 129 people for the clashes. Parande’s tweet by quote-tweeted by ABVP member and VHP spokesperson Vijay Shankar Tiwari. Twitter user Akash RSS shared the video and wrote, “The day Muslim population crosses 50% in India, this will be the condition of all Hindus,” he wrote (archive). अफसोस कि इन पश्चिम बंगाल के हिन्दुओ के लिए हम कुछ नही कर पा रहे.. बंगला देश के जेहादी शांतिदूत है जो वहां के हिंदूओ का तड़पा के मार रहे है और हम हिंदू मुस्लिम भाई चारे का माला जाप रहे हो जिस दिन इनकी जनसंख्या भारत में 50% हो गया उस दिन से बाकी हिंदुओं का यही हाल होगा भारत में pic.twitter.com/T4qIiaz9BG — Akash RSS (@Satynistha) May 14, 2020 Akash RSS is ‘Akash Soni’. In a 2017 report, Alt News had investigated that he was the man behind a popular fake news website Coverage Times. Another report published in June 2018 revealed that he was one of the individuals running misinformation and propaganda Facebook page ‘BJP All India’. Soni was also found to be behind the targetted harassment of journalist Ravish Kumar through a WhatsApp group. In fact, the clip is viral on Twitter. One Nitin Shukla added a ‘Rohingya angle’ to the claim. He wrote, “I repeat – Palghar wasn’t an accident but an experiment. After Sadhus, common citizens are being lynched. It is being said that this video is from Bengal. Rohingya are catching hold of local Hindus and breaking their arms and legs. Tomorrow, it will be your turn.” An archived version of his tweet can be accessed here. फिर कहता हूँ #Palghar संयोग नही प्रयोग था, साधुओं के बाद अब आम जनता की लीनचिंग शुरू हो गयी है, ये वीडियो बंगाल का बताया जा रहा है, बताया गया है कि रोहिंग्या स्थानीय निवासियों जो कि हिन्दू हैं को पकड़ कर हाँथ पाँव तोड़ रहे हैं, कल आपकी बारी हो सकती है pic.twitter.com/dyQxHmqMVU — Nitin Shukla (@nshuklain) May 15, 2020 [Also read: Palghar lynching incident falsely communalised on social media] Splitting the video into multiple keyframes using InVid and reverse-searching one of them on Yandex led us to Bangladeshi pages which had shared the video earlier in April. কি শুরু হলো বাংলাদেশে এইসব??? Posted by Abu Hossain on Saturday, 25 April 2020 Going through the comments section of the above post on the page ‘Abu Hossain’, we found people claiming that the incident is from Bangladesh where the men were beaten for stealing autos. In the video as well, we could hear the word ‘auto’ uttered by someone in the crowd. Using this as a clue, we searched videos on Facebook with Bengali keywords ‘অটো চুরি বাংলাদে’ which translates to ‘auto theft Bangladesh’. This redirected us to several posts from March 2019. On March 24, 2019, Bangladeshi page ‘News media Bangla’ shared the video with the caption, “A thief was brutally beating for stealing an auto. Was it okay to thrash him in this manner? What do you think?” [Translated from: অটো চুরির অপরাধে চোরকে ধরে বেদম মার- এমন মারা কি ঠিক হয়েছে ?? আপনার মতামত কি বলে???] অটো চুরির অপরাধে চোরকে ধরে বেদম মার- এমন মারা কি ঠিক হয়েছে ?? আপনার মতামত কি বলে??? Posted by News media bangla on Sunday, 24 March 2019 Another page ‘চঁ ন্দ্রা’ shared the video the next day and wrote, “Thief beaten for stealing auto.” অটো চুরির অপরাধে চুরকে পিটুনি। Posted by চঁ ন্দ্রা on Monday, 25 March 2019 While we were unable to locate any media reports, it is clear that the video is over a year old and cannot represent any recent incident from West Bengal. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	16th May 2020 / 5:31 pm / Last updated: 16th May 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-brutality-on-hindus-in-west-bengal/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,579	Old, unrelated video shared as CAA support rally by Sadhus, Agoras in Haridwar - Alt News Nitika Amin 9th January 2020 / 7:40 pm / Last updated: 9th January 2020 A video is viral on Twitter and Facebook with the claim, “A procession of Sadhus, Agoras, in Haidwar in support of Modi’s CAA. No one knows where these people live and how they are receiving messages. No stone pelting, No Cruel slogans, No bus burning, No police Attack, No Pak zindabad, No public property damage”. A procession of Sadhus, Agoras, in Haidwar in support of Modi’s CAA. No one knows where these people live and how they are receiving messages. *No stone pelting, No Cruel slogans, No bus burning, No police Attack, No Pak zindabad, No public property damage pic.twitter.com/WBV7hNckXW — Srinivasa Subramanian G (@saisrini129) January 8, 2020 Several Facebook users have also posted the viral video with the same same. The clip has also been shared with the same claim in Telugu – “ఉత్తర ప్రదేశ్, హరిద్వార్ లో ప్రధాని మోడీ కి NRC , CAA కి మద్దతుగా, సాధువులు, నాగ సాధువులు, అఘోరాలు, కనీవినీ ఎరుగని రీతిలో పెద్ద ఎత్తున భారీ ర్యాలీ నిర్వహించారు. వీరంతా ఎక్కడ నివసిస్తారో ఎవరికి తెలియదు. ఇదే భారతదేశ మహిమ.” Alt News broke down the video into multiple keyframes and did a reverse image search on Yandex. We found the same video shared by a Twitter user, Aviator Anil Chopra, with the message, “The greatest temporary spectacle on earth, peaceful and orderly for such a great mass of humanity. Incredible Indian civilisation. #Kumbh2019“. It was posted on March 7, 2019. The greatest temporary spectacle on earth, peaceful and orderly for such a great mass of humanity. Incredible Indian civilisation. #Kumbh2019 pic.twitter.com/GBQKraOZ6E — Aviator Anil Chopra (@Chopsyturvey) March 7, 2019 The reverse image search also led us to a March 11, 2019 Facebook post by one Suresh Kumar, where the video is accompanied with the caption, “Kumbh Mela Naga sadhu”. Kumbh Mela Naga sadhu,,,,, Posted by Suresh Kumar on Monday, 11 March 2019 Kumbh Mela was celebrated from January 15 to March 4 last year and saw a footfall of over a million pilgrims. The video, however, was also uploaded with a different description on YouTube. A channel uploaded the clip on March 3, 2019, with the caption, “Junaghad Naga bava” suggesting that the video pertains to Mahashivratri. This festival fell on March 4 last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhMwjX28uN4 While the origin of the video could not be independently established, needless to say, it has nothing to do with the Citizenship Amendment Act as it existed on the internet as early as March 3, 2019, which is months before CAA was passed in December 2019. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	9th January 2020 / 7:40 pm / Last updated: 9th January 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-caa-support-rally-by-sadhu-agoras-in-haridwar/", "author": "Nitika Amin" }
2,580	Old video falsely viral as sadhus take out procession in Maharashtra after Palghar lynching - Alt News Kinjal 25th April 2020 / 6:52 pm / Last updated: 25th April 2020 A video that shows a mass gathering of sadhus is viral with the claim that the Juna Akhara has threatened a protest after lockdown if speedy justice is not served in the Palghar lynching incident. On April 16, three sadhus affiliated with Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara were mistaken for thieves and lynched in Maharashtra’s Palghar. The perpetrators and the victims hailed from the same community and more than 100 people have been arrested for the crime. Juna Akhada sadhus have also informed that they would gather at Trayamkeshwar in Nashik to demand a high-level probe into the murder, per a report by Hindustan Times. Below is a tweet by one Gunjan Kashyap who identifies as a BJP and RSS supporter. Her tweet has garnered over 300 retweets. It reads, “महाराष्ट्र सरकार । क्या यह तूफान रोक पाएगी? मैं मांग करती हूं जल्द से जल्द पालघर कांड पर इंसाफ हो। नहीं तो जूना अखाड़े ने लोक डाउन के बाद महाराष्ट्र में प्रदर्शन करने की चेतावनी दी है।” महाराष्ट्र सरकार । क्या यह तूफान रोक पाएगी? मैं मांग करती हूं जल्द से जल्द पालघर कांड पर इंसाफ हो। नहीं तो जूना अखाड़े ने लोक डाउन के बाद महाराष्ट्र में प्रदर्शन करने की चेतावनी दी है। pic.twitter.com/DxXdi9Hcsg — Gunjan Kashyap (@iGunjankashyap) April 20, 2020 The video is massively viral on social media. Alt News had fact-check this video earlier in January when it was shared with the false claim that it shows sadhus and agoras coming out in large numbers in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). However, we had found that the same video was earlier shared by a Twitter user Aviator Anil Chopra with the message, “The greatest temporary spectacle on earth, peaceful and orderly for such a great mass of humanity. Incredible Indian civilisation. #Kumbh2019“. It was posted on March 7, 2019. The greatest temporary spectacle on earth, peaceful and orderly for such a great mass of humanity. Incredible Indian civilisation. #Kumbh2019 pic.twitter.com/GBQKraOZ6E — Aviator Anil Chopra (@Chopsyturvey) March 7, 2019 The reverse image search also led us to a March 11, 2019 Facebook post by one Suresh Kumar, where the video is accompanied with the caption, “Kumbh Mela Naga sadhu”. Kumbh Mela Naga sadhu,,,,, Posted by Suresh Kumar on Monday, 11 March 2019 Kumbh Mela was celebrated from January 15 to March 4 last year and saw a footfall of over a million pilgrims. The video, however, was also uploaded with different description on YouTube. A channel uploaded the clip on March 3, 2019, with the caption, “Junaghad Naga bava” suggesting that the video pertains to Mahashivratri. This festival fell on March 4 in 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhMwjX28uN4 While the origin of the video could not be established, it certainly is unrelated to the Palghar lynching incident. [Also read: Palghar lynching incident falsely communalised on social 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. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	25th April 2020 / 6:52 pm / Last updated: 25th April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-huge-rally-bu-sadhus-against-palghar-mob-lynching/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,581	Old, unrelated video shared as Indian army's brutality in Kashmir - Alt News Jignesh Patel 21st August 2019 / 8:54 pm / Last updated: 22nd August 2019 A video of a man dressed in army fatigues, who is seen brutally stabbing a dead body with a knife, is being shared on social media. Twitter user Mirza Javed Ullah Khan posted the video with the narrative that these are soldiers of the Indian army meting out brutality on these ‘martyred Kashmiri Muslims’. Another Twitter user shared the same video with a similar narrative. With the help of digital verification tool Invid, Alt News broke the video into multiple frames, which were then used to perform a reverse search on Google. It was found that the video has been manipulated with unrelated audio superimposed over it. This video depicting extremely disturbing visuals is at least seven years old and has been shared in the context of the politics of West-Asia. There is no reference to India in the 2012 article that Alt News found. We found the screenshot of the frames from the viral video posted in a blog published on November 3, 2012. Moreover, the blog claimed that these soldiers were from Syria’s secret police, the Shabiha. Alt News was unable to independently ascertain that these visuals depicted Syria’s Shabiha. However, it is clear that the video couldn’t be a recent one from Kashmir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdLAQoCeAto In conclusion, a seven-year-old video of a man, dressed in army fatigues, relentlessly stabbing a dead person is being falsely propagated on social media as footage of brutality meted out on Kashmiris by Indian army personnel. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	21st August 2019 / 8:54 pm / Last updated: 22nd August 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-indian-armys-brutality-in-kashmir/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,582	Old video shared as scores of Indians running to block illegal Chinese construction along LAC - Alt News Priyanka Jha 23rd June 2020 / 2:15 pm A video of scores of people running down elevated land has been shared claiming that these are hundreds of Indians rushing to block “illegal” Chinese construction along the border with India. Alexandre Krauss, who identifies himself as senior political advisor European parliament, tweeted the video and wrote, “No. This is not a new Brad Pitt zombie movie. These are hundreads of Indians running to block #China’s illegal constructions in the boarder with #India…” No. This is not a new Brad Pitt zombie movie. These are hundreads of Indians running to block #China’s illegal constructions in the boarder with #India. Latest Beijing move might just explode in #XiJinping’s face.pic.twitter.com/cevuzhEsQW — Alexandre Krauss (@AlexandreKrausz) June 19, 2020 Krauss had tweeted the video first shared by the handle @clarkkent04211. The video has over 8 lakh views. Flash flood? No, it was the angry Indian people who rushed to the border between #India and #CCP! Prevent the CCP from unauthorized construction. Brave Indians! !#MilkTeaAlliance #CCP_is_terrorist pic.twitter.com/uaZSnLhhpO — Tashi Delek #MilkTeaAlliance (@clarkkent04211) June 18, 2020 The video has also been posted on a few Chinese groups on Facebook. A reverse-image search of a keyframe of the video led us to the same clip uploaded on YouTube on March 27, 2020. The clip had been lifted from TikTok which explains the audio-video mismatch. The top left corner of the video carries the TikTok username ‘binhan728’. We found that the user had uploaded the video on his profile on March 25, 2020, and several people commented that the video was from Myanmar. The fact that the video dates back to at least March 2020 proves that it cannot represent any recent incident related to the India-China border dispute. Moreover, had such an incident taken place, it would have been reported in the media. We also found similar videos shot in Mayanmar’s Jade mines. The media has also reported cases where “scavengers” flocked to the mines in hopes of finding the gemstone. Hundreds of thousands of “scavengers” flock to the jade mines of Myanmar, risking their lives in the hope of finding a gem amongst the rubble [Tap to expand] https://t.co/z0Ds4dYPdL pic.twitter.com/lKo6DzYuOx — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 13, 2019 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	23rd June 2020 / 2:15 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-indians-running-to-block-chinas-illegal-constructions-on-the-india-china-border/", "author": "Priyanka Jha" }
2,583	Old, unrelated video shared as Muslims licking utensils to spread coronavirus infection - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 30th March 2020 / 4:13 pm / Last updated: 1st April 2020 A video where a group of Muslim men are licking utensils and cutlery is floating across social media platforms and messaging applications. It is being claimed that they intend to spread the coronavirus infection. Alt News has received multiple requests on its official mobile application to fact-check the video. The message shared along with the video alleges, “14 China Muslims hidden at Bihari mosque has been taken to corona virus test by Bihari police. Erode police has caught Thailand Muslim mullahs infected with corona virus. Today Salem Police has caught 11 Indonesian Muslim mullahs at Salem mosque. This video shows that they are applying and putting saliva on spoons, plates and utensils and also they are in the intention of spreading corona virus disease. Nobody knows what’s happening in the Nation.” The clip has also been shared with a message claiming that the incident took place in Nizamuddin. “Stay aware, stay safe. Coronavirus is not spreading in India but it is being spread in the country. An example of this is Nizamuddin. (सतर्क रहें सुरक्षित रहें भारत में कोरोना फैल नहीं रहा बल्कि फैलाया जा रहा है। इसका ताजा उदाहरण निजामुद्दीन से मिले.)” सतर्क रहें सुरक्षित रहें भारत में कोरोना फैल नहीं रहा बल्कि फैलाया जा रहा है। इसका ताजा उदाहरण निजामुद्दीन से मिले 👇👇 Posted by Ashish Shoury Geetkar on Tuesday, 31 March 2020 Nizamuddin has been identified as a coronavirus hotspot after several preachers of Tablighi Jamaat tested positive in three different locations across the country. The organisation led a congregation at its headquarters (Markaz) Banglewali Masjid in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area in mid-March, for which the Delhi government has now filed an FIR against a mosque preacher. Tablighi Jamaat maintains that its gathering was not illegal because it was held before Prime Minister Modi announced the first lockdown (Janata curfew) on March 22. However, the Delhi government claims that the congregation breached its order banning large gatherings on March 13. Ironically, this was the same day when the Health Ministry declared that COVID-19 was not a health emergency. The March 13 order, however, did not extend to religious gatherings and only a subsequent order passed on March 16 did. If reports are to be believed, the congregation was held between March 13 to 15. One of the messages shared with the video claims that 14 Chinese Muslims hiding in a mosque in Bihar were apprehended by the police and taken for coronavirus testing. Alt News had earlier debunked a similar claim. A video of Kyrgyzstan citizens in Patna was widely circulating with the false claim that they were people from Iran and Italy hiding in a mosque to evade testing. A keyword search on Google – ‘Muslims licking utensils’ – threw up several results including a Vimeo link from July 31, 2018, which carried the same video. According to the description, these are Dawoodi Bohras licking leftover food from utensils to not waste even a morsel. https://vimeo.com/282586776 The description also says that the men were following orders of “Syedna”. Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin is the 53rd and current Da’i al-Mutlaq (highest authority in the faith) of the Dawoodi Bohras. We found that the video was shared even earlier, on July 30, 2018, on Twitter where the user wrote, “Bohras eat together in a big “thaal”. This one is from a jamatkhana where on several occasions there is food served. What’s happening here is taking not wasting food at an extreme level.” Bohras eat together in a big “thaal”. This one is from a jamatkhana where on several occasions there is food served. What’s happening here is taking not wasting food at an extreme level. 🤣🤣 https://t.co/irxJePHlZ3 — Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 (@YusufDFI) July 30, 2018 Speaking with Dainik Bhaskar, religious leader of the Bohra community in Bhopal, Burhanuddin, said, “It is a custom in Bohra community that not even grain of food is wasted. For this purpose, grain committees are set to teach kids to not waste food. This video is of one such committee where utensils are being cleaned after the meal.” Therefore, a video of Bohra Muslims licking plates and spoons to not ‘waste’ leftover food has been shared as people from the Muslim community spreading coronavirus infection. Note: The number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India is over 1,700. This has caused the government to impose a complete restriction on movement apart from essential services. Globally, more than 8 lakh confirmed cases and close to 42,000 deaths have been reported. There is a growing sense of panic among citizens, causing them to fall for a variety of online misinformation – misleading images and videos rousing fear or medical misinformation promoting pseudoscience and invalid treatments. While your intentions may be pure, misinformation, spread especially during a global pandemic, can take lives. We request our readers to practice caution and not forward unverified messages on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	30th March 2020 / 4:13 pm / Last updated: 1st April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-muslims-licking-utensils-to-spread-coronavirus-infection/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,584	Old video falsely viral as proof of 'saffron wave' inside JNU campus - Alt News Priyanka Jha 17th November 2020 / 8:07 pm Author Harinder Sikka, known to have shared false information on several occasions, tweeted a video on November 15. The accompanying caption read, “Must thank Leftists, Tukde-Tukde gangs #Congress supporters, JNU separatists for pushing us to the wall. Indians have taken a stand against traitors. JNU shows the way with a simple slogan: “Neem leaf is bitter, Pakistan is b@#$%! Whoever supports Afzal Khan, send them to Pakistan!” (archive link) Must thank Leftists,Tukde-Tukde gangs #Congress supporters,JNU separatists for pushing us to wall. Indians have taken stand against traitors. JNU shows the way with a simple slogan: नीम का पत्ता कड़वा है, पाकिस्तान भड़वा हैं!! जिसको चाहिए अफजल खान, उसको भेजो पाकिस्तान!! pic.twitter.com/QVgmsTj0Oy — Harinder S Sikka (@sikka_harinder) November 15, 2020 Akash RSS tweeted the video on November 16, attributing it to a saffron wave at JNU. His accompanying caption quoted the same slogan heard in the clip (archive link). Akash has also shared misinformation in the past. JNU में लहराया भगवा खून उबाल देने वाला वीडियो नीम का पत्ता कड़वा है पाकिस्तान भड़वा हैं जिसको चाहिए अफजल खान उसको भेजो पाकिस्तान वीडियो देखो ….👇🏽👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/CwTsRFAbcI — Akash RSS (@Satynistha) November 16, 2020 A third user with the display name Prem Sagar Pandey BJP Mirzapur also made this claim while sharing the video. JNU में लहराया भगवा, खून उबाल देने वाला वीडियो, नीम का पत्ता कड़वा है – पाकिस्तान भड़वा हैं जिसको चाहिए अफजल खान उसको भेजो पाकिस्तान pic.twitter.com/dE34xt17l5 — प्रेम सागर पाण्डेय { नम्बरदार } #BJP_MIRZAPUR (@premsagarpande) November 15, 2020 The clip is getting lots of traction on Facebook as well. It was shared by a page called ‘We Support Hindutva‘, garnering 36,000 views in just six hours. Alt News performed a reverse search of a keyframe from this video and found a Facebook post from October 2018. However, it did not mention where the clip was taken. After a few keyword searches, we found this video on Limra Times YouTube channel uploaded on October 4, 2018, which mentions the location as Thane, Maharashtra. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoMMMWJDZCQ] We tried to contact the number shown in the video but it was unavailable. Apart from this, another Facebook page posted it on October 2, 2018, stating that it was taken in Thane. We were unable to get any specific information about the location from Thane police since the video was shot at least two years ago. The oldest iteration of this video was found on September 25, 2018. It was uploaded by a Twitter user named Shailendra Rai. It is worth noting his tweet also does not specify the location. #निम_का_पत्ता_कड़वा_है_पाकिस्तान_भड़वा_है@CyberArmyPAK @pid_gov @UmarKhalidJNU @nidhitripathi92 @RamaJNUSU pic.twitter.com/IDtyyucDmT — Shailendra Rai (@rai_shailendraa) September 25, 2018 But Shailendra had uploaded a higher resolution clip. We noticed that a Samsung store can be seen in the background. Alt News then reached out to a few JNU students who confirmed that there is no Samsung store inside the campus thus the video could not have been shot there. Therefore, the online claims of a ‘saffron wave’ at JNU are unfounded. The clip is at least two years old and was not shot inside the university campus. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	17th November 2020 / 8:07 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-shared-as-saffron-flag-raised-in-jnu-with-anti-pakistan-slogans/", "author": "Priyanka Jha" }
2,585	Old, unrelated video viral as BJP leader Inayat Hussain assaulted for supporting CAA, NRC - Alt News Mohammed Zubair 25th January 2020 / 6:08 pm / Last updated: 25th January 2020 A video is viral with the claim that BJP leader and ex-chairman of the Haj committee Inayat Hussain was smeared with ink and beaten with slippers in Indore for extending his support to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़- CAA NRC NPR का खुला समर्थन करने की वजह से इंदौर में भाजपा नेता तथा हज कमेटी के पूर्व चेयरमैन इनायत हुसैन के चेहरे पर पोती गई स्याही, चप्पलों से हुई पिटाईऐ ऐसेगय्यूर मुसलमानों को बहुत बधाई बहुत हार्ड,” reads the message in Hindi. ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़- CAA NRC NPR का खुला समर्थन करने की वजह से इंदौर में भाजपा नेता तथा हज कमेटी के पूर्व चेयरमैन इनायत हुसैन के चेहरे पर पोती गई स्याही, चप्पलों से हुई पिटाई ऐसे गय्यूर मुसलमानों को बहुत बधाई बहुत हार्ड👍@007AliSohrab @ProfNoorul pic.twitter.com/PfB6lCAITZ — Tabish Khan 🇮🇳 (@tabishkhanss) January 24, 2020 The claim is viral on Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp. Shocking if true! BJP leader Inayat Hussain’s supporters blackened his face for supporting CAA in Indore! What do you think? pic.twitter.com/NIdP8nHgpA — Einstein 🇮🇳 (@DesiPoliticks) January 24, 2020 The video has also been shared with an English caption – “Indore mein BJP neta Inaayat Hussain ka swaagat kiya gaya.” Alt News has received multiple requests on its official mobile application to fact-check the video. Alt News broke down the video into multiple keyframes and did a reverse image search on Yandex. We found one of the keyframes on a News18 Urdu report from March 13, 2018. A further keyword search with date filter on Twitter led us to a tweet by News18 Rajasthan which carried the same video. The tweet was posted on March 12, 2018. #अजमेर दरगाह के #खादिम के मुंह पर कालिख पोती, #चप्पल से पिटाई, देखिये पूरा वीडियो- https://t.co/InGagDc81V pic.twitter.com/lU9lyZWNp7 — News18 Rajasthan (@News18Rajasthan) March 12, 2018 According to the report, the incident is from Ajmer Dargah. “A Khadim named Sheikh Bunty smeared ink on the Secretary of the institution, Abdul Majid Chishti and hit him with sandals. A case was registered against Sheikh Bunty, who is the nephew of the former secretary of the institution, Sheikh Habibur Rahman. It is said that the incident was related to embezzlement. The matter is under investigation,” says the report. To sum up, an old, unrelated video of an altercation at Ajmer Dargah is viral as BJP leader Inayat Hussain being assaulted for supporting NRC and CAA. The man who was assaulted is secretary of Ajmer Dargah, Abdul Majid Chishti. Co-founder, Alt News Co-Founder Alt News, I can be reached via Twitter at https://twitter.com/zoo_bear Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	25th January 2020 / 6:08 pm / Last updated: 25th January 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-viral-as-bjp-leader-inayat-hussain-beaten-for-supporting-caa-nrc/", "author": "Mohammed Zubair" }
2,586	Old, unrelated video viral as funeral of teenager who killed French teacher Samuel Paty - Alt News Aqib Pathan 11th November 2020 / 3:03 pm A video of an Islamic funeral procession is widespread on Facebook with a Tamil caption claiming that a massive funeral service was conducted for 18-year-old teenager Abdullakh Anzorov who was shot by the police for killing Samuel Paty in France. It says that his body was brought to Chechnya for last rites. Anzorov hailed from Russia’s Muslim majority region Chechnya. He had been living in France since 2008. பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் முஹம்மது நபி ( ஸல் ) அவர்களை இழிவு படுத்திய ஆசிரியர், சாமுவேல் அவர்களை கொலை செய்த செசன்யா நாட்டு இளைஞர் அங்குள்ள காவல்துறையால் சுட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டார் !அவரின் ஜனாசா செசன்யா நாட்டுக்கு கொண்டு வரப்பட்டு நல்லடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது !விடைபெற்றார், ஷஹீதான அந்த இளைஞர் ! இன்னா லில்லாஹி வ இன்னா இலைஹி ராஜிஊன் Posted by Farook Ali Bin Sultan on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Several users have shared the clip on Facebook with the same caption. We performed a reverse image search of the video’s keyframes with the help of InVID and found a news report by Caucasian Knot published on August 6, 2018. According to the report, a funeral service was conducted for Yusup Temirkhanov on August 4, who was convicted for killing the serviceman Yuri Budanov. Thousands of people including the head of Chechnya attended Temirkhanov’s funeral. We also found another video of the funeral procession posted on YouTube by Ruptly. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J9Q9fe7izA] According to a Caucasian Knot, “Yusup Temirkhanov was buried in the cemetery of his clan village of Geldagan, one of his relatives has reported.” So we looked for Geldagan on Google Maps and were able to locate a mosque ‘Mechet’ Geldagan’ identical to the mosque in the viral video. Furthermore, news reports about Samuel Paty’s killer Andullakh Anzorov’s funeral were not found. A video from August 2018, shot in Chechnya, is viral with the false claim that it shows Chechen Muslims performing Anzorov’s last rites. Earlier, an old video from Yemen was shared with the false claim that it shows Chechen Muslims protesting against France. Aqib is monitoring and researching mis/disinformation at Alt News Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	11th November 2020 / 3:03 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-video-viral-as-funeral-of-teenager-who-killed-french-teacher-samuel-paty/", "author": "Aqib Pathan" }
2,587	Old, unrelated videos falsely shared as Muslims demand UK be declared Islamic state - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 26th October 2021 / 4:38 pm Two videos of members of the Muslim community taking out processions have been shared with the claim that Muslims in the UK are demanding that the country be transformed into an Islamic state. Video 1 इंग्लंडमधील मुस्लीम समाजाने इंग्लंड हा इस्लामिक राष्ट्र घोषित करा अशी मागणी केली जात आहे. इंग्लंडमधील मूळ रहिवाशी आधी झोपले होते, आता लोकसंख्या प्रमाणाबाहेर वाढल्याने ही मागणी होत आहे, अशी वेळ भारतावर येऊ नये आता तरी जागे व्हा.. आपला समाज आपला धर्म आपली बायको पोरं आपला देश सुरक्षित ठेवण्याचा असेल तर हिंदूंनो वेळीच जागे व्हा अन्यता आज जे इंग्लंड मधे होत आहे ते आपल्या देशात होता कामा नये, नाही तर आपला हाल अफगानिस्तान सारखा होईल, अफगाणिस्तान च्या मुसलमानांसाठी ५६ इस्लामी राष्ट्र आहेत पण आपल्या साठी एकमेव देश आहे ते म्हणजे भारत, जागे व्हा बस.. 🙏 जय श्रीराम जय हिंदुराष्ट्र.. 🚩 Posted by Ravi Gone on Friday, 22 October 2021 Alt News has received multiple requests for the clip. A person on a stage can be heard saying in the video, “This is our first message to the Parliament. People are making laws in Parliament. This is our first step. We have gathered here. We are expressing our concern. You as (unintelligible) Parliament should listen to the peace-loving people of Britain, British citizens. We are proud to be British citizens and we need our rights. And the most important right for the people living in Britain is the order and respect of the Prophet Muhammad.” Demonstrators can be seen holding placards on the street including ones that says “the Prophet is dearer to us than our parents” and “we love Prophet Muhammad”. Fact-check Alt News identified the location in the video. The demonstration was held outside the House of Lords. Richard Coeur de Lion, the statue of the 12th-century English monarch Richard I, located outside the Palace of Westminster in London, facing the entrance of the House of Lords, was the identifier. A keyword search on YouTube took us to a video of the same demonstration. The video is from 2012 and the channel says that a protest was held against an “anti-Islam” film outside the House of Parliament in London. The same visuals can be spotted in this video, including the “We love Prophet Muhammad” poster on the stage. A photo of the protest on Stock photo agency Alamy shows a large screen at the protest site displaying the stage where the ‘We love Prophet Muhammad’ poster is visible. The protest was held on October 6, 2012 against the movie ‘Innocence of Muslims’. The release of the short film in 2012 sparked protests in the Middle East, North America and Asia. The film was directed by an American filmmaker. Several people died during the protests. The film allegedly denigrated Islam and Prophet Muhammad. Last year, after the Paris beheading, a video of violent protests against ‘Innocence of Muslims’ in Sudan, was falsely shared as the French embassy in Sudan set ablaze in reaction to Samuel Paty depicting cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. After Nizamuddin Markaz was identified as a COVID-19 hotspot in April 2020, Tarek Fatah had also shared a video of a protest against the movie in Pakistan as recent. He shared the video without context. Video 2 Another video of a procession taken out by the Muslim community was shared with the claim that they came out in large numbers in England and demanded that the country be declared an Islamic state. इंग्लंडमधील मुस्लीम समाजाने इंग्लंड हा इस्लामिक राष्ट्र घोषित करा अशी मागणी केली आहे.इंग्लंडमधील मूळ रहिवाशी आधी झोपले होते आता लोकसंख्या प्रमाणाबाहेर वाढल्याने ही मागणी झालेली आहे अशी वेळ भारतावर येऊ नये आता तरी जागे व्हा Posted by Anil D Chandwadkar on Saturday, 23 October 2021 Alt News has also received verification requests for this video. Fact-check A banner in the video reads, “Birthday celebrations of our Holy Prophet Muhammad. Eid Milad-un-Nabi”. This itself proves that the clip doesn’t show an “Islamic take over” of the UK. Another banner shows ‘Leicester’ written on it. On October 16, a Facebook page had uploaded the video with a caption stating, “MAULIDUR RASUL (prophet’s birthday) in the city of LEICESTER, England.” MAULIDUR RASUL dikota LEICESTER , Inggris stlh Solat Jum’at kemarin tgl 15/10/2021. Masya Allah ! Posted by ‎محمود الوصابي – Mahmoud Al Wosabi‎ on Saturday, 16 October 2021 Alt News also found a live video of the procession from Leicester. The video is from October 10. The similarities have been numbered as follows: 1. The flag with inscriptions in front. 2. Another green flag carried by a boy. 3. A black car. 4. A banner behind the car. The Facebook page of Islamic Centre Leicester (Leicester Central Mosque) had announced the procession on October 7. The procession was held on October 10 starting at the Leicester Mosque (Sutherland Street) and concluding at the Leicester Mosque (Conduit Street). Two unrelated videos from the UK, one from a protest in 2012 linked to an “anti-Islam” movie and another recently shot on Eid Milad, have been shared with the false claim that Muslims in the UK took to the streets to demand that the country be declared an Islamic state. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	26th October 2021 / 4:38 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-videos-falsely-shared-as-muslims-demand-uk-be-declared-islamic-state/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,588	Old, unrelated videos falsely shared as recent violence in Kashmir - Alt News Archit 14th October 2021 / 6:48 pm A 40-second clip comprising two videos has been shared with the claim that they are from Kashmir. The video resolutions are low and an Arabic song can be heard in the background. In absence of context, it appears that the incident is recent. A Twitter user posted the video along with hashtags #india_is_the_terrorist_country, #help_Kashmir, #Modi_is_a_terrorist, #save_kashmir, and #free_kashmir. This video gained 18,000 views. فعّلوا الهاشتاجات دي علي صفحاتكم.#india_is_the_terrorist_country#help_Kashmir#Modi_is_a_terrorist #save_kashmir#free_kashmir #كشمير_تباد #انقذوا_مسلمي_كشمير #الهند_تقتل_المسلمين #مقاطعة_البضائع_الهندية#كشمير_المحتلة #انقذوا_مسلمي_كشمير #help_kashmir#kashmir pic.twitter.com/fDZAtIPeUQ — Badly Decayed Mamdouh (@Mamdohzzz) October 9, 2021 A Jordan-based Facebook user posted the video and wrote in Urdu, “India has announced a warning to all people of religions except Islam to leave Kashmir immediately in preparation for a massive military campaign against terrorism or more precisely against Islam. [translated via FB]”. This gained over 1,800 shares. Video 1: Police thrashing a mob Fact-check 1: Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that this video dates back to at least 2019. It was found on YouTube, uploaded by a channel called Social Media News. Since this video has a higher resolution, Alt News was able to identify ‘Maa Vaishno Stationers’ written in Hindi in the backdrop. A keyword search on Google reveals that there are multiple shops across India by the same name but many are in Gorakhpur. Another keyword search on Twitter revealed that in December 2019, CAA-NRC protestors and police personnel pelted stones at each other in Gorakhpur. ANI posted a video from a location that is similar to the one seen in the viral video. Gorakhpur: Protestors & police personnel pelt stones at each other during demonstration against #CitizenshipAmendmentAct and National Register of Citizens (NRC). pic.twitter.com/cpVxuCr6Pf — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 20, 2019 Analysing both the videos we noticed an identical red and white building with blue shutters. Newsmobile had geolocated Maa Vaishno Stationers to Gorakhpur’s Nakas Chowk. The store’s hoarding on Google Maps matches with the one in the viral video. Video 2: Muslim man speaking into a megaphone Fact-check 2: Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that this video also dates back to 2019. The one minute video was uploaded by Abdul Gaffar on YouTube. The man who spoke into the megaphone largely spoke in Hindi/Urdu. However, he used few English phrases as well. He the beginning he said that he used to be a police officer in Kashmir. In the final seconds of the video, he makes several allegations of violence perpetrated by the Indian army. Alt News was unable to determine the location of the video and when it was shot. However, it is at least two years old. The videos have been falsely shared as Kashmir in the spate of unidentified gunmen recently killing civilians. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media….	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	14th October 2021 / 6:48 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-videos-falsely-shared-as-recent-violence-in-kashmir/", "author": "Archit" }
2,589	Old, unrelated videos of crowded trains viral as recent visuals of UP PET candidates' ordeal - Alt News Shinjinee Majumder 18th October 2022 / 5:21 pm / Last updated: 18th October 2022 Around 37 lakh candidates registered for the Uttar Pradesh Preliminary Eligibility Test (UP PET) on October 15. Huge crowds gathered at railway stations in various cities of the state on Saturday to reach their respective centres. The trains were packed with aspirants jostling for space to stand. Several politicians, including Rahul Gandhi, highlighted the plight of the educated unemployed youth of the country. UP PET फॉर्म – 37 लाख खाली पद – गिनती के! इन युवाओं को सालाना 2 करोड़ रोज़गार का झांसा दिया गया था, लेकिन इस तस्वीर में देश के शिक्षित बेरोज़गार युवाओं की बेबसी दिख रही है। ये साफ़ है कि प्रधानमंत्री आंखें मूंद कर बैठे हैं और नौजवान ठोकरें खाने पर मजबूर हैं। pic.twitter.com/yw4BccDvC5 — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 15, 2022 Several candidates also took to social media to share the difficulties they faced on the day of the examination. एक बहन ने AC टिकट बुक किया एग्जाम देने जाने के लिए, सेंटर 300 km दूर लेकिन गेट तक नहीं खोला गया। AC में जनरल की तरह लोग ठूसे हुए थे। सोंचों कितनी उम्मीदों का गला घोटा गया होगा।@UPGovt @RailMinIndia @IRCTCofficialpic.twitter.com/TNREsJCXHv — Shweta Tiwari (@shvetapt341) October 14, 2022 Soon after, videos of huge crowds at railway stations and inside trains began circulating on social media. A video of a moving train overloaded with passengers has been shared widely. Passengers can be seen hanging onto the train from outside. Some can be seen sitting on the roof of the train as well. User @rishabhpost tweeted this video with the caption, “The mass of aspirants of #UPPET is going to his examination centres from #Prayagraj. You can imagine the status of chaos. #UPPET2022″. (Archive) The mass of aspirants of #UPPET is going to his examination centres from #Prayagraj. You can imagine the status of chaos.#UPPET2022 pic.twitter.com/pSgRWveZru — Rishabh Pandey (@rishabhpost) October 15, 2022 Times Now used the aforementioned tweet in their report on the viral videos of thousands of UP PET aspirants travelling in overcrowded trains. News 24 tweeted a compilation of the viral videos. The said video is played from the 0:11 mark. (Archive) आज UP में PET की परीक्षा है। ◆ परीक्षा देने आए युवाओं ने किया हंगामा। pic.twitter.com/G4VYXb4wUv — News24 (@news24tvchannel) October 15, 2022 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also tweeted this video which she later deleted. However, we could procure a screenshot. In a now-deleted tweet, reporter for Dainik Bhaskar Komal Nigam shared the video with the caption, “दिल दहलाने वाला वीडियो…ऐसे खतरा लेकर एग्जाम देने जाना सही नहीं है लेकिन मजबूरी क्या नहीं करवा ले। सरकार कुछ इंतजाम कर देती तो नजारा कुछ और होता…” (Translation: Heartbreaking video…it is not right to go for exams taking such risks, but they have no other way. If the government had made some arrangements, the view would have been different.) Sumit Sharma, a journalist for Navbharat Times, also shared this video with the caption, “जान हथेली पर रखकर PET की परीक्षा देने जा रहे छात्र, जिम्मेदार कहते हैं बेरोजगारी कहां है… #ViralVideos #Prayagraj का बताया जा रहा है…#petexam”. (Archive) जान हथेली पर रखकर PET की परीक्षा देने जा रहे छात्र, जिम्मेदार कहते हैं बेरोजगारी कहां है… #ViralVideos #Prayagraj का बताया जा रहा है…#petexam pic.twitter.com/5OAw6HJwmp — Sumit Sharma (@sumitsharmaKnp) October 15, 2022 The video is also viral on Facebook. Another video of people dangerously latching onto two trains stationed side-by-side has been circulated widely. User @abhinaymaths tweeted this video with the caption, “यूपी में #UPPET2022 #petexam है सवाल यही है कि परीक्षा केंद्र इतने दूर देने की वजह क्या है क्या छात्र इस मनोदशा के साथ परीक्षा दे पाएंगे? जहां परीक्षा केंद्र तक पहुचना ही सबसे बड़ा संघर्ष हो कितने बच्चे तो अवागमन असुविधा खर्चा ज्यादा की वजह से ही नही जा पाएंगे । जिम्मेदार कौन?” (Translation: #UPPET2022 #petexam to be held in UP. The question is, what is the reason behind assigning the exam centre so far away? Will the students be able to take the exam in this mood? If reaching the examination centre is the biggest struggle, many children will not be able to go because of the inconvenience and cost of transportation. Who is responsible?) (Archive) यूपी में #UPPET2022 #petexam है सवाल यही है कि परीक्षा केंद्र इतने दूर देने की वजह क्या है क्या छात्र इस मनोदशा के साथ परीक्षा दे पाएंगे? जहां परीक्षा केंद्र तक पहुचना ही सबसे बड़ा संघर्ष हो कितने बच्चे तो अवागमन असुविधा खर्चा ज्यादा की वजह से ही नही जा पाएंगे । जिम्मेदार कौन? pic.twitter.com/LtZGujYmh6 — Abhinay Maths (@abhinaymaths) October 15, 2022 The official page of Rashtra Manch also tweeted the video with the same claim. (Archive) यूपी PET – गुड़गोबर व्यवस्था। पेट परीक्षा में 37 लाख बेरोज़गार ने फॉर्म भरे, जिससे सरकार ने करोड़ों कमाए भी मगर छात्रों के आने-जाने के लिए परिवहन की कोई व्यवस्था नहीं की, क्या बेटियां ऐसे में ट्रैवल कर सकती हैं?#UPSSSC_PET2022 pic.twitter.com/8HioBGgBjq — NationalForum (@RashtraManch) October 15, 2022 Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi also shared the video in a now-deleted tweet. The videos have been shared widely on Facebook as well. Upon reverse-image searching one of the key-frames of the video, we were led to a 2018 upload of the video on YouTube. The video is titled, “#train ये नज़ारा केवल पटना में ही देखने को मिलेगा”. (Translation: Such scenes can be seen only in Patna) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMDLQ-ZV-Og] Additionally, the official handle of North Central Railway also fact-checked Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra Gandhi’s tweet and called it unrelated to the 2022 PET. अफवाहों से बचें!@priyankagandhi के ट्वीट के संदर्भ में (जो अब डिलीट किया जा चुका है) स्पष्ट किया जाता है कि मेमू ट्रेन का कोच नंबर 40042 आज प्रयागराज से नहीं गुजरा है और इस तस्वीर का UPPET परीक्षा से कोई लेना-देना नहीं है। pic.twitter.com/MNcSpafcrw — North Central Railway (@CPRONCR) October 15, 2022 The second video had already been debunked by Alt News in February 2021 when it had gone viral with the claim that this was a scene from Mumbai’s Borivali railway station after the Mumbai local train services were reopened to the general public from February 1, 2021. Alt News performed a reverse image search of a still from the video, which led us to a YouTube video dated March 21, 2016. The title of the video indicated that the crowd was from Mumbai. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5CSDX12rSs] Therefore, a clip of a massive crowd boarding a Mumbai local train from at least six years ago was shared as visuals from the recent chaos preceding the UP PET. Moreover, the official handle of Info Uttar Pradesh Fact Check has shared a fact-check of both of the videos and called them misleading. (Archive) #InfoUPFactCheck: सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म पर कुछ अकाउंट्स द्वारा उत्तर प्रदेश में आयोजित PET को लेकर मुंबई लोकल का वीडियो प्रदर्शित कर परीक्षा में अव्यवस्था की भ्रामक तस्वीर प्रस्तुत की जा रही है। उत्तर प्रदेश में PET पूर्ण पारदर्शी एवं व्यवस्थित ढंग से आयोजित की जा रही है। pic.twitter.com/fKDMopYx1o — Info Uttar Pradesh Fact Check (@InfoUPFactCheck) October 15, 2022 Hence, among the many viral videos of huge crowds gathered at railway stations and trains before the PET 2022, the two videos mentioned above are old and misleading. 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2,590	Old, unrelated videos viral as cash seized from Karnataka Congress minister DK Shivakumar's residence - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 22nd March 2019 / 6:44 pm / Last updated: 4th September 2019 Two videos, showing stacks of money piled together, are being circulated to claim that the cash was seized from the residence of Karnataka Congress minister DK Shivakumar. The text used to share both videos says –“दिल्ली में कर्नाटक कोंग्रेस के मंत्री डी के शिवकुमार के दिल्ली सफदरजंग एन्क्लेव के बंगले पर छापा पड़ा है उसका वीडियो आपके साथ शेयर कर रहा हुँ ..रुपये का गोदाम देखों और शेयर करों जिससे कांग्रेस का असली भृष्टाचारी चेहरा सामने आ सकें !!! This was found hidden in Delhi’s Safdargunj enclave bungalow of Karnataka Congress minister DK Shivakumar. Sharing this video with you. See the godown of cash and share it so that Congress’s real face of corruption is out in the open.” The video was shared in March 2019 as well. दिल्ली में कर्नाटक कोंग्रेस के मंत्री डी के शिवकुमार के दिल्ली सफदरजंग एन्क्लेव के बंगले पर छापा पड़ा है उसका वीडियो आपके साथ शेयर कर रहा हुँ .. रुपये का गोदाम देखों और शेयर करों जिससे 👹कांग्रेस का असली भृष्टाचारी चेहरा सामने आ सकें !!! pic.twitter.com/pTdux7CqTv — Ekta Chauhan (@EktaCha39299066) March 18, 2019 Alt News had debunked this video when it was being circulated in the name of Tamil Nadu MLA SP Velumani. We found that the piles of cash were Euros and they were hand-painted for an art installation in Spain. The artist, Alejandro Monge, uploaded the same video on his Instagram account, calling out the false claims ascribed to his artwork. Es lo que tiene internet que algo sin saber porque se hace viral… y luego nadie sabe ni que es ni de quien es… gracias por enviarme donde los vais viendo desde NY hasta grupos de WhatsApp por todo el mundo.. pues si la gente supiera que es una escultura y que los billetes están pintados a mano … @monge_art compartir !! A post shared by Alejandro Monge 🔥💶🔥 (@monge_art) on In an email conversation with AFP, Monge said, “The video was taken by a visitor to the ArtMadrid art fair in 2018 and a Dutch website published it without mentioning anything, so the decontextualised video was perfect for fake news websites around the world, we know it has been used in Haiti, Russia, Cameroon, Spain and Pakistan with different news stories linking it to local politicians. The sculpture was published on my Instagram page a year ago, including documenting the whole production process. The sculpture is made of resin and wood and the bills are coloured by hand with colouring pencils.” दिल्ली में कर्नाटक कोंग्रेस के मंत्री डी के शिवकुमार के दिल्ली सफदरजंग एन्क्लेव के बंगले पर छापा पड़ा है उसका वीडियो आपके साथ शेयर कर रहा हुँ .. रुपये का गोदाम देखों और शेयर करों जिससे 👹 कांग्रेस का असली भृष्टाचारी चेहरा सामने आ सकें —— जब प्यादे ने इस तरह लूटा है तो सोनिया और राहुल और रावर्ट बाड्रा ने कितना लूटा होगा —– Posted by Vedanand Ojha on Friday, 22 March 2019 This video was also debunked by Alt News when it was being circulated as cash seized from BJP MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar’s residence. We found that the video depicts an IT raid carried out in 2016 on Delhi-based T&T law firm, owned by Rohit Tandon. A sum of Rs 13.48 crore was reportedly seized by the IT authorities. The money was stashed in old and new currency notes. “A joint team of the I-T department and Delhi police’s crime branch found cabinets and secret chests at Rohit Tandon’s office in the upscale GK-1 area filled with notes on Sunday. Several cartons containing cash were also found.”, stated a report published by The Times of India on December 12, 2016. Rs 2 cr in new notes recovered from a law firm in Greater Kailash is the highest reported from Delhi so far. @the_hindu @abaruah64 — Shiv Sunny (@shivsunny) December 10, 2016 IT raids in Shivakumar’s Delhi, Bengaluru and Kanapura premises were conducted in August by the income tax department. The video viral on social media, however, does not pertain to these raids. Alt News had debunked this video in 2017 itself when it was shared with the same narrative. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	22nd March 2019 / 6:44 pm / Last updated: 4th September 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-unrelated-videos-viral-as-cash-seized-from-karnataka-congress-minister-dk-shivakumars-residence/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,591	Old video of vandalism by football fans in Switzerland revived as violence by Muslims in WB - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri & Kalim Ahmed 5th September 2020 / 5:36 pm / Last updated: 26th March 2022 On 21st March, in a brutally violent incident in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, eight houses were attacked and set on fire, killing eight people, including women and children. This was in response to the murder of Bhadu Sheikh, a local panchayat representative. Videos and photos of the charred bodies of the victims were widely shared on social media after which the Kolkata High Court took suo moto cognizance of the violence and ordered a CBI probe into the matter. In the backdrop of this, a video has emerged on social media where a group of men can be seen vandalising cars that are parked on an empty road. It is claimed that this video is from Kolkata and the people seen in the videos are Muslims. This video has been widely shared on Twitter. Alt News has also received multiple requests on its WhatsApp helpline number to verify the authenticity of this video. Previously viral as video from Sweden This video was shared in 2020 by Twitter user @cbpunjabi, claiming it to be from Sweden. The clip had drawn 2,700 retweets and close to 50,000 views at that time. The video also carried an emoji of a pig as a derogatory expression used for the Muslim community. ये स्वीडन ही है, कोई फ़िल्म नहीं! pic.twitter.com/UH3oJVnlyV — सी बी पंजाबी (@cbpunjabi) September 1, 2020 The end of August witnessed violent protests in Sweden after a copy of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was burned in Malmo by members of the far-right Danish party Stram Kurs (Hard Line). Party leader Rasmus Paludan was earlier denied permission to attend a Quran-burning rally where he would hold a meeting on “Islamization in the Nordic countries”. Paludan is a hardliner who has also been convicted of promoting racism on YouTube, including videos where he wrapped the Quran in bacon and burned the holy book of Islam. In the backdrop of anti-Islam protests in Sweden, the viral video was shared to portray members of the Muslim community vandalising cars passing on the road. This video was debunked by Alt News four years ago when it was shared with the false claim of rioting by Muslims during Ramzan in Birmingham, UK. We had found that the incident in question occurred not in the U.K but in Basel, Switzerland. Also, it has nothing to do with Islam or Muslims. The vandalism on display was in relation to a football match between Basel and Lucerne football clubs and the violence took place on May 19, 2018, at Birsstrasse, Basel. According to reports, about 90 persons were involved in rioting and the police had arrested two people. Two others were injured in the clashes that took place. The incident was reported extensively by the media in Switzerland. The same video was also shared with false claims of hooliganism in Brazil. Thus, a four-year-old video was revived with the false claim of vandalism by Muslims in Kolkata. The clip actually shows violence by football enthusiasts in Switzerland. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	5th September 2020 / 5:36 pm / Last updated: 26th March 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-vandalism-video-of-footballs-in-switzerland-revived-as-muslims-rioting-in-sweden/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri & Kalim Ahmed" }
2,592	Old video and images shared as individuals converting to Islam after Christchurch massacre - Alt News Jignesh Patel 19th March 2019 / 5:05 pm / Last updated: 19th March 2019 On March 15, at least 49 people were killed in a horrific massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Two days later, a claim started circulating on social media that 350 people have converted to Islam, after the Christchurch massacre, in New Zealand. “Did you know? The terrorist attack in #Christchurch killed 51 Muslims, today approximately 350 people have converted/reverted back to #Islam in New Zealand. Stop fearing/hating Islam, please try to understand it.”, tweeted Zain Khan, a broadcast journalist based in UAE, on March 18. The tweet included three pictures of women wearing a hijab. Did you know? The terrorist attack in #Christchurch killed 51 Muslims, today approximately 350 people have converted/reverted back to #Islam in New Zealand. Stop fearing/hating Islam, please try to understand it.#NewZealandShooting #Islamophobia pic.twitter.com/X02TditdBI — Zain Khan (@ZKhanOfficial) March 18, 2019 One Facebook user Javed Shaikh has posted these photographs with the same narrative. The post has garnered over 2000 shares so far. Multiple people on Twitter have shared the claim based on a blog published on March 17, 2019. “50 Muslims were killed on Friday in New Zealand & 350 people accepted Islam today in New Zealand”, states the title of a blog according to which 350 people have converted to Islam after the mass shooting in Christchurch. The blog also carried a photograph of a couple, where the woman was seen donning a hijab. It has garnered close to 3.8 lakh shares on Facebook alone. A website named KashmirGlacier.com had also used the same image featuring a couple with an identical narrative. A tweet by @ibrocan2007, an individual user was one of the earliest that Alt News could trace back to on social media. This was several hours before a blog was published by Loveforislamic. The archived version of the blog can be accessed here. ALHAMDULILLAH… They killed 50 Muslims while praying yesterday and today over 350 accepted Islam in New Zealand 🙌🏽💝🌹 pic.twitter.com/QhRQ6LHlmU — ABOKI MX CITY (@ibrocan2007) March 17, 2019 A Facebook page, Sajid Hashmat has shared a video with an identical narrative, which has gathered more than 38,000 shares and 4 lakh views so far. 50 Muslims were killed on Friday in New Zealand & 350 people accepted #Islam today in #NewZealand. Posted by Sajid Hashmat on Monday, 18 March 2019 Several other individuals and pages have posted the same video claiming that 350 people have converted to Islam after the christchurch massacre. The video now viral on social media with a narrative that 350 people have been proselytized to Islam in New Zealand is at least 10 years old and unrelated. It was posted on YouTube on September 27, 2009, while the video stated that it dates back to 2007. Alt News found that the photographs shared as those of proselytized individuals are several years old and are not related to the claim. Using Google reverse image search on the images circulating on social media, here is what we have discovered: 2. Nancy Allen, a Christian woman from South Carolina, USA had worn a hijab in support of Muslim women and freedom of religion, according to an article published by an online edition of American newspaper Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on February 14, 2016. 3. The image of a woman wearing a blue coloured hijab is generic and has existed on the internet at least since September 2018. 4. On Facebook, the picture of a woman holding a Quran in her hand was posted on December 22, 2016. Thus, old and unrelated pictures and video were circulated on the internet as those of people who converted to Islam after the attack in Christchurch. The source of the ‘350’ number was a poorly written blog. While the figure of 350 people converting to Islam cannot be independently verified, there are no references to any mass conversations in any media report. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	19th March 2019 / 5:05 pm / Last updated: 19th March 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-and-images-shared-as-individuals-converting-to-islam-after-christchurch-massacre/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,593	Old video of BJP members shared as AAP's Sanjay Singh thrashed AAP MLA with shoes - Alt News Priyanka Jha 9th March 2020 / 5:44 pm / Last updated: 16th June 2021 A video has gone viral with the claim that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh thrashed an AAP MLA with shoes at a party meeting. Facebook user Lalit Mohan Sharma had shared the viral video on March 2, 2020, gaining over 48,000 views. Twitter user @sdtiwari had also tweeted (archive link) the viral video last year, taking a jibe at AAP by saying, “Free entertainment for the freebie lovers.” @AamAadmiParty झाड़ू की मीटिंग चल रही थी और संजय सिंह ने अपने विधायक को जूते से पीटा उसके बाद तो विधायक जी ने संजय सिंह का अच्छी तरह जूते से तेल पानी कर दिया ।@SanjayAzadSln @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/pTwyDHbHWl — Rishi kumar official #प्रशाशक_समिति (@Rishikumarsh) February 14, 2020 Performing a keyword search on Google, Alt News found a report by The Indian Express from March 6, 2019. According to the report, the incident took place between two BJP leaders during a meeting to review development projects in UP’s Sant Kabir Nagar district. The report said, “BJP MP Sharad Tripathi and Rakesh Baghel, one of the MLAs from the district, were involved in a scuffle after Tripathi asked why his name was not included on the foundation stone for a local road and Baghel said it was his decision.” Hindustan Times had uploaded a 55-second video that shows the scuffle. The viral video is being shared with the false claim that an AAP leader beat up another member of his party with shoes. However, the video pertains to a 2019 incident involving BJP leaders. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	9th March 2020 / 5:44 pm / Last updated: 16th June 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-bjp-mp-sharad-tripathi-beat-mla-rakesh-singh-shoes-shared-aap-sanjay/", "author": "Priyanka Jha" }
2,594	Old video circulates with false claim that Rahul Gandhi termed Siddaramaiah Govt as corrupt - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 9th May 2018 / 5:56 pm / Last updated: 11th July 2018 “Aam taur se bhrastachar hota hai, ek do mantri bhrashtachar karte hain, magar karnataka mein puri sarkar bhrastachar pe chal rahi thi” (Generally when corruption occurs, one or two ministers are involved. But in Karnataka the entire Government is steeped in corruption- translated). These words by Rahul Gandhi are being used to the Congress President on social media with the claim that he termed the ruling Congress Government in Karnataka as corrupt. A video clip is currently viral on social media in which Rahul Gandhi says these words at a political rally. This video is particularly popular on Facebook. PostCard News which is a fake news website posted this video on its page on May 6, and it has been shared more than 4000 times since then. This dumb guy wants to become the Prime Minister. He said ” Karnataka govt brashtachar se chalta hai “.😂 Arre pappu ji aap kab sudroge.? Posted by Post Card on Sunday, May 6, 2018 Another Facebook page, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Fans which has more than 12 lakh followers too posted this video with this claim on May 5. It has been shared over 2500 times. Both the pages have shared this video with the words, “This dumb guy wants to become the Prime Minister. He said ‘Karnataka govt brashtachar se chalta hai’. Are pappu ji aap kab sudroge.?” This video has been circulated on Twitter as well. Among those who tweeted this video was Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is close to the BJP. Here is @RahulGandhi exposing @siddaramaiah ‘s corruption ! Where did that 40lac #Hublot watch come from? Which of the many “projects” was the cause of that gift @CMofKarnataka ? 😏😠 https://t.co/YKFMEAtYUS — Rajeev Chandrasekhar (@rajeev_mp) May 6, 2018 ‘I m genius, Thank me, I m welcome’. Rahul Gandhi is seriously a genius. Only few have the courage of accepting their crimes. Hear, Rahul Gandhi accepting the corruption done by Mr. Siddarupphiya ! pic.twitter.com/EYXon5DZP9 — BJYM (BJP Youth Wing) (@BJYM) May 6, 2018 So, did Rahul Gandhi unwittingly criticise his own government in Karnataka headed by Siddaramaiah during his campaign in the state? Boom Live fact checked this claim and found that the video is not of the recent campaigning in Karnataka by the Congress President, but dates back to 2013. Rahul Gandhi had spoken these words at a rally in Tumkur, Karnataka in April 2013. The exact words can be found in the video below from 5:25 to 5:46. It may be noted that in April 2013, BJP was in power in Karnataka and Congress was in opposition. With election to the Karnataka assembly barely days away, social media is fertile ground for political parties for propaganda. Almost every day, Alt News comes across fake news about Karnataka. Here, a 2013 video in which Rahul Gandhi is speaking in a different context has been presented as a faux pas by the Congress President during campaigning in Karnataka. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	9th May 2018 / 5:56 pm / Last updated: 11th July 2018	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-circulates-with-false-claim-that-rahul-gandhi-termed-siddaramaiah-govt-as-corrupt/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,595	Old video clip of temple renovation from Vijaywada shared with a false, communal claim - Alt News Archit 23rd March 2022 / 7:17 pm Several social media users have shared a short video clip allegedly from Vijaywada that shows a JCB operating on the first floor of a building that looks dilapidated. In the same video, a mosque can also be spotted across the road. The video is being shared with the claim that the Andhra Pradesh government is demolishing a temple in order to widen the road while leaving the mosque untouched. [Translated from: आंध्र प्रदेश के विजयवाड़ा में रोड चौड़ी करण में बाधा बन रही मस्जिद को छोड़कर मंदिर को तोड़ रही है आंध्र प्रदेश सरकार ] Twitter @RUDRA_VSR, a BJP and RSS supporter, posted this video with the same claim. विजयवाड़ा में सड़क चौड़ी करने के लिए एक शिव मंदिर तोड़ा जा रहा है जबकि उसके सामने वाली मजार को हाथ तक लगाने कि हिम्मत नहीं रही है वहां के क्रिश्चन मुख्यमंत्री जगमोहन रेड्डी की यह सब तुम्हारे भूल का नतीजा है हिंदुओं@KapilMishra_IND @YogiDevnath2 @AmanChopra_कृपया देखें🙏 pic.twitter.com/Kv1cepAoFk — विश्वास राजपूत (रुद्र) (@RUDRA_VSR) March 16, 2022 This clip has been shared by at least 70 Facebook accounts in various high network pro-BJP or Hindutva groups or by similar pages such as — भाजपा लक्ष्य 2024 ( समर्थन के लिए जुड़े ) [10 lakh members], भाजपा का परिवार मेरा परिवार(यूपी मिशन 2022- भाजपा समर्थको का स्वागत है) [over 4 lakh members] Kangna Ranaut Group [over 2 lakh members] राजपुताना इतिहास और विरासत [over 2 lakh members], Sudarshan News [70K members], and Namo [50K followers]. You can view the full list here. Alt News performed a keyword search on Twitter and discovered that the video dates back to 2020. Alt News spoke with Vijayawada-based journalists and temple associates. They stated that both the claim as well as the video are old. As per them, the clip shows the renovation of Sri Vijayeshwara Swamy Vari Devasthanam, and not its demolition as claimed. During our investigation, we also found that Facebook user Sri Rakesh Kurapati had posted a news clipping that shows the building in question. Earlier, NewsMeter fact-checked the video based on this clipping. Using Google Lens, we translated the news clipping and found that report states that the video shows development initiatives at the Vijayeshwara temple. A part of the building consisting of shops was demolished in order to increase the area of the temple. On the right-hand side, the article also states that a clip of this renovation is being falsely shared as demolition. Additionally, we requested a resident of Vijayawada to record the video of Vijayeshwara temple as it stands today. They shared the clip on the condition of anonymity. It can be clearly seen in this video that the temple hasn’t been demolished, and continues to stand in the same place To sum it up, a clip of temple renovation in Vijayawada from 2020 was reshared on social media with the false claim that the Andhra Pradesh government demolished a temple to widen the road but not the mosque opposite to it. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	23rd March 2022 / 7:17 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-clip-of-temple-renovation-from-vijaywada-shared-with-a-false-communal-claim/", "author": "Archit" }
2,596	Old video, fake tweet viral as Muslims spit on food served to farmers in Muzaffarnagar - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri & Jignesh Patel 13th September 2021 / 8:47 pm / Last updated: 13th September 2021 A set of two images, an alleged tweet and a video has been shared on social media to promote the claim that Muslims spat on the food served during the recently-concluded farmers’ rally in Muzaffarnagar. Alt News has received several requests on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) to verify the claim. We will look at each of the visuals one by one. Video The video shows a man scooping some food on a ladle, taking it close to his mouth and purportedly blowing on it. It has been claimed that he was spitting on the food. मुजफ्फरनगर किसान रैली के लिए बनता हुआ स्पेशल थूक वाला हलवा। खाये जाओ, खाये जाओ, टिकैत के गुण गाने जाओ। Posted by Chandra Bhushan Yadav on Monday, 13 September 2021 This video has already been debunked by Alt News when it was shared last year with the claim that members of the Muslim community were spreading the coronavirus infection. Our report can be read here. We had found the video shared by a YouTube channel in 2018. The channel doesn’t exist anymore but an archived link can be accessed here. This itself debunks the claim that the clip has anything to do with the farmers’ rally. Alt News had contacted an Islamic scholar to know what exactly is happening in the video. The scholar said, “It’s called ‘Fatiha Jalana’. It’s done after the food is cooked. Some Quranic verses are read over the food to either pray to Allah to cure diseases or make a wish to Him. Some blow air and some don’t. It’s Fatiha where you take out some food and ask for Barkat (good fortune).” He further added that we see a lot of people gathering outside mosques with sick children after the prayers are said. Worshippers who step out of the mosque after reading namaz are asked to blow air over these children as it is believed that it has Barkat bestowed by Allah. It may be noted that this is an archaic practice followed by very few people. This video explains how a person can recite Surah Al-Fatihah: “You can recite certain Ayat, Ayat Al-Kursi or Surat Al-Fatihah or whatever you can read of the Quran on the water then drink it. Make wudu or shower.” While we cannot independently verify the context of the video, it doesn’t show Muslims spitting on food served during farmers’ protest. Tweet A screenshot of a tweet from the handle ‘@aadil_ansari’ has been shared to support the viral claim. The alleged tweet shows ‘Maulana Aadil Ansari’ confessing that Muslims served food contaminated with saliva to Rakesh Tikait, Poonam Pandit and more than 5 lakh non-Muslims. Below is the complete tweet in Hindi: “माशा अल्लाह कल हम मुसलमानों ने मुजफ्फरनगर रैली मे राकेश टिकैत,पुनम पडित समेत करीब 5लाख+कोफिरो को थूक वाला हलवा व अन्य पकवान खिलाकर अल्लाह हू अकबर का नारा कोफिरो के मूह से बुलंद करवा विश्व रिकॉर्ड बना दिया दिया हुकूमत ऐ हिंद से गुजारिश है इसे लिम्का बुक समेत विश्व रिकॉर्ड घोषित किया जाऐ.” Maulana Adil Ansari, Masha Allah, yesterday we Muslims made a world record by feeding spit pudding and other dishes to about 5 lakh+ Kofiro including Rakesh Tikait, Punam Pandit, in Muzaffarnagar rally, raising the slogan of Allah Hu Akbar from Kofiro’s mouth, set a world record pic.twitter.com/sn7BIQfk1o — Indraneel 🇮🇳 (@icbharadwaj) September 12, 2021 The alleged tweet is massively widespread on Facebook. It takes a few seconds to prove that the tweet is fake. Alt News copy-pasted its text and found that it exceeds the 280 character count limit by six characters. Some users have also shared a screenshot that shows one ‘Muhammed Dilshad (M_Dilshad)’ replying “we will set a new record in Lucknow”. @aadil_ansari क्या कह रहे हैं मौलाना साहब। @Uppolice कृपया संज्ञान में लेते हुए pic.twitter.com/MR1xdyfpR6 — सुनीलmehta 🇮🇳 (@mehta24772485) September 12, 2021 Both @aadil_ansari and @M_Dilshad seem to be inactive accounts. We also did not locate tweets by the handles crawled by web.archive.org. Photos Two photos of people serving food have been shared with the WhatsApp forward. These pictures are indeed from the farmers’ rally in Muzaffarnagar and shows Muslim youth serving food to protesting farmers. They were shared by several social media users. #मुजफ्फरनगर_किसान_महापंचायत hindu muslim together serving food to farmers #Muzaffarnagar pic.twitter.com/MP5G0VaosR — Hirday Sidhu (@Hirday49428935) September 5, 2021 The pictures were also used in media reports (1 and 2). Therefore, pictures of Muslim youth serving food to farmers during Muzaffarnagar ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ were shared with an old and unverified video of a sect of Muslims allegedly blowing air on food. These were posted with the false claim that Muslims were serving saliva infested food to protesters. A fake tweet was also manufactured to support the false claim. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media….	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	13th September 2021 / 8:47 pm / Last updated: 13th September 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-fake-tweet-shared-to-claim-muslims-spat-on-food-served-to-farmers-in-muzaffarnagar/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri & Jignesh Patel" }
2,597	Old video falsely linked to Afghans fleeing to Pakistan after Taliban's takeover - Alt News Alt News Desk 1st September 2021 / 5:58 pm / Last updated: 1st September 2021 On August 27, The Guardian reported that an unprecedented number of people were fleeing from Afghanistan to Pakistan through the official broader crossing after the Taliban’s take over of Afghanistan. A video of thousands of people running hysterically has now been shared on social media. It is claimed that the video shows the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Facebook page titled ‘Modi Sena‘ with over one lakh followers was among the pages that shared the video. Several Facebook users have shared the video. It is in fact widespread on the platform. पाकिस्तानी अधिकारियों ने अफ़ग़ानिस्तान के नागरिकों के लिए पाकिस्तान बॉर्डर खोल दिया उसके बाद का नजारा देखिए Posted by Jaya Sharma on Tuesday, 31 August 2021 Another Facebook user pointed out that no women or children can be seen running away in the video. He alleged this is a conspiracy by Pakistan and further questioned, “…democracy in Afghanistan has been replaced by Sharia Law. So why can’t Hindus turn so-called democracy into Hindu system?” Alt News received requests to fact-check the claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160). Alt News performed a reverse image search of the video’s keyframes and found that it is indeed from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. However, it dates back to April 2020 after Pakistan opened its borders with Afghanistan for a few days. The borders were closed due to rising COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan. Pakistan had made a special temporary arrangement for stranded Afghans to pass. The viral video was uploaded by UK-based news outlet The Telegraph on April 8, 2020. On the same day, Pakistan-based media outlet The News reported the same. Below we have compared an identical still from the viral video and The Telegraph’s report. On April 4, 2020, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted that Afghan nationals wishing to go back to their country were allowed to pass through Torkham and Chaman border crossings. On #Afghanistan’s special request & on humanitarian considerations,we are allowing exit of 🇦🇫 nationals, wishing to go back to their country,through Torkham & Chaman border crossings on 6-9 April. We remain in solidarity with our Afghan brethren at this time of global pandemic. — Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) April 4, 2020 Pakistan-based VOA Deewa had reported that Pakistani officials stated the border will remain open till April 9, 2020. Hundreds of stranded Afghans rushed towards the Afghan side of Torkhum border on Tuesday after Pakistan temporarily opened its border with Afghanistan.Pakistani official say the border will remain open till April 9. pic.twitter.com/5fhVZer5Gv — VOA DEEWA (@voadeewa) April 7, 2020 Last year, the video was shared with the false claim that Afghans were entering Pakistan without COVID-19 screening. This was debunked by AFP. To sum it up, the viral video isn’t linked to Afghans fleeing to Pakistan after the Taliban’s takeover. The video is from last year after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted by the Pakistani government at the request of the Afghanistan government. Afghanistan nationals were entering their country from Pakistan. Follow @free_thinker Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	1st September 2021 / 5:58 pm / Last updated: 1st September 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-linked-to-afghans-fleeing-to-pakistan-after-talibans-takeover/", "author": "Alt News Desk" }
2,598	Old video falsely shared as alcohol distribution during farmers' protest - Alt News Archit 8th February 2021 / 3:07 pm / Last updated: 8th February 2021 Some Twitter and Facebook users posted a video of a group of men being served liquor in public. In the opening few seconds of the video, a man wearing a turban is spotted. The video has been shared with the text, “Farmers protests. Free liquor distribution”. Twitter user Renuka Jain tweeted this video. It gained over 7,000 views. Jain has posted misinformation on multiple occasions in the past. Farmers protests. Free liquor distribution pic.twitter.com/QXh9sQWATi — #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) February 6, 2021 Similarly, Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association president Ashoke Pandit and BJP supporter Arun Pudur also posted the viral text that insinuated the video is from farmers’ protest. Hindutva supporter Chaudhry Dheren, who has 10,000 followers on Facebook, posted the video and wrote, “This is the reason why the farmers left home and gathered at Sindhu-Shambhu border”. This video was shared close to 500 times. Alt News found at least two posts that indicate the video dates back to at least April 2020. (1 and 2) According to YouTube channel Radar Pk, the video shows alcohol distribution during the COVID-19 lockdown. During COVID-19 lockdown alcohol stores were shut for 40 days. Last year The Times of India reported that distress calls by alcoholics and drug addicts on national helpline spiked by 200 percent. The Outlook uploaded a video in April 2020 of a Hyderabad-based man distributing free alcohol during the lockdown. Thus a video that could be traced back to at least April 2020 was shared with the false that it shows protestors of farm laws crowding around a car distributing free liquor. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	8th February 2021 / 3:07 pm / Last updated: 8th February 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-shared-as-alcohol-distribution-during-farmers-protest/", "author": "Archit" }
2,599	Old video falsely shared as Gen Bipin Rawat's chopper crash - Alt News Archit 8th December 2021 / 7:05 pm On December 8, the Indian Air Force tweeted shocking news that an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. IAF added that an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident. As per media reports, 13 out of 14 passengers died in the crash including Mr and Mrs Rawat. CDS General Bipin Rawat, wife Madulika Rawat among 13 dead as IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter crashes in Tamil Nadu.#IAFChopperCrash #RIPBipinRawat https://t.co/aHwoi2KqAk — TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) December 8, 2021 In the backdrop of this, multiple social media users have posted a video of a chopper in flames and claimed it shows the recent crash. Twitter user @_SirDonBradman_ posted this video and wrote, “Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crashed In Tamil Nadu Video.” This video has been viewed close to one lakh times. Twitter user @MarwadiClub also posted this video. #bipinrawat #IndianArmy #IndianAirForce #HelicopterCrash #TamilNadu Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crashed In Tamil Nadu Video. pic.twitter.com/qigqKMhtgl — Sir Don Bradman (@_SirDonBradman_) December 8, 2021 It was also shared by Facebook pages Times Media 24 and Assam123 News. Both pages have over two lakh followers. Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crashed In Tamil Nadu Video. #bipinrawat #IndianArmy #IndianAirForce #HelicopterCrash #TamilNadu Posted by Times Media 24 on Wednesday, 8 December 2021 The Hindu reported that the IAF helicopter which took off from Sulur airbase was on its way to Defence Services Staff College in Wellington. Unlike the viral video, The Hindu reported that the helicopter caught fire on the impact on the ground and search and rescue efforts were immediately launched. Thus viral video is not related to the incident at hand. Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that the video dates back to February 2020. It was posted by Athens-based journalist Babak Taghvaee. As per his tweet, the video shows Syria Arab Air Force’s Mi-17 shot down by the Turkish Army near the Syrian town of Al-Nayrab. This is the last moments before crash and death of the crew members of this Mi-17 utility helicopter of #Syria Arab Air Force which was shot-down over Al-Nayrab, #Idlib by #Turkish Army. Pilots were doing their best to survive but fire spread and separated the tail boom. pic.twitter.com/DrdQulVVia — Babak Taghvaee – Μπάπακ Τακβαίε – بابک تقوایی (@BabakTaghvaee) February 11, 2020 Alt News isn’t able to verify the details of the video. However, it cannot be related to the recent crash. To sum it up, an old video from Syria that shows a chopper crashing down is shared with the false claim that it depicts the Indian Air Force chopper which crashed on December 8. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	8th December 2021 / 7:05 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-shared-as-gen-bipin-rawats-chopper-crash/", "author": "Archit" }
2,600	Old video falsely shared as man pouring milk on the Kaaba in Mecca, calling it Shivling - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 11th July 2019 / 9:32 pm / Last updated: 27th August 2022 A 51-second long video clip where a young man with a bottle of liquid standing close to the Kaaba throws the liquid at the structure and mutters something which is followed by a commotion is viral on social media. It is being claimed that an Iranian youth offered milk on the “Mecca” and said that his ancestors were “Hindu” and this is a “Shivling”. Twitter user @Chitransh57 shared the clip with a caption in Hindi that reads the same. ईरान के युवक ने “मक्का” पर दूध चढ़ाया और बोला हमारे पूर्वज “हिन्दु” थे और ये “शिवलिंग” है….. जय भोलेनाथ जी…..🔱🚩 pic.twitter.com/bIj4249oA1 — 100rabh SRIVASTAV🚩 🙏 ( एक सनातनी)🚩🙏 (@Chitransh57) August 23, 2022 The video has also been shared with the accompanying claim by several Twitter users. ईरान के युवक ने “मक्का” पर दूध चढ़ाया और बोला हमारे पूर्वज “हिन्दु” थे और ये “शिवलिंग” है….. 🔱जय भोलेनाथ जी 🔱हर हर महादेव🔱🚩@YogiDevnath2 @beingarun28 @AnujBajpai_ @team_hyv pic.twitter.com/VC5xWUOG0x — सनी जीतू कुशवाहा🇮🇳 (@RoyalKushwahaS) August 24, 2022 ईरान के युवक ने “मक्का” पर दूध चढ़ाया और बोला हमारे पूर्वज “हिन्दु” थे और ये “शिवलिंग” है…. जय भोलेनाथ जी….🔱🚩 pic.twitter.com/T5xOxD2RDC — 𝒀𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅-𝑩𝒂𝑩𝒂 🕉🇮🇳 (@YOGIfiedBABA) August 23, 2022 Viral since 2019 The viral clip has been circulating on social media since 2019. It has been widely shared on Facebook. We performed a Google search using relevant keywords and found an article by Gulf News published in February 2017, pertaining to this very incident. This was verified by comparing the viral video with the video of the incident posted in the article, which has been taken from a different angle. According to Gulf News, the man was attempting to die by suicide by dousing himself in fuel before he was successfully apprehended. The incident was also reported by Arab News which stated, “Saudi security forces successfully prevented a man from setting himself alight beside the Kaaba inside Makkah’s Grand Mosque late on Monday. The man, who police said shows signs of mental illness, tried to set himself alight with gasoline but was arrested before he could do so.” Moreover, Alt News found that several social media users had posted videos related to this incident on YouTube in 2017. To sum it up, a video of a man trying to self-immolate is falsely viral since 2019 as a clip of Iranian youth pouring milk at the Kaaba and calling the structure a shivling. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	11th July 2019 / 9:32 pm / Last updated: 27th August 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-shared-as-man-pouring-milk-on-the-kaaba-in-mecca-calling-it-shivling/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,601	Old video falsely shared as mother-daughter duo caught selling drugs in Shaheen Bagh - Alt News Archit 7th April 2020 / 5:25 pm / Last updated: 7th April 2020 A three-minute video which appears to depict seizure of illegal drugs is being circulated on social media with the claim that it is a recent incident from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh. The video has a watermark on the top right and scrolling texting in the centre of the video which says ‘India news’. Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared this video the claim in Hindi. A Twitter user Akash RSS @Satynistha tweeted the viral video with the caption, “A few days ago, both of them were campaigning actively in Shaheen Bagh. Now look at them, mother and daughter both arrested. Look at their work, now that the New Delhi Shaheen Bagh gig is over they have started this (translated from कुछ दिन पहले यह दोनों शाहीन बाग में बड़े जोर से नेतागिरी कर रही थी अब देखो अम्मी और बेटी दोनो पकड़ी गई , देख लो इनका काम, दिल्ली शाहीनबागा वाला काम निपटा तो ये शुरू कर दिया)”. Alt News has caught @Satynistha spreading misinformation on numerous occasions in the past. (archive link) कुछ दिन पहले यह दोनों शाहीन बाग में बड़े जोर से नेतागिरी कर रही थी अब देखो अम्मी और बेटी दोनो पकड़ी गई , देख लो इनका काम, दिल्ली शाहीनबागा वाला काम निपटा तो ये शुरू कर दिया pic.twitter.com/ODycKZRJOa — Akash RSS (@Satynistha) April 3, 2020 Twitter user @PMPATEl1969 also shared the viral video along with the same Hindi. This video has been retweeted over 600 times (archive link). Similarly, a Facebook user also shared the viral video along with the same Hindi text. This has been viewed over 4,000 times (archive link). Alt News received several requests to fact-check the viral video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. Alt News analysed the video using InVid, an online video verification tool and performed a reverse image search on Yandex. One of the searches revealed that the viral video was also shared with Hindi text, “अम्मी और बेटी दोनो पकड़ी गई , देख लो इनका काम“. Using this as a clue, we performed a keyword search on Facebook and found that the page India News had shared with the video with the title ‘अम्मी और बेटी दोनो पकड़ी गई , देख लो इनका काम – Entertainment Video’ on March 4. The video has a staggering 5.8 million views and over 62,000 shares. (archive link) अम्मी और बेटी दोनो पकड़ी गई , देख लो इनका काम – Entertainment Video अम्मी और बेटी दोनो पकड़ी गई , देख लो इनका काम, दिल्ली वाला काम निपटा तो ये शुरू कर दिया Posted by India News on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 After rummaging through the results of another reverse image search, we found that the viral video was also published by a Pakistan-based YouTube channel on July 20, 2019. The title reads, ‘Karachi young girl drug dealer arrested (Translated from کراچی منشیات فروش نوجوان لڑکی گرفتار ).’ We found several other Pakistani users who had shared the video last year. سر شرم سے ڈوب جاتا ہے یہ سب کچھ دیکھ کر 😐 زیادہ سے زیادہ شئر کریں – Posted by The Demand Online on Friday, 26 July 2019 While we could not independently verify if the video is from Pakistan, the claim associated with the video is false and misleading. Alt News was able to trace the video back to July 2019, thus proving that it cannot depict a recent incident in Shaheen Bagh. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	7th April 2020 / 5:25 pm / Last updated: 7th April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-shared-as-mother-daughter-duo-caught-selling-drugs-in-shaheen-bagh/", "author": "Archit" }
2,602	Old video falsely shared as Muslims sell cake laced with impotence pills to Hindu children - Alt News Archit 13th November 2021 / 4:23 pm Several people on the internet have shared a video of a man unwrapping mini cakes “Luppo”. The video shows the man take out white pills from inside the cake. It has been shared with a Hindi text that claims Muslims are targeting the majority Hindu population by lacing their children’s food and drinks with impotency pills. Twitter user @Sourabh3507 shared this video. नपुंसक बनाने बाली गोली जिसे मुसलमानो द्वारा बनाये बच्चों के खाने पीनी की चीजों मे डालते है जिसे बच्चे खाकर नपुंसक हो जाये और लड़किया बाँझ ताकी हिन्दुओ की आवादी कंट्रोल की जा सके और अपनी बढ़ा देश पर कब्ज़ा कर सके pic.twitter.com/dMtf1VMf3D — सौरभ श्रीवास्तव 🚩हिंदी🚩 हिंदू 🚩हिन्दुस्थान (@Sourabh3507) November 12, 2021 The video was also posted by multiple Facebook users. Additionally, Alt News received several requests to fact-check this claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) and official mobile application. (iOS and Android) Luppo cake is a product of Turkish company Şölen. As per its website for the Asian market, its products are available in over 90 countries. While Luppo cakes are listed on both Turkish and Asian websites, the package shown in the viral video is only listed on the Turkish website, including four other packages. The Asian website lists two. It is worth noting that even on the Turkish website, the product is rebranded. A keyword search on YouTube reveals that the video is at least three years old. This video was widely shared in 2019 and has been debunked by fact-checking organisations in Italy (OPEN), the US (Snopes) and France (France24). Back then it was shared with the claim that pills inside the cake are “paralysis tablets”. OPEN found other reports in Turkey making the same claim about Luppo cakes. In fact, the Facebook page titled Ministry of Health Kurdistan shared a photo of two officials inspecting Luppo products. Sölen spokesperson sent a detailed email response to Snopes branding the claim as “delusive, groundless and false” and the company was seeking to take legal action against those responsible. Sölen provided multiple documents to Snopes showing the safety certifications of the plants where Sölen products, including the Luppo coconut cream bar, are manufactured. Those inspections were conducted by the Swiss company SGS (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6). Snopes stated, “No evidence exists to indicate that the objects were inserted by the snack’s Turkish manufacturer, nor that such “tablets” induced paralysis.” To sum it up, a video from 2019 that was debunked by international fact-checkers was reshared in India with an anti-Muslim spin. The video shows a cake manufactured by Turkish company Sölen allegedly laced with pills. However, the company claims this was a campaign to discredit the brand. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	13th November 2021 / 4:23 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-shared-as-muslims-sell-cake-laced-with-impotence-pills-to-hindu-children/", "author": "Archit" }
2,603	Old video of Muslim women entering a police van reshared with various claims - Alt News Archit 18th April 2022 / 9:25 pm / Last updated: 22nd April 2022 On April 16, several social media users (@ParwalPriyanka, @Sabhapa30724463, @Adodwaria, @PratapKeerti) shared a clip of police seemingly arresting a group of women. The video is being shared with the claim that these women “pelted stones”. One Twitter user @PratapKeert claimed it happened on the event of ‘bhagwa yatra’ while @PratapKeert said it happened on Hindu festival Ramnavmi (April 10). Another user @Sabhapa30724463 alleged it happened during a “procession” without getting into the details. पत्थर फेंकने वाली महिलाओं की विदाई रस्म.. 🙏🚩🙏 pic.twitter.com/r3kvvGnENh — 🚩राष्ट्रवादी प्रियंका 🚩 (@ParwalPriyanka) April 16, 2022 Facebook pages ‘Jay Bangar page‘ and ‘The great leader modi‘ also shared this clip with a similar claim. It has gained over 39,000 views. रामनवमीं की शोभायात्रा पर पत्थर रूपी पुष्प फेंकनें वाली अप्सराओं की विदाई धूमधाम से सरकारी गाड़ी से की जा रही हैं😁😁😁 #JayBangarBHILWARA Posted by Jay Bangar page on Friday, 15 April 2022 Upon performing a reverse image search, Alt News found various posts that suggested the viral video dates back to 2020. According to a report by India Blooms News Service, the video is from UP’s Muradabad and was shot during COVID-19 lockdown. The video description reads, “A team of doctors and medical staffers were attacked in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad town when they were visiting the area to escort the primary contacts of a COVID-19 positive patient, who died, to a quarantine facility on Wednesday.” The viral portion beings from the 25-second mark. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TqVdjax-u8?start=25] At the 47-second mark, a medical professional dressed in a PPE kit told India Blooms News Service, “We were thrashed… they surrounded us. We had to run for our lives…. [another medical professional can be heard saying “We don’t want to do such jobs”]… we weren’t given any security…. only four police officials were there as opposed to the public who were in thousands…” India Today and The Hindu also reported the incident. Amit Pathak, Senior Superintendent of Police, Moradabad, told the media that a crowd of around 150 people attacked the ambulance when a medical team was taking the family of the deceased for quarantine. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued a statement stating that the National Security Act and the National Disaster Act, 2005 would be invoked against miscreants in such cases and any loss to the public property would be recovered from them. To sum it up, a clip from 2020 was shared with the claim that it is related to recent communal violence in Delhi. [Edit: In the earlier version, the opening paragraph gave context about communal violence in Jahangirpuri. However, the video was shared with multiple claims not related to the recent clash in the national capital] 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	18th April 2022 / 9:25 pm / Last updated: 22nd April 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-shared-as-police-arresting-muslim-women-after-jahangirpuri-violence/", "author": "Archit" }
2,604	Old video falsely shared as posters of Hindu deities burnt during CAA protests - Alt News Archit 2nd January 2020 / 5:32 pm / Last updated: 6th February 2020 On January 2, several social media users shared a video and claimed that anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters burned pictures of Hindu gods during a rally. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra quote-tweeted one of the tweets that had shared the clip and wrote, “This video is shocking …how can any protest have a right to defile the tenets of Hinduism ..who gives them the right to burn the pictures of Hindu Gods & Goddesses ..why should any protest be an Anti-Hindu protest?? Is this is what the Congress & Communists promote?? #Shame“ This video is shocking …how can any protest have a right to defile the tenets of Hinduism ..who gives them the right to burn the pictures of Hindu Gods & Goddesses ..why should any protest be an Anti-Hindu protest?? Is this is what the Congress & Communists promote??#Shame https://t.co/9rn2gIwQ9T — Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) January 2, 2020 Another user @pratheesh_Hind tweeted, “Pics of Hindu Gods were burnt in an anti CAA protest.” This post was retweeted over 5,000 times. A Facebook user Satya Bhat Suda posted a longer clip – 4:30 minutes – of the same incident. the protesrors against CAA slapping Hindu GOD photos with sandals and burnt Why the Religion and God is coming into their protest? I feel it is the indication of their hatred against Hinduism not CAA As an Hindu why should I tolerate such hatred protests under Secularism? It all shows that instead of Rohingya, the Indian secular muslim are dangerous to nation Does JAI BHIM / BABA SAHEEB taught them to hate Hindus in their own land? Posted by Satya Bhat Suda on Wednesday, 1 January 2020 Update: The clip is also circulating with the claim that this took place in Kerala. It alleges that the Muslim community in the state threw shoes at posters of Hindu deities, then burned them. “केरल में CAA के विरोध में वहां के मुख्यमंत्री और कांग्रेस समर्थित मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोगों ने हिंदू धर्म के देवताओं की तस्वीरों पर पहले जूते मारे और फिर उन्हें आग लगा दी गई। is this secularism,” reads the complete message. केरल में CAA के विरोध में वहां के मुख्यमंत्री और कांग्रेस समर्थित मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोगों ने हिंदू धर्म के देवताओं की तस्वीरों पर पहले जूते मारे और फिर उन्हें आग लगा दी गई। हिन्दुओं सोते रहो, जब तक कि ये आग आपके घरों में नहीं घुसेगी, तब तक तुम्हारी नींद नहीं टूटेगी।@Real_Anuj pic.twitter.com/JfJH5PQ3Kf — Aman Mishra Radhe (@AmanMishraRadhe) January 8, 2020 The clip is widely circulating on Twitter and Facebook. Alt News has also received a verification request on its official mobile application where the claim suggests that pictures of Hindu gods were set ablaze by members of the Muslim community. If one carefully listens to the audio, the people in the clip can be heard chanting slogans in Kannada. At the 58-second mark in the video shared by Satya Bhat Suda, one can hear the protestors chant, “Zindabad, Zindabad! Ambedkar Zindabad!” Using this as a cue, Alt News performed a keyword search on Facebook and found a link to this video from 2018. On August 23, 2018, Facebook user Prashanth Venkataswamy posted the viral video in question with the claimed and wrote, “Why this hell… What Hindus god have done to you… Secularism should be banned … Bring uniform civil code.” Why this hell… What Hindus god have done to you… Secularism should be banned … Bring uniform civil code Posted by Prashanth Venkataswamy on Thursday, 23 August 2018 Other users had also shared the clip that same month, blaming supporters of B R Ambedkar of burning the posters. (archive) Alt News couldn’t verify the exact nature of the protest however, it is clearly not linked with CAA protests. The claim made in social media that the viral video shows CAA protestors are burning posters of Hindu deities is false. [Update: The claim ‘Muslim community burns posters of Hindu deities in Kerala’ has been added to the report.] 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	2nd January 2020 / 5:32 pm / Last updated: 6th February 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-shared-as-posters-of-hindu-gods-burnt-during-caa-protests/", "author": "Archit" }
2,605	Old video falsely viral as angry mob ransacks petrol pump over rising petrol price - Alt News Kalim Ahmed 6th July 2021 / 4:36 pm A video of a group of people vandalising a petrol pump has gone viral on social media. The video is being shared with the Hindi hashtag #पेट्रोल_घोटाला (#Petrol_Scam) along with a caption that reads, “Angered by the rising prices of petrol in Ravana’s reign, people have lost their patience. We strongly condemn this.” रावण राज में पेट्रोल की बढ़ती कीमतों से नाराज़ जनता का सब्र जवाब देने लगा है हम इसकी कड़ी निंदा करते हैं #पेट्रोल_घोटाला Posted by Pervez Mohammad on Monday, 28 June 2021 The above post on Facebook gained 9,000 shares and close to 1.5 lakh views as of this writing. It is viral on both Twitter and Facebook. रावण राज में पेट्रोल की बढ़ती क़ीमतों से नाराज़ जनता का सब्र अब जवाब देने लगा है हम इसकी कड़ी निंदा करते हैं पेट्रोल घोटाला @afrozsahil @HinaAltaf78 @JoyousHussain @khushi9595 @ShayarImran_Fan @Maroofkhanpuri @ShaanIrfan05 @Anushka_INC @Ramholkar_ @Rayaan41 @JawedAlam_ pic.twitter.com/uS8Uz3uiTs — MD Mukhtar 💯 Follow Back (@Mukhtar4042) June 29, 2021 The video is circulating against the backdrop of the increasing price of petrol in the country. The price of petrol has jumped 35 times since May. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol is priced at Rs 105 and in Delhi, it is Rs 95 a litre. A keyword search on Google took us to this video uploaded on YouTube in 2018, titled, “Attack on Petrol Pump \| Puri, Odisha \| Bhubaneswar \| Fuel price hike”. Taking this as a clue we looked for news reports related to the incident. We found a news report from 2018 by Odisha Bytes. As per the report, the incident took place in Khuntia Petrol Pump, near Hospital Square in Puri, Odisha. A customer accused that the petrol pump was cheating its customers by dispensing less fuel than what they paid for. This led to an argument between the employees of the petrol pump and the customer. Some locals joined in on behalf of the customer and later ransacked the petrol pump. Similarly, OdishaTv.in reported that a customer had asked one of the petrol pump staff for a litre of petrol in a jar. However, the petrol measured only 650 ml due to which an altercation ensued between the two. Some locals also jumped in and allegedly ransacked the fuel dispensers and other property of the petrol pump. A report by Omcom News says that the mob allegedly hurled a bomb at an oil tanker parked near the pump. When the bomb failed to go off, the mob then tried to burn the tanker but their plan was foiled by police personnel who reached the spot. “In the clash between people and police, over 15 journalists and media persons were injured who later went on to stage a road blockade in protest,” added the report. In 2020, The Quint had done a fact-check on the incident where they spoke to inspector Kulamani Sethi of the Kumbharapada Police Station in Puri. The police told The Quint that the video is from September 2018 and added that a case was registered against four people. Hence, an unrelated video of the ransacking of a petrol pump in Puri was shared as a recent event where the public vandalised a petrol pump due to the increasing price of petrol. Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	6th July 2021 / 4:36 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-viral-as-angry-mob-ransacks-petrol-pump-over-rising-petrol-price/", "author": "Kalim Ahmed" }
2,606	Old video falsely viral as 'Bangladeshi Muslims' in Assam demanding separate state - Alt News Kalim Ahmed 10th June 2021 / 8:24 pm / Last updated: 26th April 2022 A video of a group of Muslim protestors clashing with the police has been shared with the claim that “Bangladeshi Muslims” in Assam are demanding a separate state. आसाम में बांग्लादेशी मुसलमानों ने अलग देश बनाने के लिए जुलूस निकाला और उनका हाल देखिए🤣🤣👇🏻👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/9LMn2ela7x — sudhir kumar suri (@SudhirKumarSuri) April 24, 2022 Alt News has also received requests on its WhatsApp helpline (+9176000 11160 ) to verify the claim. The same video was also shared last year. परम आदरणीय असम के मुख्यमंत्री हिंदू हृदय सम्राट हेमंत विश्व शर्मा जी ने बांग्लादेशियों की तबीयत से ठुकाई करवाई। क्यों??? ये जानने के लिए वीडियो देखें🔥🔥🙏🙏🚩🚩👍👍 pic.twitter.com/vt5WPn1EHM — सौरभ श्रीवास्तव 🚩हिंदी🚩 हिंदू 🚩हिंदुस्थान (@Sourabh3507) June 9, 2021 Several people wrote that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took action against “Bangladeshis”. परम आदरणीय असम के मुख्यमंत्री हिंदू हृदय सम्राट हेमंत विश्व शर्मा जी ने बांग्लादेशियों की तबीयत से ठुकाई करवाई। क्यों??? ये जानने के लिए वीडियो देखें🔥🔥🙏🙏🚩🚩👍👍👇 pic.twitter.com/ZoOthIivCf — 🚩🇮🇳उमा शंकर राघव 🇮🇳🚩8k (@UmaShankar2054) June 10, 2021 The captions thank Sarma for the strict measures. परम आदरणीय असम के मुख्यमंत्री हिंदू हृदय सम्राट हेमंत विश्व शर्मा जी ने बांग्लादेशियों की तबीयत से ठुकाई करवाई। क्यों???🤔 ये जानने के लिए वीडियो देखें🔥🙏🚩👍 #follow me Posted by Sandeep Mandhotra on Wednesday, 9 June 2021 The video was viral on Twitter and Facebook and Alt News received several requests on its WhatsApp helpline number in 2021 as well. It is in fact been circulating since 2017. असम में रिफ्यूजी बांग्लादेशी मुसलमानों ने आजादी की मांग की, फिर हमारी सेना ने इनका जो स्वागत किया…..😂😂😂 आपका दिल खुश हो जाएगा।……वीडियो खूब शेयर करें! Posted by Reva D on Sunday, 2 July 2017 The video doesn’t show the police or the protestors wearing masks thus, hinting that it may not be recent. Moreover, the fact that it has been circulating on social media since 2017 itself proves the incident is not recent. A keyword search on YouTube took us to a channel that had posted the same video on July 2, 2017. The channel said that people were protesting in Goalpara, Assam against the ‘doubtful citizens and voters’ tag imposed by the government. A youngster died in an alleged police firing during the protest. According to Scroll, the video was shot by Assam resident Hussain Ahmed Madani. Madani uploaded the video on his Facebook profile on June 30, 2017. He told Scroll that he wasn’t a part of the protest but took the video when he saw the commotion. The video was shot when a group of protestors approached National Highway 37 in Khutamari village of Assam’s Goalpara district. গোৱালপাৰা জিলাৰ খাৰবুজাত উত্তপ্ত পৰিস্থিতি ৷ প্ৰতিবাদ কাৰী আৰু আৰক্ষীৰ মাজত খণ্ডযুদ্ধ, আৰক্ষীৰ গুলীত নিহত এজন আহত এজন। Posted by Hussain Ahmed Madani on Thursday, 29 June 2017 “The protesters – between 400 and 500, according to police estimates – are holding a banner and a few placards and raising slogans. “We will not tolerate harassment of Indian Muslim citizens – Inquilab Zindabad,” they can be heard saying,” reported Scroll. Newsclick similarly wrote that the protestors were demonstrating against the alleged harassment of D (doubtful) voters by the Border Police and Foreigners Tribunals. ‘D-voter’ is a category of voters in Assam who have been disenfranchised by the Election Commission upon failing to produce legal documents of citizenship. Protestors are holding a banner that roughly reads, “People listed in the ‘D voters’ list are genuine and should be removed. 40,000 of these Indians deserve justice and the list should be redone. The disenfranchised population should also be provided with government jobs and security. National Highway 37 should be blocked on June 30, 2017, from 8 am to 12 pm.” A five-year-old video of a protest in Assam against ‘doubtful citizens and voters’ tag imposed by the government has been falsely shared as ‘Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators’ demanding a separate state. Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	10th June 2021 / 8:24 pm / Last updated: 26th April 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-viral-as-bangladeshi-muslims-in-assam-demanding-separate-state/", "author": "Kalim Ahmed" }
2,607	Old video falsely viral as goats infected with coronavirus in Ajmer's bakra market - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 19th March 2020 / 1:44 pm / Last updated: 19th March 2020 A video massively viral across social media platforms has been shared with the claim that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected goats in Ajmer’s bakra market, Rajathan. जितना जल्दी हो सब गुरुप मे भेजो बकरा मे भी कोरोना वाएरस पाया गया है Posted by Piriydarshi Mohan Kumar Barnwal on Saturday, 14 March 2020 A lot of people have also shared the same video claiming that “an unknown virus has caused goats to fall sick and paralysed in the market.” Ajmer Rajasthan, some virus making all Goats/Sheep sick and paralyzed. These goats are arriving in tuck loads into Ajmer Live stock market and are being sent to slaughter houses to process meat. Avoid Mutton in all forms.👇 Just an awareness video, have not checked the credibility of this video🙏🏻 Posted by Amarveer Dhillon on Sunday, 23 February 2020 Several users are advising against the consumption of mutton. Another deadly unknown virus is spreading in mutton livestock market in India, so avoid consuming goat mutton. Pass the video on. Posted by naomithebossblogspot.ie on Friday, 13 March 2020 Alt News has received multiple fact-check requests for the video on its mobile application. The earliest instance of the video on the internet that Alt News could trace was uploaded on YouTube on December 12, 2019. The first coronavirus case was detected in Kerala on January 30, 2020. https://youtu.be/u46pTx9gjJ8 Alt News spoke with the Additional Director (Farms and Estate), Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Department, Dr Pradeep Saraswat, who informed that his office has come across the video. “This video was also shared with us by the Government of India. Even though I was aware that it’s fake and old, I conducted an investigation. It is fake and no viral infection in goats has been reported in the area. I have also replied to the GOI, Joint Secretary.” The department’s Joint Director (Animal Disease Control), Dr Tej Singh, gave a similar statement and called the viral claims “fake news”. Gajanand Khatik, a trader at Ajmer bakra market, said, “This is just an attempt to build a narrative against the consumption of meat. No virus is spreading here. If that were the case, health department officials would have conducted inspections. They [the people spreading rumours] are only trying to hamper our business. Why would we sell contaminated meat and dupe people? The rumours are just spreading due to the coronavirus scare.” It is noteworthy that all three men claimed that the video was not shot in the Ajmer bakra market. However, Alt News has not verified the same. A quick search for media reports echoing social media assertions does not yield results. An old video is therefore circulating on social media that goats in Ajmer’s bakra market are either infected with COVID-19 or an unknown virus that is making them sick. Can COVID-19 infect goats? Alt News Science editor Dr Sumaiya Shaikh informs that it’s possible that animals domesticated for consumption or dairy can be infected with the coronavirus. “Previous scientific research (Haitham Mohamed Amer, Cambridge University Press, 2019) has shown that domestic as well as wild animals including goats have been infected in the earlier coronavirus epidemics.” However, continues Dr Shaikh, “Infection in animals such as goats requires a different strain of the same virus than the one which infects humans. Since it has not been found that goats were infected in Ajmer due to the coronavirus, it is likely that the video is false.” Earlier a piece of false news was viral that broiler chicken was found to be infected with COVID-19. To stay ahead of misinformation related to coronavirus, click here. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	19th March 2020 / 1:44 pm / Last updated: 19th March 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-viral-as-goats-infected-with-coronavirus-in-ajmers-bakra-market/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,608	Old video falsely viral as Muslim man spitting on food at Indian restaurant in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic - Alt News Archit 2nd April 2020 / 11:06 pm / Last updated: 8th April 2020 A 45-second video of an employee at a restaurant packing food has been shared with the claim that a Muslim man is spitting on the food before delivering it to customers. On March 21, Mahesh Vikram Hegde, founder of fake news platform Postcard News tweeted the viral video and wrote, “What’s the use of Janata Curfew when we have deadly sadists like this man? Arrest this lunatic immediately.” This was retweeted over 2,000 times (archive link). Hegde’s call for arrest suggested this is a recent incident from India. Alt News has found Hegde promoting misinformation on numerous occasions in the past. After looking at this, I’m scared to eat at hotels! Watch the video where a hotel staff spits at food items, before serving it to customers! What’s the use of Janata Curfew when we have deadly sadists like this man? Arrest this lunatic immediately pic.twitter.com/3Q2m14ujeE — Mahesh Vikram Hegde (@mvmeet) March 21, 2020 The video has been shared after a congregation held in mid-March by Tablighi Jamaat was identified as a source of several positive coronavirus cases across the country. Roop Darak, Telangana State spokesperson at BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, tweeted the viral video and called for a boycott of “such shops”. This was retweeted over 1,000 times (archive link). BJP supporter Sonam Mahajan also tweeted the viral video and justified an incident where a man had refused delivery from a Zomato executive who was a Muslim man. Her tweet was retweeted over 1,200 times. (archive link) Several Facebook users have a shared the viral video along with a Hindi text, “Refrain from eating things from the market and notice the lowliness of those who wear a cap (खाने पीने की बाजारी चीजो से परहेज करें और टोपी वाली बीमारी की नीचता देखे)” Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the viral video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes and performed a reverse image search of one of the frames on Google. We found that the video was uploaded by a YouTube channel on April 27, 2019. After rummaging through various reverse image search results on Google and Yandex, we discovered that the video has been circulating recently in several countries in light of the coronavirus pandemic. A March 22, 2020, report in Gulf News said, “Abu Dhabi Public Prosecution has confirmed that a viral online video of a worker blowing into a plastic bag containing food was not shot in the UAE.” The report also stated that the video of a man blowing into a food bag was traced to an “Asian country”. A March 19, 2020, article by Complain Singapore reported that a complaint was filed with the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) based on the clip. Several people believed that the incident happened in a restaurant in Singapore. Complain Singapore published a statement by SFA: “We note that the video is not new as it was posted on social media last year.” SFA debunked social media claims that the stall’s name is “Best Muslim Food Stall” located at Block 724 Clementi West Street 2. The agency stated, “Our investigations found that there is no such food shop at the said location. Our officers also inspected eating houses and food establishments in the vicinity but did not find any stall with the same or similar names.” Both the reports from UAE and Singapore claim that the man blew into the food packet. There is no mention of intentional spitting. In fact, the video was also viral in Malaysia last year, A May 1, 2019 report by Feed Me, a Malaysia-based lifestyle website, said, “The location of the mamak (open-air food restaurant) remains a mystery despite the post has gone massively viral, gathering over 11,000 shares since it posted on April 26.” While Alt News could not establish exact details about the video, it has been circulating in other countries at least since April last year and was picked up recently after the coronavirus crisis. The origin of video doesn’t seem to be India because it began circulating here especially after CRPO Northern Railway claimed that people from Tablighi Jamaat were unruly at quarantine centres and spat on medical workers. Amidst the deluge of misinformation related to coronavirus since past few days, there has been an increase in misinformation along communal lines which targets the Muslim community. Alt News recently fact-checked a viral video of people practising a ritual in Sufism which was falsely shared as intentional sneezing inside Delhi’s Nizamuddin mosque to spread the coronavirus infection. Prior to this, we debunked a video of Bohra Muslims practising the ritual of licking utensils to not waste leftover food which was also shared with the same claim. A video of an undertrial in Mumbai was falsely shared as Nizamuddin Markaz attendee spitting at cops. Note: The number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India exceeds 5,000 and more than 150 deaths have so far been reported. The government has imposed a complete restriction on movement apart from essential services to tackle the pandemic. Globally, more than 14 lakh confirmed cases and over 80,000 deaths have been reported. There is a sense of panic among citizens, causing them to fall for a variety of online misinformation – misleading images and videos rousing fear or medical misinformation promoting pseudoscience and invalid treatments. While your intentions may be pure, misinformation, spread especially during a pandemic, can take lives. We request our readers to practice caution and not forward unverified messages on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	2nd April 2020 / 11:06 pm / Last updated: 8th April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-viral-as-muslim-man-spitting-on-food-at-indian-restaurant-in-the-backdrop-of-coronavirus-pandemic/", "author": "Archit" }
2,609	Old video falsely viral as Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi flouting coronavirus lockdown - Alt News Archit 4th April 2020 / 9:18 pm / Last updated: 5th April 2020 A 90-second video of Delhi police performing a security check of a car has gone viral. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi can be spotted sitting in the rear seat. The police can be heard saying that Section 144 is implemented in the area. According to social media claims, “Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra defying the law of the land during the lockdown and Section 144″ imposed in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Look whose violating Sec 144, while preaching to everyone else in the world 😊#DelhiCoronaScare #pappu pic.twitter.com/iSo1cr6ybd — Yana Mir یانا میر (@MirYanaSY) April 4, 2020 Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared the viral video. Alt News has also received several fact-check requests on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. Alt News performed a keyword search on Google and found that several media organisations had reported the incident in December 2019. According to the reports, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi were prevented from entering Meerut on December 24, 2019. The Indian Express wrote, “UP Police on Tuesday stopped Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from entering Meerut while they were on their way to meet the families of those killed in the protest against new citizenship law and proposed NRC.” Superintendent of Police (Meerut city) Akhilesh Narain has been quoted in the report stating that Section 144 was implemented in the area. According to the police, “Rahul and Priyanka were served a notice which said that section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed and the situation in Meerut was sensitive.” However, the report also quoted Rahul Gandhi defence: “We asked the police to show us the order, but they did not show any order for stopping us and told us to return.” News18 had tweeted a 17-second video of the incident on December 24. #JustIn – Police stops Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi outside Meerut. They were going to Meerut to meet the family members of the protesters killed in violence. #CAAshowdown pic.twitter.com/KZPGqj5oAR — CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) December 24, 2019 The viral video was therefore shot in December 2019 during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act when Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were stopped from entering Meerut. The first confirmed coronavirus case in India was reported on January 30, 2019. The clip is unrelated to the ongoing lockdown. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	4th April 2020 / 9:18 pm / Last updated: 5th April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-viral-as-rahul-and-priyanka-gandhi-flouting-coronavirus-lockdown/", "author": "Archit" }
2,610	Old video falsely viral as 'United Malappuram' carved out of Kerala as separate Muslim nation - Alt News Archit 14th June 2021 / 8:14 pm / Last updated: 3rd January 2022 A video of several youths taking a pledge in Malayalam is being shared on social media with the claim that “United Malappuram” — consisting of six districts in Kerala — has elected its own Islamic Prime Minister and formed a separate army. The video also displays the text “Kunjalikutty Prime Minister of United Mamallapuram”. ये है केरल के मुस्लिम जिले**क्या यह है भारत,उन्होंने अपना मुल्क घोषित कर दिया है, यूनाइटेड मल्लापुरम जिसमे केरल के 6 जिले शामिल है,उन्होंने अपना खुद का पीएम चुना हैं।जागो हिंदुओ pic.twitter.com/MhYPKfuX5K — योगी योगेश अग्रवाल (धर्मसेना) (@yogeshDharmSena) December 21, 2021 Alt News has received several requests for the verification of the video. Twitter user @MLDhar4 had posted the same video in June 2021. 🚩 This is in Kerala, where six Muslim districts are reported to have been formed into “ United Mallapuram “ declaring it their own country with own Muslim Prime Minister and own separate Muslim Army. pic.twitter.com/l9LK1PUmvT — मोहन धर Mohan Dhar (@MLDhar4) June 11, 2021 Twitter user @MeghUpdates also shared this video last year when it gained over 30,000 views. Multiple Twitter accounts had posted the video. No news outlets have reported that a new country “United Mamallapuram” has been formed out of six districts in Kerala. This would have been covered by nearly every news organisation had it been true. The misinformation piggybacks on certain political parties in the state supporting the bifurcation of Malappuram district in the past. Malappuram is the most populated district in Kerala. Muslim Youth League (MYL) National General Secretary Faizal Babu told Alt News that the video is from 2008. He also provided an English translation of the pledge which has been cross-verified by Malayalam language speakers. The pledge in English says – “ I swear, being a proud party cadre, to utilise my time and resources for the empowerment of Muslims and other backward classes by bringing them to the mainstream of the society / I swear to dedicate (myself) in the political advancement keeping the values of our nation as unity, integrity, peace and communal harmony / I do understand that the politics of revenge, extremism, terrorism are harmful and that will demolish our social well being / I swear to uphold the philosophy of unity in diversity in all walks of life / I firmly believe in the idea of morality, transparency, corruption-free in our political system and a welfare state will be realized / I will extend whole supports to my county and I love my country. (sic)” The youths do not take a pledge declaring “United Malappuram” a separate Muslim state with a Muslim Prime Minister. In 2018, Facebook page ‘കൊണ്ടോട്ടി പച്ചപട‘ (Kondotty Green Army) posted the viral video along with a similar claim in Malayalam – “PK Kunhalikutty, Prime Minister of Malappuram receiving the Guard of Honor of the Green Army at the Seethi Sahib Memorial Parade”. Kondotty is a town in Malappuram. PK Kunhalikutty is the incumbent National General Secretary of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). In the past, he has won elections from Kuttippuram, Vengara and Malappuram. He is a former Lok Sabha member. Kunhalikutty told Alt News, “The claim that I received the Guard of Honor as Malappuram PM is false.” Readers should note he can be seen in the viral video (highlighted in green). Furthermore, MYL National General Secretary Faizal Babu said, “This video is from 2008 and shows the IUML youth wing Green Guard that existed prior to 2018. Based on the same principles of harmony and social service the White Guard was formed in 2018. Since then it has grown to be a 1 lakh-member organisation across Kerala. White Guard is the only official MYL volunteer organisation since 2018.” Babu added, “The uniform of White Guard is white trousers and shirt. However, during fieldwork, they wear a light green shirt.” Kerala-based news outlet Malappuram had published an image of White Guards in their official uniform. Last year The Hindu reported that the Muslim Youth League started White Guard Medi Chain to distribute emergency medicines to terminally ill patients across the state. Babu told Alt News that the White Guard was actively executing the Medi Chain initiative and supporting other COVID relief work last year. A PhD scholar in Humanities and Social Sciences from Kerala provided more perspective on the matter. The scholar did not wish to be named. “The video shows volunteer members of IUML. As of today, there is no division of IUML called the Green Army. Their official youth volunteer organisation is known as the White Guard. However, youth members casually refer to themselves as the ‘Green Army’ because IUML’s flag is green. On the other hand, the opposition uses the colour ‘green’ as an attack. When the opposition calls them Green Army they are essentially making a reference to Pakistan. Several dubious social media accounts have referred to them as Green Army with the same connotation hence, the confusion,” the scholar told Alt News. BRIEF HISTORY ON THE POLITICS OF MALAPPURAM Malappuram has 138 villages, seven talukas, and two sub-divisions. As per the 2011 census, the Muslim community constitutes the majority of the population in the district. IUML pressed for bifurcation of Malappuram district, citing administrative and development reasons in 2013. This demand was formally rejected by Industries Minister E.P. Jayarajan. The Hindu reported that Jayarajan said the suggestion was unscientific and could cause severe social and political upheaval. Jayarajan believed that the answer to Malapurram’s issues was better decentralisation and improved public service delivery at the grassroots level. In 2019, The News Minute published a detailed report that captures the nuances of this political issue. The report said, “The demand for Malappuram’s bifurcation is mired in politics and accusations of communalism, the data is evident to show that the district needs to get many more resources from the state government.” IUML MK Muneer leader had told TNM, “We did not dismiss the demand just because the SDPI raised it. We understand that they have a communal agenda. However, the bifurcation that most political parties are talking about is not based on the religious composition and includes people from all communities. This should have been two districts, but the government will have to inspect the demand and decide. It should be done in such a way that we don’t lose our pluralism.” To conclude, a video has been shared on social media with the false claim that IULM National General Secretary PK Kunhalikutty is receiving the Guard of Honor as Prime Minister of Malappuram. MYL National General Secretary Faizal Babu told Alt News that the video was shot in 2008. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media….	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	14th June 2021 / 8:14 pm / Last updated: 3rd January 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-viral-as-united-malappuram-carved-out-of-kerala-as-separate-muslim-nation/", "author": "Archit" }
2,611	Old video falsely viral as US students sing Indian national anthem to thank India for HCQ - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 25th April 2020 / 6:16 pm / Last updated: 25th April 2020 Madhu Kishwar, who has often been found circulating misinformation on Twitter, quote-tweeted a video of a multi-ethnic group singing the Indian national anthem. The tweet claimed that the song was performed by US students as a show to thanks to India after Prime Minister Modi agreed to supply Hydrocholoquine (HCQ to the US. President Donald Trump has hyped HCQ, a medication for malaria, as a “miracle” drug to prevent/ cure coronavirus infection. India had banned all export of the drug however agreed to release it after Trump threatened retaliation. Very very moving. Brought tears to my eyes. Confirms my belief, 21st Century belongs to India provided it works towards #ResurgenceOfSanatanDharma https://t.co/Fy6F3SNzm6 — MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) April 24, 2020 The claim that American students sang the Indian national anthem to thank the country for supplying HCQ is viral on social media. A simple YouTube search takes one to the video uploaded three years ago by YouTuber Anita Dixit whose screen name is Rickshawali. She is the one who first starts singing in the video. “Ricksters ! Happy Independence Day. On the occasion of our 71st Independence day, I wanted to celebrate global freedom and diversity. Unity and diversity is what India is all about and so is this video. Please stand up and let’s celebrate different people from the world singing THE INDIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM,” reads the description of the video uploaded on August 12, 2017. The video was therefore uploaded by a YouTuber in 2017 on the occasion of the Indian independence day and has nothing to do with India supplying HCQ drug to the US. Earlier, an image of tricolour projected on Switzerland’s Matterhorn mountain was also viral with the false claim that this was a show of thanks. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	25th April 2020 / 6:16 pm / Last updated: 25th April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-falsely-viral-as-us-students-sing-indian-national-anthem-to-thank-india-for-hcq/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,612	Old video from Ahmedabad shared as birds flocking in Chandigarh amidst lockdown - Alt News Jignesh Patel 11th April 2020 / 3:34 pm / Last updated: 11th April 2020 A video of a flock of birds flying through a city is viral with the claim that it was shot at Chandigarh’s Kalka road during the nationwide lockdown to tackle coronavirus. “Chandigarh kalka Road… Nature is back to its basics,” reads the message posted along with the video by Facebook user Praveen Chaubey on April 9, 2020. It has been shared close to 800 times so far. Chandigarh kalka Road… Nature is back to its basics Posted by Praveen Chaubey on Thursday, 9 April 2020 Many other people on Twitter and Facebook shared the video with the same claim. Alt News has also received several requests on its official Android application to fact-check this video. Alt News found that the video being passed off as Chandigarh is actually from River Front, Ahmedabad. This phenomenon of birds flying together in coordination is known as murmuration. The video was posted by The Times of India’s official YouTube channel on February 12, 2020. Thus, it is definitely unrelated to the recent nationwide lockdown which the country has been observing since March 24 midnight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJXQCj1Xgk “Residents of Ahmedabad were taken in for surprise when hundreds of birds flocked together in sky. The spectacular scene from riverfront left viewers spellbound. An undated video of hundreds of birds flocking together is being widely shared on social media. Flocking together is a phenomenon called murmuration wherein birds fly in swooping, intricately coordinated patterns through the sky,” stated the report. In conclusion, a two-month-old video from Ahmedabad of birds flying together in coordination was shared as ‘nature coming back to life’ at Chandigarh’s Kalka road during the 21-day nationwide lockdown. 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. A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… Trigger Warning: Violent Content. Viewer discretion is advised. Over the past few months, rumours of… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	11th April 2020 / 3:34 pm / Last updated: 11th April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-ahmedabad-shared-as-birds-flocking-in-chandigarh-amidst-lockdown/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,613	Old video from Assam shared as assault on Sikh truck driver by SP leader Azam Khan's nephew - Alt News Smit Bhatt 19th June 2018 / 7:09 pm / Last updated: 9th July 2018 “रामपुर मे आजम खान के भतीजे ने एक सिक्ख ट्रक चालक की पगड़ी उतार कर बेरहमी से पीटा, सिक्ख धर्म के चालक ने कहा जितना मारना है मार लो पर मेरे बाल ना खोलो, पर उन्होने बाल पकड़ कर घसीट घसीट कर मारा…”(Azam Khan’s nephew, in Rampur, mercilessly beaten a Sikh truck driver by taking off his turban, the driver of Sikh religion said, beat me as much as you can but do not get my hair out of turban, but he was dragged and beaten up with his hair being pulled by them – translated). This message is being circulated on social media, along with a video which shows a group of men mercilessly thrashing a man with long hair and repeatedly tugging at his hair. The message is accompanied by an appeal to share it to the hilt so that mainstream media is compelled to telecast it. रामपुर मे आजम खान के भतीजे ने एक सिक्ख ट्रक चालक की पगड़ी उतार कर बेरहमी से पीटा , सिक्ख धर्म के चालक ने कहा जितना मारना है मार लो पर मेरे बाल ना खोलो, पर उन्होने बाल पकड़ कर घसीट घसीट कर मारा इस वीडियो को इतना ज़्यादा शेयर करिये कि ये खबर न्यूज में हर चैनल दिखाने को मजबूर हो pic.twitter.com/jnTqdmsX0J — Suresh Lal Das (@SureshLalDas3) June 16, 2018 The above tweet was posted in the afternoon of June 15 and is among the first instances of it appearing on Twitter. It is however on Facebook that the video and the message are being shared, mostly by individual users who have uploaded it on their profiles. This suggests that it is being shared widely on WhatsApp. Alt News checked to see whether any Sikh truck driver was assaulted in UP in recent days as claimed. We found no news relating to the incident. We then took keywords “attack on sikh truck drivers” and searched it on YouTube. After scrolling down, we found a video by ‘akaalchannel’ channel, which was posted three months ago with the title ‘Truth Behind Viral Video of Beaten Up sikhs in Assam’. The clip of the viral video with the false claim can be seen from 7:27 in the above video. To further check the veracity of the video by Akaalchannel, we did a Google search with the same keywords used for the YouTube search and came across the link relating to the incident. The video is from Kamrup district of Assam and NOT from Uttar Pradesh as claimed. The incident took place in February 2018 after the man in the video along with another person were suspected of child kidnapping and cornered by the locals. They were also accused of looting the house of a resident in the area. They were later handed over to the police which investigated the matter. It may be noted that there is no communal angle to the incident as alleged. This was reported by News 18 Hindi. These kind of videos with false, incendiary messages have been shared multiple times by fake news purveyors in the past, with the objective of inciting communal tension and exacerbating mistrust. Viewers and readers are advised to be circumspect, as violent and gory videos are often accompanied with provocative and false claims. Fact-checker, Interning with Alt News Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	19th June 2018 / 7:09 pm / Last updated: 9th July 2018	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-assam-shared-as-assault-on-sikh-truck-driver-by-sp-leader-azam-khans-nephew/", "author": "Smit Bhatt" }
2,614	Video from Bangladesh falsely shared as man in burqa found with explosives in India - Alt News Kinjal 30th September 2021 / 2:46 pm A video of policemen apprehending a man dressed in a burqa has been shared on social media. Facebook user Shashi Patil shared the clip and wrote that the video was for those who ask where the explosives in Pulwama came from. It amassed over 13,000 views at the time of writing. पुलवामा मध्ये स्फोटके आली कुठून विचारणार्या लपडझंडीस लोकांसाठी हा व्हिडीओ 😡😡😡 … Posted by Shashi Patil on Thursday, September 23, 2021 Another user named Sujay Anu also posted the video claiming that a man was walking around in a burqa with gunpowder in his possession. भाईजान बुर्के में बारूद लेकर घूम रहे हैं। Posted by सुजय अनु on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Several other Facebook users have amplified the clip. Alt News performed a reverse image search of a frame from the clip, which led us to a YouTube video from March 11, 2021. Bangladeshi YouTube channel Smile TV reported that police nabbed a man in Chittagong for smuggling drugs disguised as a pregnant woman. In fact, they had arrested two such smugglers. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4wflG6PLeI] The policemen in the video are wearing the Bangladeshi police uniform. A comparison of a publicly available image of Bangladeshi cops shows the similarities. We also performed a keyword search and came across an article by Chittagong news outlet Cvoice24 dated March 9, 2021. It quoted the Office-in-Charge of Ravzan Police Station as saying that the police were stationed at a check post and were searching all passengers. They discovered that an individual seated inside an auto was not a woman but a man smuggling liquor in the guise of being pregnant. A video from Bangladesh was thus, shared on Indian social media with the false claim that a man dressed in a burqa was smuggling explosives. Videos and pictures from Bangladesh have often been shared as India with misleading and false claims. 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. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	30th September 2021 / 2:46 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-bangladesh-shared-with-false-communal-angle-in-india/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,615	Old video from Bengal viral as BJP leaders thrashed in NE during CAA/NRC campaigning - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 20th January 2020 / 8:10 pm / Last updated: 20th January 2020 A video where individuals sporting BJP sashes can be seen beaten up by a crowd is widely circulating on social media. The accompanying caption reads, “acche din for #BJP in northeast India. During the door to door campaign in the favour of #CAA_NRC_NPR how the people welcoming BJP leaders.” acche din for #BJP in northeast India. During the door to door campaign in the favour of #CAA_NRC_NPR how the people welcoming BJP leaders pic.twitter.com/vlwcothyX3 — shaik sharif (@sharifhyd525) January 19, 2020 The video has been shared by several users on Facebook. Alt News has received multiple verification requests for the video on its official mobile application. Alt News had debunked the same video last year when it was viral with the claim that the group of people thrashing BJP members were “Rohingyas and Bangladeshi refugees”. This incident had taken place in 2017 in Darjeeling, West Bengal. BJP WB president Dilip Ghosh was allegedly chased and heckled by supporters of Gorkha Territorial Administration’s chairman Binay Tamang. Ghosh was in Darjeeling on October 5, 2017, right after a 104-day strike for a separate Gorkhaland was withdrawn by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. The incident was reported by several media outlets, including ABP News. This clip below was broadcast by the channel in October 2017 when the incident had occurred. A three-year-old video from West Bengal is thus being shared with the false claim that BJP leaders were thrashed in the northeast during a door-to-door campaign for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	20th January 2020 / 8:10 pm / Last updated: 20th January 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-bengal-viral-as-bjp-leaders-thrashed-in-ne-during-caa-nrc-campaigning/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,616	Old video from Bihar falsely shared as woman assaulted by RSS workers - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 8th October 2019 / 8:34 pm “BIHAR: A Christian woman was stripped naked, beaten & paraded through the streets by radical Hindus aka RSS. The group burned her house before they dragged her out onto the street. India is becoming a “dangerous place” for minorities. God forbid!” The above message was tweeted along with a disturbing video showing a woman paraded naked on a street and beaten up by several men. Alt News is not posting the video here due to graphic imagery. A screenshot of the tweet is posted below. The tweet by the handle @RANIMUKERJI has been retweeted over 12,500 times since it was posted on October 6. The video has been quote-tweeted by several users. An obscure Twitter account Human Rights News (World) (@HRNewsWorld) shared the video with the exact narrative. The tweet has garnered over 1,200 retweets so far. It has credited the video to the handle @RANIMUKERJI (posted above). Alt News had debunked the same video earlier when it was shared with a slightly different narrative- instead of RSS, it was the Bajrang Dal which was blamed for this disturbing assault. It may, however, be noted that these claims are false. Moreover, the video is not recent. To ascertain the origin of the video and the correct narrative, Alt News used specific key words and found several news reports. The said incident had indeed occurred in Bihar. However, there was no reference to either RSS or Bajrang Dal in any of these reports. The incident had taken place in Bihiya town of Bhojpur district in August 2018. The woman was suspected to be involved in the death of a youth whose body was found near the railway station. This resulted in protests, and the woman, who lived in a red-light area nearby, was dragged out and assaulted on the street. Moreover, it may be noted that RJD leader Kaushal Kishore Yadav was among 16 people arrested for the violence at Bihiya. It may be reiterated that an old video has been shared with a false narrative. There is no evidence to suggest that the assault is the handiwork of RSS workers. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	8th October 2019 / 8:34 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-bihar-falsely-shared-as-woman-assaulted-by-rss-workers/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,617	Old video from Bihar shared as funeral procession of Jharkhand mob lynching victim - Alt News Kinjal 28th June 2019 / 6:51 pm “झारखंड मोब लिंचिंग के शिकार तबरेज के जनाज़े में शामिल ये भीङ देख रहे हैं? अगर ये लोग मोब लिंचिंग के खिलाफ शांतिपूर्वक एहतेजाज करें तो सख्त कानुन बन ही सकता हैं।” (Do you see the crowd gathered at the funeral of Jharkhand mob lynching victim Tabrez Ansari. If they protest peacefully against mob lynching then a stringent law can be enacted- translation). A video has been circulated on social media with the claim that it is of the funeral of Tabrez Ansari, the victim of the recent mob lynching incident in Jharkhand. The above tweet by a user was retweeted over 450 times before it was deleted. The archived version may be accessed here. The message and video have also been posted by several individual Facebook users on their timelines. Alt News found that this video has been uploaded on YouTube as well. A channel named GMN Media uploaded the video, which has been viewed over 16,000 times at the time of writing. It was also posted by the channels Hyderabadnews Urdu and ishaAtulislam kairana Sajid khan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm6-JwOHzYI This video was uploaded in September 2018 as the funeral procession of one Tabrez Alam. The video was published was ETV Bharat (Bihar desk) and Jehanabad News on YouTube. The description regarding the video given by ETV is as follows: “Jehanabad: The body of Tabrez Alam, sharpshooter of former RJD MLA Shahabuddin reached his locality, where namaz was offered. Thousands of people gathered to be a part of the funeral procession of Tabrez.” (translated from Hindi). https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Ww9a8wDtlxY Tabrez Alam was a sharpshooter from Bihar who was murdered in Patna over a land dispute. If one looks closely at the viral video and the video of the funeral of Tabrez Alam, numerous similarities come to light. The juxtaposed pictures posted below have shown these similarities, which confirms that both videos are of the same event. The claim that this video is of the funeral procession of Tabrez Ansari, is false. It may be noted that Tabrez Alam was murdered in Bihar, whereas Tabrez Ansari was lynched by a mob in Jharkhand recently. It may be stated with certainty that the viral video is not of the funeral procession of Tabrez Ansari. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	28th June 2019 / 6:51 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-bihar-shared-as-funeral-procession-of-jharkhand-mob-lynching-victim/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,618	Old video from Bihar falsely shared as BJP goons assaulting man after UP win - Alt News Archit 11th March 2022 / 8:07 pm [Disclaimer: Video depicts violence and has not been embedded in the report.] After the BJP regained Uttar Pradesh in the recently-concluded assembly polls, a one-minute clip that shows a man thrashing another in front of a police officer was shared by Samajwadi Party member Aditi Yadav. She insinuated that the video depicts post-poll violence by the BJP. She later took it down. [Viral Hindi text: नई सरकार बनने पर एक बेकसुर की जान लेकर बिजेपी के गुण्डों ने मनाया जश्न.] Several Twitter and Facebook users have also posted this clip. In 2019, Alt News had fact-checked this video when it was widespread with a communal claim. The incident took place in Kaimur’s Bhabua Nagar, a district in Bihar on October 2, 2019. The same video was shared on October 5, 2019, by Md Salim, a Politburo member-CPI(M). Salim later took down the clip. The victim’s name is Shahid Rain. He was thrashed after allegedly killing Madhav Singh, a resident of Sikhathi village. “There is no communal angle to the crime. They had a land dispute,” said SHO Shashi Bhushan to Alt News. Kaimur SP, Dilnawaz Ahmed, also informed that there was no communal angle to the incident. An FIR was lodged against the men who assaulted Shahid. In 2019, India Today published a report on this incident as well. Last year, UP police had shared India Today’s fact-check and clarified that the video is old and from Bihar. वायरल वीडियो उत्तर प्रदेश से न होकर थाना भभुआ, जनपद कैमूर, बिहार से संबंधित है। कृपया बिना सत्यापन के भ्रामक पोस्ट कर अफवाह ना फैलाएं।https://t.co/ToOUzgvsfc#UPPViralCheck#UPPolice https://t.co/rHBqiL9Ita pic.twitter.com/UT12e6Iv0f — UPPOLICE FACT CHECK (@UPPViralCheck) September 30, 2021 To sum it up, a day after the BJP won the elections in UP, SP member Aditi Yadav shared an old video from Bihar to falsely accuse the BJP of post-poll violence. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	11th March 2022 / 8:07 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-bihar-shared-as-up-bjp-workers-killing-a-man-after-winning-the-election/", "author": "Archit" }
2,619	Old Brazil video of beheading being falsely shared as 'love-jihad' case from Kerala - Alt News Jignesh Patel 2nd July 2019 / 5:14 pm / Last updated: 10th September 2022 A video is being shared widely on WhatsApp where a few men can be seen beheading a woman. It is being said that the incident is a case of ‘Love Jihad’ from Kerala. Alt News has received requests on his WhatsApp helpline number +9176000 11160 for checking the authenticity of the video. Same video had gone viral in 2019 The same video had gone viral in 2019, when it was claimed in the accompanying text that the incident was from Rajasthan, and the girl was a Hindu and the accused belonged to the Muslim community. The entire text can be read below: “राजस्थान की एक हिन्दू लड़की को कुछ मुसलमान लड़को ने घर में लेे जाकर बलात्कार किया और फिर लड़की को बड़ी बेरहमी से मार डाला, और वहा की पुलिस भी कुछ नहीं कर रही है, क्योंकि जहां के वो लड़के है वहा मुसलमानों की आबादी ज्यादा है। कहा गई सरकार और कहा गई बेटी बचाओ का नारा देने वाले। मैं हाथ जोड़ता हूं इस वीडियो को इतना फैलाओ की इसकी आवाज मीडिया वालों और सरकार तक पहुंचे। क्योंकि ये हुआ है वो कल आपके साथ भी हो सकता है, इसकी जगह अपनी बहन को रख कर देखो और क्या करना चाहिए ऐसे लोगो के साथ ? आप से हाथ जोड़कर विनती है कि ये वीडियो हर ग्रुप में दिखना चाहिए ताकि इसकी आवाज हिंदुस्तान के सभी लोगो को सुनाई देनी चाहिए। (In Rajasthan, some Muslim boys raped a Hindu girl in a house and then brutally killed her. The police aren’t doing anything because Muslims are a majority in the area where the boys belong to. Where is the government and where are the people who gave ‘Beti Bachao’ slogan. I plead you to spread this video so much so that it reaches the media and the government. Because what happened can even happen with you tomorrow, put your sister in her place. What should be done with such people? I plead you to share this video in every group so that all the people of India should listen to it-translated)” Alt News had received requests for fact-check of the video back in 2019 as well. The video is also shared with the identical narrative on Twitter by several individuals (1, 2, 3, 4). मोदी जी बेटी बचाओ का नारा देते हो तो इन पर कार्यवाही करो।तीन तलाक पर वोट राजनीति-? RSS हिन्दू खतरे में है अब तो मोदी सरकार कारवाही कराओ एक हिन्दू लड़की को कुछ मुसलमान लड़को ने घर में लेे जाकर बलात्कार किया,फिर लड़की को बड़ी बेरहमी से मार डाला,वहा की पुलिस भी कुछ नहीं कर रही है। pic.twitter.com/awQJBbX6JF — में भी बेरोजगार हूँ Rakesh Jain kakka ji (@KakkajiRj) June 20, 2019 With a keyword search on Google, Alt News found an article by a Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times. Earlier in March 2018, the video had gone viral in Malaysia where it was linked with a murder that took place in the Malaysian town of Sri Aman. At the time, the Malaysian police had said that it was from South America. Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes using InVid, a digital verification tool. On reverse searching the keyframes on Yandex, we found that the incident took place in Brazil, South America. A 19-year-old Brazilian woman, Débora Bessa, was kidnapped and later killed by the accused André de Souza Martin, a member of a rival drug gang. Emylson Farias, the Secretary of Public Security for the state of Acre (Brazil) said that Débora was a member of a rival faction and there are indications that she had participated in crimes against another drug gang that executed her. “The victim’s sister, Sarah Freitas Bessa, 21, and other relatives searched on their own and found the girl’s body,” reported Brazilian news portal G1. This video was earlier debunked by SMHoaxSlayer. In conclusion, an old clip of beheading from Brazil is being shared as the video of an incident from Kerala. In 2019, the same video was falsely shared as an incident from Rajasthan showing a Hindu girl being killed by Muslim men. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	2nd July 2019 / 5:14 pm / Last updated: 10th September 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-brazil-falsely-shared-as-hindu-girl-raped-and-killed-in-rajasthan/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,620	Old video from Brazil that shows stacks of fake currency notes viral with false claim - Alt News Archit 5th October 2020 / 5:33 pm A two-minute clip that seemingly portrays cash stacked up on a barricaded road is viral. The text associated with the video claims, “This is not a Building, these are the 4 Billion Dollars that the Brazilian Government has recovered from its corrupt politicians and public servants, the money is displayed in public place for public viewing. One day we HOPE our Government of India displays such Loot.” Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared the video. Twitter user @mini_razdan10 posted the video gaining over 17,000 views. This is not a Building, these are the 4 Billion Dollars that the Brazilian Government has recovered from its corrupt politicians and public servants, the money is displayed in public place for public viewing. One day we HOPE our Government of India displays such Loot. pic.twitter.com/MUk8eyLib5 — Mini Razdan (@mini_razdan10) September 30, 2020 This video was also posted by South Indian YouTube channel IBTV9. At the 1:00 mark in the video, the camera focuses on a notice board which carries text in a foreign language. Alt News extracted the text using Google drive and found that its Portuguese. Using this a clue we performed a keyword search in Portuguese ‘4 bilhões em dinheiro em público’ on Google and found multiple media reports that include images of the stack of cash identical in the viral video. Brazillian newspaper Gazeta do Povo published a report in 2017 on this incident. As per the report, counterfeit currency, stack vertically up to 5 m high, was put on display in the locality Boca Maldita the Brazillian city of Curitiba as a part of film promotion of ‘Policia Federal: Lei é Para Todos’ (Federal Police: No One is Above the Law). As per the website IMDb, the film is based on the true story of Operation Car Wash, a corruption scandal in Brazil. As per reports by BBC and The Guardian, Operation Car Wash is an ongoing criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil, Curitiba Branch. The investigations, that started in 2014, alleged that executives at Brazillian state oil company Petrobras accepted bribes from construction firms in return for awarding them contracts at inflated prices. Dozens of politicians including former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were accused. A Brazilian blog also uploaded multiple images from this spectacle in 2017. An image in the article shows the exact notice board we mentioned at the beginning of the fact check. Alt News found a promotional video for the film uploaded on a YouTube channel in 2017. Thus the social media claim that the viral video shows that the Brazilian government has put up billions of dollars recovered from corrupt politicians and public servants for public display is false. The video shows a film promotion for ‘Policia Federal: Lei é Para Todos’ based on the events of Operation Car Wash. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	5th October 2020 / 5:33 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-brazil-that-shows-stacks-of-fake-currency-notes-viral-with-false-claim/", "author": "Archit" }
2,621	Old video from Canada viral as Muslim woman assaulted by French policeman - Alt News Archit 3rd November 2020 / 8:02 pm A video of a policeman assaulting a woman in handcuffs has been shared with the claim that a French policeman arrested a young Muslim girl and forcefully removed her headscarf. The video was posted by Twitter user @HaiderAslam13 and several others. (archived link) (Warning: Video may be distressing for some. Viewer discretion is advised.) French police arrest young Muslim girl and by force this Nazi police forcefully trying to take her scarf off from young lady’s head, after that so horrible western democracy. Please RT anyone. #فرنسا_تسيء_لنبي_الأمة #مقاطعه_المنتجات_الفرنسيه6#إلا_رسول_الله_يا_فرنسا pic.twitter.com/ND1vmwKyKC — Haider Aslam (@HaiderAslam13) November 2, 2020 The clip is widely circulating on Facebook as well. Additionally, Alt News received several requests to fact-check the claim on our WhatsApp helpline (+917600011160) and on our official Android application. It has also been shared with a similar Malayalam caption on Facebook — “ഫ്രഞ്ച് പോലീസ് മുസ്ലീം പെണ്‍കുട്ടിയോടുകാണിച്ച ക്രൂരകൃത്യം കണ്ടോളൂ.” French teacher Samuel Paty’s beheading by a Muslim fundamentalist and a subsequent attack in Nice that took three lives have built animosity toward the country’s Muslim population. Since then, several false claims of an increase in violence against Muslims in France were shared on social media. Alt News recently debunked two such videos — one from Russia and another from Brazil. Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google using the browser extension InVID and found that the screengrabs from the video were used in multiple news reports — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Thirty-Mile Zone (TMZ) and DE24 News in October. On October 26, CBC reported that the video is from 2017. Calgary police officer 34-year-old Alex Dunn threw 26-year-old Dalia Kafi on the ground with her hands still cuffed behind her back, according to CBC. It added that Dunn, who is in a trial for assault, testified that he thought Kafi had slipped out of her handcuffs and didn’t mean to pull her to the floor. The report also stated, “In December 2017, Dunn arrested Dalia Kafi for breaching her court-imposed curfew and obstruction of justice after she gave him a fake name when the car she’d been travelling in was pulled over by police.” Another Canadian news website Global News reported, “Dunn was charged in 2019 at which time he was suspended with pay, but is back working with the Calgary Police Service.” While the reports say that the officer assaulted a Black woman, Kafi’s religion has not been specified. A video from 2017 from Canada, which was revived in 2020, has been shared on the Indian social media ecosystem with the false claim that a Muslim woman was assaulted by a French police officer. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media….	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	3rd November 2020 / 8:02 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-canada-viral-as-muslim-woman-assaulted-by-french-policeman/", "author": "Archit" }
2,622	Old video from China shared as Zee News employee assaulting doctor in hospital - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 20th May 2020 / 4:23 pm Twitter user Neha @ShantiseAshanTi shared a CCTV footage of a man assaulting a medical worker inside a hospital and wrote, “Viral video of Zee News staff member assaulting doctor refusing to get tested. Can we share this like a few thousand times before checking for authenticity like news channels do.” Viral video of Zee News staff member assaulting doctor refusing to get tested. Can we share this like a few thousand times before checking for authenticity like news channels do.#ZeenewsSpreadingCorona #CoronaZeehad #Zeenewsbandkaro pic.twitter.com/tWSYff3mK2 — Neha (@ShantiseAshanTi) May 19, 2020 The video has been shared in the backdrop of 28 employees of Zee News testing positive for coronavirus. Neha was the first to share the video which was eventually picked up by a few others. One Mehnur Nooree (@MehnurN) claimed that a staff reporter of Zee News refused getting tested and assaulted a doctor. Viral Video! Ye hai Zee News staff reporter! corona positive paya gaya hai lekin woh test k liye inkar raha tha… Uske baad doctor per hamla#AntiNationalThinking pic.twitter.com/LcqBomzHVM — Mehnur Nooree (@MehnurN) May 19, 2020 The clip was also shared on Facebook with the same caption. Viral video of Zee News staff member assaulting doctor refusing to get tested. Can we share this like a few thousand times before checking for authenticity like news channels do. Posted by Nida Shariff on Tuesday, 19 May 2020 The video was uploaded by China Global Television Network (CGTN) on October 14, 2018. The incident occurred on September 22, 2018, when the husband and daughter of a pregnant woman beat up doctors at Peking University First Hospital for refusing a cesarian delivery. “Security footage from the hospital show Dr. He being punched and kicked in the head and stomach by the patient’s family members, leaving him with multiple fractures, according to his colleague,” said a report published by CGTN. According to Beijing News, the doctor suffered a “fractured jaw and eye sockets and had been hospitalised for treatment.” An old video from China was therefore shared as an employee of Zee News assaulting a doctor. It is noteworthy that Neha (@ShantiseAshanTi) was pointed out by several users that the video is not from India. In response to a user who asked her for “proof”, she said, “We will provide proof may be after a few lakh views and if found wrong will issue regret statement like news channels do.” We will provide proof may be after a few lakh views and if found wrong will issue regret statement like news channels do — Neha (@ShantiseAshanTi) May 19, 2020 In her original tweet Neha had written something similar — “Can we share this like a few thousand times before checking for authenticity like news channels do.” It is likely that the Twitter user put out the video to mock the common practice in mainstream media, including Zee News, where unverified information is aired and later taken down with (or without) clarifications. After Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi was identified as a COVID-19 hotspot, Zee News had compared Tablighi Jamaat with Al Qaeda and suicide bombers while sourcing the ‘information’ to WikiLeaks. Alt News had earlier published a fact-check on an article where Zee News falsely claimed that Muslim restauranteurs in Britain served human faeces to non-Muslim customers. However, pushing out deliberate misinformation cannot be the strategy to fight the issue of rampant misinformation on mainstream media and social media. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	20th May 2020 / 4:23 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-china-shared-as-zee-news-employee-assaulting-doctor-in-hospital/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,623	Old video from Delhi shared as clash over NRC between police and army personnel in Assam - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 3rd September 2019 / 5:37 pm / Last updated: 3rd September 2019 A video has been posted on Twitter, along with the claim that clashes have taken place between Assam police and Indian army personnel, purportedly over the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The final list of the NRC was recently released, and over 19 lakh people from Assam failed to make the cut. clashes between India Army & Assam police in India Occupied Assam This is the start of the beginning of the end of India pic.twitter.com/0f822Y4skP — Younis Baloch (@YouniisBaloch) September 2, 2019 The above tweet is by a Pakistani social media user and has been retweeted over 750 times since it was posted on September 2. The video clip is 45 seconds long, and shows a scuffle taking place between men in police uniforms and men in military fatigues. It has also been posted and shared on Facebook by a page, Apna Pakistan. The video clip has a logo of Hindi TV news channel News Nation on the top left corner. Moreover, at 37 seconds in the video, a man can be heard saying, “Delhi mein kya hua?” (What happened in Delhi?- translation). On the basis of these clues and with the use of specific key words, Alt News managed to find the same video clip on the website of News Nation. The incident is of February, 2018. According to reports, a clash had erupted on February 26, 2018 between army personnel and Delhi police near the Delhi cantonment area, when a Delhi police constable entered a restricted area, allegedly in an inebriated state. Army personnel had claimed that the cop was drunk, and that he misbehaved with a senior army officer present there. Delhi police meanwhile had rubbished the claim, although a probe into the same was ordered. An old video of February 2018 depicting a clash between army and police personnel in Delhi, was falsely shared as unrest in Assam over the NRC. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	3rd September 2019 / 5:37 pm / Last updated: 3rd September 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-delhi-shared-as-clash-over-nrc-between-police-and-army-personnel-in-assam/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,624	Old video from Germany falsely viral as 'France declares war on Muslims' - Alt News Aqib Pathan 30th October 2020 / 2:41 pm A video shared with the claim that France has “declared war on Muslims” is making the rounds on social media. It says that “the Great Mosque of Clichy in Paris and Anhalu” were stormed and members of the Muslim community beaten. لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله France declares war on the top of the Muslims today. The Great Mosque of Clichy in Paris and Anhalu has been stormed. The Muslims have been beaten. The French authorities have crossed the red line, and the coming days are not good Watch the videos 🎥🎥 https://t.co/IcHCoG2ZVi pic.twitter.com/MUXqJ4L1Rj — Major Adil Raja (R)🇵🇰 (@soldierspeaks) October 26, 2020 The clip is circulating against the backdrop of French teacher Samuel Paty’s beheading by a Muslim teenager offended by Paty displaying Prophet Muhammad’s cartoons during a class on free speech. President Emmanuel Macron vociferously supported the publication of Prophet’s drawings, a contentious issue in Islam. He also pledged to fight against what he described as “Islamic separatism” in France. Macron’s remarks on Islam and the Muslim community, instead of criticism of isolated instances of extremism, outraged many parts of the Muslim world that called for a boycott of French products. A second attack by a Muslim youth led to the deaths of three in Nice. The video is massively viral on Facebook with another caption — “PROTEST IN FRONT OF FRENCH PRESIDENT HOUSE!!!” Alt News has also received verification requests on its official mobile application. Alt news performed a reverse image search after breaking down the video into multiple frames. We Google searched the frames with the keyword ‘muslim protest allahu akbar’ and found a Facebook post by ‘Dunida Islaamka Media Islamic world media’. They carried the same clip uploaded with a Somali caption, “Waa Magaalada Hamburg ee dalka Germany, Allahayow quweey islaamka.” (It is the city of Hamburg in Germany, God Almighty) A subsequent search for news reports led us to an article by German outlet NDR News published on January 11, 2020. Several other German news organisations also published articles on the demonstration. According to the reports, “Around 2,000 people in St. Georg, Hamburg demonstrated against the suppression of the Uyghur ethnic group in China.” Protests against the treatment of Uighur Muslims by the Chinese state that denies reports of torture claiming concentration camps are “re-education” centres, were held in several parts of the world in late December 2019. A video of the protest in Hamberg, Germany was uploaded by a YouTube channel on January 11, 2020. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TpMNhnxFBQ] We also matched the location of the protest site in ‘St. Georg, Hamburg’ on Google Street View. The same video was earlier viral as an incident from Italy. It was debunked by AFP. The viral video of people chanting “Allahu Akbar” is from Germany and doesn’t depict “France declaring war on Muslims”. Aqib is monitoring and researching mis/disinformation at Alt News Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media….	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	30th October 2020 / 2:41 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-germany-falsely-viral-as-france-declares-war-on-muslims/", "author": "Aqib Pathan" }
2,625	Old video from Guatemala of woman set ablaze by mob shared as India - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 8th October 2019 / 6:59 pm / Last updated: 10th October 2019 A horrific video of a young woman set ablaze by a mob has been posted on social media with the implication that the incident took place in India, and is the handiwork of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Due to the disturbing nature of the video, Alt News is not posting it in this article. The above image is a screenshot of a tweet posted on October 6 by an account claiming to be Pakistani politician Aitzaz Ahsan. His tweet has been retweeted over 2400 times so far. The message along with it, posted in Urdu, rather loosely translates to, “The RSS terrorist organization occupied the whole of India, controlling them from the film industry to the Indian Army. And yet so much grace on them, even our media groups speak their language.” It is clear that the blame for the ghastly incident is placed on the RSS, suggesting that the incident took place in India. The video in question is old, and not from India. The incident had occurred in Guatemala in Central America. The woman seen in the video was accused of having murdered a cab driver along with two male accomplices. She was apprehended by a mob and lynched. Her accomplices meanwhile had managed to escape. The incident had been covered extensively by the media when it had occurred in early 2015. In 2017, the same video was shared with the false, communal narrative that it represented a Marwari woman who had married a Muslim man and was lynched because she refused to wear a burqa. Again, in 2018, the video was portrayed by certain sections on social media as a Hindu girl burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh because she had attended a prayer meeting at a church. It may be noted that the gruesome video showing a young woman burnt alive by a mob, is from Guatemala and NOT from India. The incident had occurred in 2015. Update: The earlier version of the article referred to Aitzaz Ahsan as the author of the first tweet. The error is regretted, and has been corrected. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	8th October 2019 / 6:59 pm / Last updated: 10th October 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-guatemala-of-woman-set-ablaze-by-mob-shared-as-india/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,626	Old video from Guatemala shared as Hindu woman lynched in MP for attending church prayer meet - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 11th February 2019 / 4:30 pm / Last updated: 24th June 2019 A gruesome video of a woman burnt alive has resurfaced on social media with the claim – “Hindu girl burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh because she attended a Prayer meeting in a Christian Church.” A Twitter user @mani_isi was among the firsts to share the clip, however, it was later taken down after several people pointed out that it was “fake”. The video was also viral in February this year with the same caption. Several individual users had posted the video on their timelines. It had also likely been shared on WhatsApp, as suggested by the number of unconnected Facebook accounts which shared the video with an identical narrative. The message seeks to paint India as a place where the minority community is attacked with impunity in the absence of law and order. This particular video has been circulating on social media for the past few years. Alt News had fact-checked it in 2017 and had found that it is from Guatemala in South America. The woman seen in the video was accused of having murdered a cab driver along with two male accomplices. She was apprehended by the mob and lynched. Her accomplices meanwhile had managed to escape. The incident had been covered extensively by the media when it had occurred in early 2015. Alt News found that this claim i.e. a Hindu girl was burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh after she had attended a Christian prayer meeting, has been floating on social media since at least December 2016. Earlier, the same video had been shared with the claim that it represented a Marwari woman who had married a Muslim man and was lynched because she refused to wear a burqa. Grisly videos which are available online are shared on social media with false narratives, in order to incite passions in a most diabolical manner. Social media users are advised to be extremely circumspect with regard to such content. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	11th February 2019 / 4:30 pm / Last updated: 24th June 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-guatemala-shared-as-hindu-woman-lynched-in-mp-for-attending-church-prayer-meet/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,627	Old video from Gujarat falsely shared as Muslim mob beats cops in Telangana - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 29th May 2021 / 4:24 pm / Last updated: 31st May 2021 A video of a mob chasing and beating two policemen with lathis has been shared with a message in Telugu that claims a Muslim mob attacked police in Hafeezpet in Kondapur, Hyderabad. హైదరాబాద్ కొండాపూర్ హఫీజ్ పేట లో పోలీస్ లను చితకబాదిన శాంతి కాముకులు పోలీస్ లు మన హిందువుల మీదనే ప్రతాపం చూపిస్తారు ఎంతైనా వాళ్ళు శాంతి కాముకులు కదా ప్రేమ చూపిస్తున్నారు పోలీసులకే రక్షణ లేకపోతే మరి మాములు ప్రజల పరిస్థితి ఏంటో నిన్న బిర్యానీ మీద స్పందించిన ktr దీని గురించి ఏమంటారో Posted by దీపు దీప్తి on Friday, 28 May 2021 A user named ‘Ranjith’ who identifies as a BJP worker shared the video as well. 💥హఫీజ్ పెట్ లో అతి కిరచకంగా పోలిస్ పై చేతి వేసిన యువకులు💥 Posted by Ranjith Bjp on Friday, 28 May 2021 It was also shared on the Facebook page Mission Modi and a Hindutva Facebook group for Telugu speakers shared a post by one Bhanu Prakash. The video is also circulating on Twitter. The people in the video can be heard conversing in Gujarati. Taking this as a clue, we looked for reports with specific keywords and found that the scuffle took place in Sola, Ahmedabad. News18 Gujarati had reported the incident on October 21, 2020. It said that constable Sunil Singh was drunk and got into an altercation with locals from the Chandlodia area. News18 said that the police arrested six persons identified from the video – Mayur Rameshbhai Rawal, Sagar Chunilal Patel, Dipenkumar Mahendrabhai Maru, Hardik Harshadbhai Thakkar, Kalpesh Chandubhai Rawal – while a search for others was ongoing. TV9 Gujarati and Zee News Kalak had also reported on the video. A year-old video from Gujarat was therefore shared with the false claim that a Muslim mob beat up cops in Telangana. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	29th May 2021 / 4:24 pm / Last updated: 31st May 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-gujarat-falsely-shared-as-muslim-mob-beats-cops-in-telangana/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,628	Old video from Gujarat used to falsely claim BJP/RSS prevented Muslims from voting in Rajasthan - Alt News Jignesh Patel 7th May 2019 / 11:37 pm / Last updated: 7th May 2019 “मुसलमानों को वोट देने से रोक रहे है मोदी सरकार बीजेपी आरएसएस शिवसेना वाले बुड्ढे बच्चे और महिलाओं पर मारपीट कर रहे हैं इस वीडियो को मीडिया वाले शेयर नहीं करेगा इसलिए इस वीडियो को ज्यादा से ज्यादा शेयर करें और आर एस एस और मोदी के खिलाफ कार्रवाई होनी चाहिए. राजस्थान मै नागौर जिले के शहर नावा (Modi/RSS/Shiv Sena/BJP government are not allowing the members of the Muslim community to vote. Children, elders, and women are beaten. Media won’t share this video that’s why you have to share this video as much as you can. Action should be taken against the RSS and Modi. This incident happened in Nawa city of Nagaur district, Rajasthan -translated)” With the above message, a video of policemen lathicharging a group of people is being shared on social media. The message claims that the members of the Muslim community in Nagaur district, Rajasthan are not allowed to cast their vote. It accuses the BJP, RSS, Shiv Sena and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being complicit in preventing the Muslim community from exercising their right to vote. The same video has been circulated with an identical claim without stating that it is from Rajasthan as can be seen in the tweet below. मुसलमानों को वोट देने से रोक रहे है मोदी सरकार बीजेपी आरएसएस शिवसेना वाले बुड्ढे बच्चे और महिलाओं पर मारपीट कर रहे हैं इस वीडियो को मीडिया वाले शेयर नहीं करेगा इसलिए इस वीडियो को ज्यादा से ज्यादा शेयर करें और आर एस एस और मोदी के खिलाफ कार्रवाई होनी चाहिए. Please verify this! pic.twitter.com/F1iUcOAJP4 — 🚫CorruptBJP™CorruptRSS™©🚫🙈🙉🙊 (@BjpCorrupt) May 5, 2019 Few more individuals on Twitter and Facebook have shared this video with an identical narrative. It is evident that the video is from Gujarat and not Rajasthan as the people can be heard speaking Gujarati. The fact that the video is from Gujarat is also corroborated by the multiple signboards written in Gujarati. “Deluxe Pan Parlour (translated)”, reads a Gujarati signboard in the screenshot posted below. Alt News investigated the video further with the help of a digital video verification tool Invid by breaking the video into multiple frames and running a reverse image search on one of the key frames. We were able to trace back the video to a tweet with the caption that suggested that the incident took place in a town in Gujarat called Viramgam. In Viramgam District of Ahmedabad, we can clearly see Police beating the minorities, while chowkidars are sleeping.@vijayrupanibjp @AhmedabadPolice pic.twitter.com/0lXyu6dp9b — Non-Polytikle Swaraj (@Polytikle) April 3, 2019 A Google search with relevant Gujarati keywords led us to several news articles where this incident was reported. We came across an article published by a regional Gujarati news platform Akila News on April 1, 2019, with the title, “વિરમગામમાં કબ્રસ્‍તાનની દિવાલ બાબતે ઠાકોર-મુસ્‍લિમ વચ્‍ચે જૂથ અથડામણ (Group clashes between the Thakor-Muslim community on the wall of a cemetery in Viramgam -translated)”. The article by Akila News had multiple photographs of the said incident. We found that the individual photographs (labeled 1,2,3,4 in the screenshot below) matched the frames in the viral video. The Indian Express reported that at least six people were injured and 15 were detained in the aftermath of the clashes between two communities in Bhathipura area of Viramgam town. The incident happened when a woman was trying to hang washed clothes on the wall of a burial ground and some people took objection to it and this lead to a violent confrontation between two groups of people. “Six-seven persons were injured in the clash. An FIR was registered in the incident and when police personnel went to the spot to identify and arrest the accused, stones were pelted at police. Following this, another FIR was registered against the persons who pelted stones at police,” said a police officer in a statement given to The Indian Express. The video of an incident from Viramgam, Gujarat, which happened even before the elections started is being falsely shared as of Muslims being prevented from voting in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	7th May 2019 / 11:37 pm / Last updated: 7th May 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-gujarat-used-to-claim-rajasthan-police-prevented-muslims-from-voting/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,629	Old video from Himachal Pradesh shared as felling of apple trees by govt in Kashmir - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 27th August 2019 / 6:04 pm A video of apple trees being chopped down has been shared on social media with the claim that the Indian government is destroying apple gardens in Kashmir after the recent move to revoke key provisions of Article 370, relating to the state. آرٹیکل 370 مقبوضہ کشمیر پر قبضہ کے بعد انڈین مودی حکومت نے ظلم کی انتہا کردی معصوم کشمیریوں کے باغات کاٹنا شروع کردیے ویڈیو کو زیادہ سے زیادہ شیئر کریں پاکستان حکومت سے گزارش ہے ہماری مدد کرے#BlockAirRoutesForIndia pic.twitter.com/zAN9LkHSRf — سید علی گیلانی (@syedAliGelani_) August 27, 2019 The above tweet was posted on August 27, and has been retweeted over 550 times so far. The accompanying message states that following the removal of Article 370, gardens are being destroyed in Kashmir. The video is 46 seconds long, and shows fruit-laden apple trees being felled. In the comments section of the above tweet, one user had commented that the video in question is not from Kashmir but from Himachal Pradesh, and represents an anti-encroachment drive, adding that the video is of July 2018. *#MISLEADING CONTENT* This video is not from #Kashmir. The video in question is from Himachal Pradesh. As per the High Court’s mandate, a drive to free forest land from encroachers was started. The video is from July 2018. Link to story: https://t.co/uPOVILweWI — Sagar Kaul (@sagared) August 27, 2019 The above tweet contained a YouTube link showing the same video. It was uploaded in July 2018, and has been posted below. Apart from this video, Alt News found another video uploaded in July 2018, showing felling of apple trees in Shimla. The felling of apple trees was part of an anti-encroachment drive which was ordered by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in 2018. An Indian Express report of May 2018 stated, “The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted a week’s time to Special Investigation Team (SIT) to complete felling of the apple plants in the apple-belt of Shimla as part of a court-ordered drive to clear illegal encroachments on forest land.” The report adds, “The orchard owners who faced the axe on the their fruit-bearing plants included 13 those which High Court had identified as ‘big’ apple producers, who had allegedly encroached 50 to 200 bighas of the forests and had made riches out of the apple economy during past four decades.” It may be reiterated that the video in question is not from Kashmir and does not represent the ‘Indian government destroying apple gardens’, as claimed. It is from Himachal Pradesh and dates back to 2018. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	27th August 2019 / 6:04 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-himachal-pradesh-shared-as-felling-of-apple-trees-by-govt-in-kashmir/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,630	Police action during Hong Kong protest shared as crackdown on coronavirus patients in China - Alt News Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha 16th March 2020 / 7:37 pm / Last updated: 16th March 2020 A video of police personnel charging at a group of people at a metro station is being shared by social media users with the claim that it’s from China. The viral message claims that the police is nabbing those who are suspected of being infected with novel coronavirus. The policemen can be seen charging at people with batons and pepper spray. “हम यहां बैठकर.. व्हाट्सएप और फेसबुक पर.. कोरोना वायरस का मजाक उड़ाने में लगे हुए हैं 🤔अगर.. कोरोना का असली कहर देखना है तो.. चाइना से आई इस वीडियो को देखें एक बार नहीं , दो बार नहीं , 3 बार बड़े ध्यान से देखें कि इस महामारी के शिकंजे में फंसे हुए लोगों को.. पकड़ने के लिए.. वहां पुलिस प्रशासन को कितनी दिक्कतें झेलनी पड़ रही हैं आपका दिल भी दहल उठेगा इस वीडियो को देखकर”, reads the message shared along with the video by a Facebook page with the name Ravish Kumar NDTV. It has been shared close to 650 times at the time of writing this article. The caption says (Translated from Hindi): “We are sitting here and cracking jokes on coronavirus on Facebook and WhatsApp but if you want to see the actual devastation, see this video from China. Not once, not twice but thrice with great attention. Watch these people who are grappling with this epidemic. The police administration is facing difficulties just to apprehend them. Your heart will wrench when you see this video.” हम यहां बैठकर.. व्हाट्सएप और फेसबुक पर.. कोरोना वायरस का मजाक उड़ाने में लगे हुए हैं 🤔 अगर.. कोरोना का असली कहर देखना है तो.. चाइना से आई इस वीडियो को देखें एक बार नहीं , दो बार नहीं , 3 बार बड़े ध्यान से देखें कि इस महामारी के शिकंजे में फंसे हुए लोगों को.. पकड़ने के लिए.. वहां पुलिस प्रशासन को कितनी दिक्कतें झेलनी पड़ रही हैं आपका दिल भी दहल उठेगा इस वीडियो को देखकर Posted by Ravish Kumar NDTV on Monday, 16 March 2020 Facebook and Twitter users shared the video with a similar caption. Alt News broke the video into multiple key-frames using digital verification tool Invid. We then performed a reverse image search of one of the key-frames and found the same video tweeted on September 1, 2019 using – #HongKongProtestors. HD video for the 831 terrorist attack. How should I describe these “police”? Triad? Rioters? Sorry, I can’t find the right word. #HongKongProtestors #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #FreeHongKong #chinazi pic.twitter.com/Y0YiBoAfrB — FC1213 (@c_f1213) August 31, 2019 With a keyword search on Google, we found several videos with captions that said that the incident took place in Hong Kong in September last year. “Chaos on Hong Kong’s MTR network as police beat people on train”, reads the title of the video posted by Chinese media outlet South China Morning Post (SCMP) on September 1, 2019. The video footage shows members of ‘Raptors’, the police Special Tactical Squad, inside a train at the Prince Edward station during an anti-government protest in Hong Kong. According to the police, they had entered the station on the request of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR is Hong Kong’s rail operator) as protesters were vandalising ticketing machines and the control room window. Protests in Hong Kong started in June 2019 against the government’s plan to allow extradition to mainland China. Hong Kong enjoys certain autonomy and rights. Critics believed that the extradition bill would infringe upon these privileges. The bill sought to allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. It was withdrawn in October however the protests continued with the new demand of full autonomy and iniquity into police excess. The video certainly has no links with the coronavirus epidemic. According to a recent report published by the SCMP, the first case of a person suffering COVID-19 can be traced back to November 17. The outlet had accessed government data. Thus, the video depicts an incident that took place more than two months before the first reported case of COVID-19 in China. Moreover, the disturbing visual of a couple wailing “after police beat them” up can be seen in another video of police brutality reported by Turkish media outlet TRT World. In conclusion, an old and unrelated video of police brutality on protesters in Hong Kong was shared as police personnel nabbing suspected patients of COVID-19 in China. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	16th March 2020 / 7:37 pm / Last updated: 16th March 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-hong-kong-shared-as-china-police-crackdown-on-suspected-coronavirus-patients/", "author": "Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha" }
2,631	Old video from West Bengal falsely linked to ongoing mosque loudspeakers controversy - Alt News Abhishek Kumar 29th April 2022 / 7:29 pm / Last updated: 4th May 2022 Earlier this month, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray issued a warning to the Maharashtra government to remove loudspeakers installed in mosques by May 3 or else the party would play Hanuman Chalisa outside mosques in blaring loudspeakers. The debate over loudspeakers has been raging across the country. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath issued a directive ordering the removal of loudspeakers from religious places, especially mosques. Against this backdrop, a video of a group of people reciting Azan (Muslim prayers) on the road is viral on social media platforms. It has been claimed that Muslims have resorted to reciting Azan by shouting on the road as an alternative to loudspeakers being removed. Sudarshan News tweeted the video and wrote, “Could this also be an alternative to the Azan played on loudspeakers?” (Archive link). In another tweet carrying the video, the outlet wrote, “If loudspeakers are removed, is this what they will do? Does it mean they won’t follow the law?” (Archive link) तुम लाउडस्पीकर बंद कराओगे तो ये रास्ता निकालेंगे? अर्थात कानून नहीं मानेंगे ?pic.twitter.com/vzMlYSHQ50 — Sudarshan News (@SudarshanNewsTV) April 26, 2022 Far-right commentator Madhu Kishwar also tweeted the clip writing, “Despite loudspeakers being removed, these people have found a way to produce noise in the name of Azan.” (Archive link) Awesome! इन्होंने लाउडस्पीकर बंद पर होने ke बावजूद अजान के bahane shor machane ka विकल्प ढूँढ लिया हैं… Wish we Dhimmified Hindus would take lessons from them! pic.twitter.com/BlXd0J6J3M — Madhu Purnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) April 25, 2022 Sudarshan News’s Abhay Pratap Singh amplified the video while warning against the dangers of “such mentality”. (Archive link) We performed a reverse image search using a frame from the video on Yandex, which led us to a video on ‘One India Kannada’ YouTube channel. It was uploaded on April 8, 2020. Thus, the viral video is at least two years old and has nothing to do with the ongoing loudspeaker controversy. The description of this video reads, “With the lockdown in effect in India, all temples and mosques have been closed, because of which Muslims did not get an opportunity to offer prayers in the mosque. They then stood on the road and prayed to Allah.” (Archive link) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwAectRORcE] Taking a closer look at the video, we noticed a shop named ‘Shimla Biryani’ and a board that reads ‘Dr N. Rai’. We reached out to Dr Rai and he said his shop is located in Pilkhana, Howrah. We performed another keyword search on Google based on this information and came across photos of a shop named ‘New Shimla Biryani’ on Zomato located on GT Road in Pilkhana, Howrah. We spoke to a staff member at ‘Shimla Biryani’. He said that the viral video was filmed during the lockdown. It must be noted that the people seen in the video have maintained social distancing. Alt News reached out to another local resident regarding the matter. He confirmed that the video was shot during the lockdown but he was unable to provide an exact date. To sum it up, the video in question is at least two years old and has no links to the ongoing loudspeaker controversy. The clip was falsely shared by Sudarshan News and several BJP supporters with the claim that Muslims are loudly chanting Azan on the road after loudspeakers were removed. 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). Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media….	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	29th April 2022 / 7:29 pm / Last updated: 4th May 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-howrah-shared-as-recent-after-loud-speaker-controversy/", "author": "Abhishek Kumar" }
2,632	Old video from Karnataka shared amid protests by Hindu groups in Ujjain - Alt News Anuradha Prasad 26th August 2021 / 6:29 pm Madhya Pradesh police invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against four youth in Ujjain accused of chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ during a Taziya function held on August 19. Since then, several protests have been organised by Hindu groups in Ujjain. Provocative slogans were raised in many of these protests. In an earlier report, Alt News had pointed out that ‘Qazi Saab Zindabad’ is heard in the videos viral from the Taziya function. A video of a massive rally where people are raising chants against the Muslim community is massively widespread as a protest from Ujjain. “Hindu carried out a unity and strength rally in front of the same mosque where ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised,” the claim alleges. उज्जैन (मध्य प्रदेश) की मस्जिद के सामने मुसलमानों ने मुहर्रम के जुलूस में अपनी औक़ात दिखाते हुए, “पाकिस्तान ज़िंदाबाद” के नारे लगाए थे । ठीक उसी मस्जिद के सामने दूसरे दिन हिंदुओं ने अपनी एकता और ताक़त का प्रदर्शन कर दिया । उज्जैन पर सारा देश आज गर्व कर रहा है ! ❤️ धन्यवाद उज्जैन !❤️ उज्जैन में मुंह तोड़ जवाब के लिए Posted by NAMO India on Wednesday, 25 August 2021 It has been shared on Facebook and Twitter alike. उज्जैन मध्यप्रदेश की मस्जिद के सामने मुसलमानों ने मुहर्रम के जुलूस में अपनी औकात दिखाते हुए पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद के नारे लगाए थे ठीक उसी मस्जिद के सामने दूसरे दिन हिन्दुओं ने अपनी एकता और ताकत का प्रदर्शन किया उज्जैन पर सारा देश आज गर्व कर रहा है 💘💘धन्यवाद उज्जैन pic.twitter.com/4jgFQleDmR — आकाश गुप्ता (छ.ग.)TPN (@theakg146) August 25, 2021 The same video was shared last year after stone-pelting and violence occurred between two groups in Ujjain, on December 25. According to reports, Hindu groups in Ujjain were carrying out a rally to collect donations for the construction of the Ram Mandir. When the rally was passing through a Muslim-majority area, people from the Muslim community began stone-pelting. They claimed that inflammatory comments were made by Hindus participating in the rally thus, sparking the tension. However, the district administration refuted claims of inflammatory sloganeering. कल जहा #पथराव किया गया था #उज्जैन मे” ये आज का #दृश्य है ये #हिन्दूओं की 💪 pic.twitter.com/QHKiBvLrWh — सुनीता हिन्दू (@Sunitaa101) December 27, 2020 We did a reverse image search on multiple keyframes of the viral video and found a Youtube video uploaded on April 13, 2019. Its title reads, “Gulbarga Ram navami 13_04_2019 New History create” and the location mentioned is Quadri Chowk. No provocative slogans can be heard in this video which means that a different audio was superimposed in the viral video. A white mosque can be spotted in the background. We looked for Quadri Chowk on Google Earth and found the same mosque, Bargah-e-Quadri Chaman. It is located in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi which is also known as Gulbarga. The mosque can be spotted at 16 seconds in the video. Several other images of the mosque can be found on Google Images. Furthermore, the white building seen in the video can also be seen on Google Earth. While Alt News was unable to verify the date of the video, it is certainly not recent and was shot in Karnataka. The claim that Hindus groups in MP took out a unity procession after ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised in Ujjain is false. A journalist and a dilettante person who always strives to learn new skills and meeting new people. Either sketching or working. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	26th August 2021 / 6:29 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-karnataka-shared-amid-protests-by-hindu-groups-in-ujjain/", "author": "Anuradha Prasad" }
2,633	Old video from Karnataka shared as assault on traffic police over steep penalty - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 10th September 2019 / 6:33 pm “लो काट लो चालान खोल दिया एक भाई ने पुलिस वालो का खोपड़ा (Fine some more, one person broke open a policeman’s skull”- translation). The above message has been posted on social media along with a video clip. It may be noted that the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019, which stipulates steep penalties for traffic violations, came into effect from September 1. लो काट लो चालान खोल दिया एक भाई ने पुलिस वालो का खोपड़ा 🤯🤯👇👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/m85l5noQ2l — साध्वी मिश्रा 🇮🇳🙏🙏 (@sadhvi006) September 6, 2019 The video clip is 45 seconds long, and shows a man wearing a blue shirt assaulting two traffic police personnel. He hits one of the policemen on the head, with what appears to be a clay utensil, following which the policeman can be seen bleeding. The other cop too is then attacked by this person who body-slams him on the road. The video, apart from being shared on Twitter, has been posted by several users on Facebook with the same text. To ascertain the origin of the video, Alt News used the key words ‘traffic policemen attacked’ on Google, and found a link to a report by Times Now, dated October 10, 2018. On opening the article, we found that it pertained to the very incident which has been depicted in the viral video. A screenshot of the video had been published by Times Now along with the report, which stated that the man was allegedly drunk and according to eyewitnesses, assaulted the policemen after he was stopped for not wearing a helmet. While Times Now mentioned Bengaluru as the scene of this incident, we also found a report by NDTV which stated that it had occurred at Davangere in Karnataka. The same was reported by ANI. Alt News also found a video report by News18 Telugu regarding the same incident. #WATCH: A man who was allegedly drunk assaulted two traffic policemen in Karnataka’s Davangere earlier today. Police arrested the man and a case has been registered against him. pic.twitter.com/kahGksU0A7 — ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2018 It may be noted that while this incident did reportedly pertain to a traffic violation, it is an old video from Karnataka, dating back to October 2018, and is not related to the recently amended traffic regulations. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	10th September 2019 / 6:33 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-karnataka-shared-as-assault-on-traffic-police-over-steep-penalty/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,634	Old video from J&K viral as Hindu women thrashed in Pakistan - Alt News Kinjal 30th January 2020 / 12:27 pm / Last updated: 13th February 2020 “Condition of Hindu girls in Pakistan’s Punjab province. See what happened when they reported…” is a message widely circulating on social media along with a video that shows a man brutally thrashing two women. Twitter user @shukla28 who describes himself as a BJP supporter was among those who shared the clip drawing 50,000 views. Another user who identifies as a PM Modi supporter retweeted @shukla28‘s tweet. Both tweets now stand deleted. However, several other users have shared it. पाकिस्तान के सिंध प्रांत की इन हिन्दू लड़कियों की सिर्फ इतनी सी गलती है की इन्होंने अपने ऊपर हुए अत्याचार की पुलिस में रिपोर्ट लिखवा दी..! किया यह video pakistan ki hai.. @aajtak @sardanarohit @PushpendraKul pic.twitter.com/I6kN6zjLc6 — Sandeep singh Gurjar #indiasupportcaa (@ghurai_singh) February 11, 2020 Several people have used to video to make a case in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The complete message reads, “In Pakistan’s Punjab, Muslim youth is torturing Hindu sister. You will be shocked that her only fault was that the Hindu sister went to the police station to report the torture. Modi ji is bringing in CAA for the safety of these sisters.” [Translated from: #पाकिस्तान के पंजाब में हिन्दू बहन के साथ किस तरह अत्याचार कर रहें मुस्लिम युवक, आप देख कर हिल जाएंगे गलती शिर्फ इतनी सी हैं,#हिंदू बहन ने अपने ऊपर हो रहे अत्याचार की रिपोर्ट थाने क्यों की,#CAA मोदीजी इन जैसे बहनों की सुरक्षा के लिए ही लेकर आए हैं] The video is viral on Facebook and Twitter. Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes and reverse-searched one of these on Yandex. This led us to a report by Gujarati media outlet Divya Bhaskar published on August 30, 2018. According to the article, the video was shot in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. Based on these clues, we performed a keyword search on YouTube and were redirected to a June 21, 2018 video report by HW News. The broadcast includes a statement by Rajouri SSP Yugam Manhas who said that a mother-daughter duo was thrashed by a neighbour for an old dispute. The accused was a driver by profession and fled after the alleged crime. The police however, caught him in a village in Kathua. https://youtu.be/g0GIkjuXHqw J&K police had tweeted about the incident on June 21, 2018, and provided information of the arrest. J&K Police of Rajouri district managed to arrest main accused wanted in the case of merciless beating of mother – daughter duo, a video of which is also viral on social media from a hideout in Kathua in Mahreen tehsil of Police Station Raj Bagh during the mid- night of today . pic.twitter.com/pFgiF5B1lT — Police Media Centre Jammu (@ZPHQJammu) June 21, 2018 Therefore, a nearly two-year-old video of women thrashed in Jammu and Kashmir is viral with the false claim that it depicts mistreatment of Hindus in Pakistan. The video is circulating in the backdrop of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. [This article was updated on February 13, 2020, to include the latest tweets. The title of the report has also been rectified from Kashmir to ‘J&K’.] 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	30th January 2020 / 12:27 pm / Last updated: 13th February 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-kashmir-viral-as-hindu-women-thrashed-in-pakistan/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,635	Old video from Manipur viral as poll violence in West Bengal's Cooch Behar - Alt News Archit 13th April 2021 / 1:42 pm A two-minute clip of a crowd breaking into a polling booth has been shared by several Twitter users with the claim that it shows an incident from West Bengal’s Cooch Behar. “Excellent job done by CRPF in pushing away the goons,” reads the message. Twitter user @TNSubbaRao posted the video on April 12. Since then it has been viewed over 10,000 times. Mamata Banerjee’s supporters mob storming a polling booth in coochbihar, West Bengal. EXCELLENT job done by the CRPF in pushing away the goons…#WestBengalPolls pic.twitter.com/WTu2W4IzPD — Subba Rao 🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@TNSubbaRao1) April 12, 2021 Some Facebook users have posted the video along with Bengali text (1, 2) that alleges the video shows violence in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi where four people were killed in CISF firing. One Haradhan Ghosh’s post gained over 50,000 views before it was taken down. (Viral Bengali text: শীতলকুচির একটি বুথের একটি ছোট্ট ভিডিও, দেখে নিন সে সময় কেমন পরিস্থিতি ছিলm #ভোটদানকারী আর #ভোটলুঠকারীর মধ্যে যদি আমরা পার্থক্য করতে না পারি এবং সব গুলিয়ে ফেলি তবে কিন্তু আমরা আবার ভুল করব॥) শীতলকুচির একটি বুথের একটি ছোট্ট ভিডিও, দেখে নিন সে সময় কেমন পরিস্থিতি ছিল॥ #ভোটদানকারী আর #ভোটলুঠকারীর মধ্যে যদি আমরা পার্থক্য করতে না পারি এবং সব গুলিয়ে ফেলি তবে কিন্তু আমরা আবার ভুল করব॥ Posted by Bhaskar Samanta on Monday, 12 April 2021 After performing multiple reverse image searches we found that the video in question was uploaded in 2019 on YouTube. Around the 20-second mark, a text appears on the video that states it’s from Kyamgei Muslim village in Manipur. This led us to report by The Indian Express from April 18, 2019. “CRPF personnel opened blank fire and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a crowd in Manipur. The crowd allegedly tried to barge into Kyamgei Muslim Makha Leikaik polling station of Inner Manipur seat,” according to the report. The incident pertains to the 2019 general elections. East Mojo and Firstpost had also reported on the incident. East Mojo’s tweet said, “Voters get angry and storm into polling booth destroying EVMs and VVPAT machines following alleged EVM malfunction at 6/10 Kyamgei Muslim Makha Leikai polling station.” #Manipur: Voters get angry and storm into polling booth destroying EVMs and VVPAT machines following alleged EVM malfunction at 6/10 Kyamgei Muslim Makha Leikai polling station@CeoManipur #Elections #DoTheVote#ElectionsOnTwitter#LokSabhaELections2019 pic.twitter.com/tGToQjL7Z0 — EastMojo (@EastMojo) April 18, 2019 Firstpost tweeted a different video from the same location. Thus, a video of violence during polling in the 2019 elections was shared with the false claim that it shows the violence that took place in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar. The incident is from Manipur’s Kiyamgei Muslim Makha Leikai. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	13th April 2021 / 1:42 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-manipur-viral-as-poll-violence-in-west-bengals-cooch-behar/", "author": "Archit" }
2,636	Old video from Mexico viral as Americans looting malls due to fear of coronavirus - Alt News Archit 6th April 2020 / 12:36 pm According to the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre, as of April 5, the United States has recorded the most number of confirmed COVID-19 cases – 330,000. Over 9,500 people have lost their lives in the country due to the pandemic. A two-minute video which shows people looting a mall has gone viral on social media. The claim associated with the video suggests that people in America are looting malls due to a fear of coronavirus. On the bottom right, one can spot a CNN logo with the news flash – “BREAKING NEWS Organized theft of malls in California, Virginia, York and other cities due to fears of a corona virus.” Kuwait-based social media celebrity Bibi Alabdulmohsen shared the viral video on Twitter (archive link). She quote-tweeted a tweet which said, “Malls stormed America in California. Virginia. New York. And other states (translated from اقتحام المولات بامريكا في كاليفورنا . فيرجينيا . نيويورك . و ولايات اخرى).” اللي نشوفه بأفلام نهاية العالم صار صج https://t.co/wl7gtcR1D2 — تحيا بيبي العبدالمحسن (@Bibii6363) March 28, 2020 Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the viral video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. Alt News performed a keywords search on YouTube and noticed that a similar-looking mall was looted in Veracruz, Mexico three years ago. Using this as a clue, we performed another keyword search but with Spanish keywords ‘saqueo de centros comerciales’ (translation of ‘mall looting’ by Google). The viral video was also published by a YouTube account Fernando Mojica J on January 6, 2017. According to the description, the video shows the looting at Chedraui Ponti mall Veracruz on January 4, 2017. A January 5, 2017 report by Bloomberg confirms the incident. According to the report, people responded to a hike in gasoline prices by looting several malls. The viral video has been clipped from the 1:46 mark. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQYO_8WeMAE?start=106] Readers should note that the breaking news text and CNN logo has been morphed. The screenshot below compares stills from two videos which shows a man wearing number 12 jersey. Therefore the claim associated with the viral video is false and misleading. Americans did not loot malls in the US fearing coronavirus pandemic but the video represents an old incident from Mexico. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	6th April 2020 / 12:36 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-mexico-viral-as-americans-looting-malls-due-to-fear-of-coronavirus/", "author": "Archit" }
2,637	Old video from Morocco viral as burqa-clad woman attacked in Karnataka - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 9th July 2019 / 7:46 pm / Last updated: 12th February 2022 A video of some men hurling eggs and flour at a woman in a burqa is being shared on social media with the claim that the incident took place in Karnataka amid the hijab row. The post below has over 6 lakh views. ਅਫਸੋਸ😭😭ਬਹੁੱਤ ਦੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਹੈ! ਅਸੀ ਕੁੱਝ ਨਹੀ ਕਰ ਪਾ ਰਹੇ!* #karnataka ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ ਕਿ ਉਪ ਮਹਾਦੀਪ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਦਿਨੋ ਦਿਨ ਆਖਰੀ ਮੰਜਿਲ ਵਲ ਵੱਧ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ?? #HijabIsFundamentalRight #हिजाब ਪਲੀਜ ਹਰ ਬੰਦਾ ਸ਼ੇਅਰ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ🙏 Posted by Sardar Rajinder Singh on Thursday, 10 February 2022 Alt News has received several verification requests for the video. Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab Mohammad Sarwar had shared the video in 2020. He claimed that a Muslim woman was manhandled and harassed by RSS workers. بھارت میںمسلمانوں سمیت دیگر اقلیتوں کیساتھ #RSS کے غنڈوں کی دہشت گردی اور خواتین کو نشانہ بنانا معمول بن چکا ہے بھارت اقلیتوں کیلئے دنیا کا سب سے خطر ناک ملک بن چکا ہے مگر @UN سمیت انسانی حقوق کے عالمی ادارے یہ تماشہ دیکھ رہے ہیں جو ایک اور ظلم ہے #RSSTerrorists pic.twitter.com/X5GHnITIgS — Mohammad Sarwar (@ChMSarwar) November 25, 2020 The clip was also shared by other Pakistani politicians. بھارت میںمسلمانوں سمیت دیگر اقلیتوں کیساتھ #RSS کے غنڈوں کی دہشت گردی اور خواتین کو نشانہ بنانا معمول بن چکا ہے بھارت اقلیتوں کیلئے دنیا کا سب سے خطر ناک ملک بن چکا ہے مگر @UN سمیت انسانی حقوق کے عالمی ادارے یہ تماشہ دیکھ رہے ہیں جو ایک اور ظلم ہے! #RSSTerrorists pic.twitter.com/D37ZUc3zpN — Lucky Ali Qureshi (@Lucky_A_PTI) November 26, 2020 The same clip was earlier viral in India with an identical claim alleging the incident took place in the country — “ये हो क्या रहा है इस देश मे इतनी नफरत मुसलमानों से इस तरह से जीतोगे सबका विश्वास क्या यही है आपका न्यू इंडिया” (What is happening in this country such hatred for Muslims is this how you will win everyone’s trust is this your New India?) The above tweet, posted on July 7, 2019, has now been deleted. The handle had tagged PM Narendra Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and the PMO in the tweet. फेला दो पुरे देश मे यो वीडियो मोदीजी तक जाना चाहिए सब ग्रूप मे भेजना 25 करोड देस वासीयो आप आज नहीं जगे तो कभी नही जग पाओगे, माॅ का दुध पीया है तो भेजना, नहीं पीया है तो मत भेजना pic.twitter.com/FK5OQMJPU7 — Ganesh K. Gavli (@GaneshKGavli1) July 5, 2019 Alt News found that the same video had been uploaded by a Twitter user in November 2015, claiming that the incident took place in France. this is how it feels to be a muslim in France. i’l never #Pray4Paris pic.twitter.com/92y3gz0GAS — Alkhasas (@salim_alkhasas) November 21, 2015 On Facebook, the video had been posted in October 2015 by a Moroccan social media influencer calling the young men seen in the video “animals”. The video has been viewed over 475,000 times since then. حيوانات ؟ حاشا يكونو حيوانات، الحيوانات ماكيتعداوش على بعضياتهم بلا سبب، الحيوانات نقيين ماكيوسخوش، الحيوانات ماشي هماج، و ماشي غير زايدين فوق الكرة الأرضية، حيت الحيوانات عندهم دور فالحياة باش يكون توازن فالطبيعة، أما هاد الأوباش ماعندهم حتى شي دور و ماكصلاحو لحتى حاجة. Yassine Jarram Posted by Yassine Jarram on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Those who have shared the video had suggested that this is an instance of bigotry and hate against the Muslim community. The video and message were also being shared on WhatsApp two years ago. FACT-CHECK Alt News found that the video in question is not from India. An October 2015 article published in Morocco World News claimed that teenage boys attacked a woman with eggs, flour and water on Ashura Day in Casablanca, Morocco. Ashura Day is the tenth day of Muharram. Another website 5pillarsuk.com also claimed in an October 2015 article that the woman was attacked in Morocco. A subsequent keyword search led us to a fact-check published by the French television network France24 in October 2015, which said that while the incident occurred in Morocco, it was not a case of ‘Islamophobia’ as alleged. It states, “While throwing eggs and flour may seem violent and mean to most viewers, these are common practices amongst young Moroccans on the Day of Ashura, a religious holiday. On this holy day, Moroccan kids throw all kinds of things including firecrackers, eggs and sometimes even soap. The fun and games occasionally turn to chaos, which is one of the reasons that many Moroccans aren’t fans of the holiday.” France24 further reported that a second video had been posted by the young men seen in the video after it caused a controversy. In this second video, these young men stated that they were only having fun and that they were wrongly accused of assaulting the woman. The woman seen in the first video had also appeared in this second video in which she “seemed to support their version of events”. This set of events, however, could not be confirmed by Alt News as the second video is no longer available. Toward the end, France24 states, “It’s impossible to know if her participation in the second video was forced. It’s also impossible to know if she did indeed feel in danger when the boys ganged up on her or if it was all just child’s play, as they suggest. However, it’s clear that the boys’ actions were not motivated by Islamophobia, as alleged by some websites and Internet users.” It may be noted that the viral video is from 2015 and is unrelated to India in any way. According to media reports from 2015, the incident had occurred in Morocco. 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. In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	9th July 2019 / 7:46 pm / Last updated: 12th February 2022	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-morocco-shared-as-muslim-woman-attacked-in-india/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,638	Old video from MP falsely linked to Rajasthan man's arrest for allegedly spying for Pak - Alt News Archit 21st February 2022 / 9:28 pm On February 18, PTI reported that a man was held in Rajasthan for allegedly spying for Pakistan. Mohammad Yunus was accused of sharing classified information about the Nasirabad cantonment of the Indian army to his Pakistani handlers via WhatsApp chats. Two days later, Twitter user @AkshatK93411224 posted a clip of officials in uniform lathi-charging two Muslim men. The clip shows army men thrashing them and forcing them into a van. It has gained over 30,000 views. Viral posts claim that the video shows army men lathi-charging Mohammad Yunus Yunis, Ahmed Molana and Sadam who were arrested in Ajmer for spying for Pakistan. Several Twitter users have shared this clip. अजमेर से पाकिस्तान के लिए जासूसी करने वाले मोहम्मद यूनुस,अहमद मौलाना,और सद्दाम को सेना ने ढङे मारे 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qbYS70RlzN — अक्षत कुमावत (@AkshatK93411224) February 20, 2022 Twitter user @iyogitasingh also posted it. It gained over 500 retweets. In the past, Alt News has documented that this account has shared misinformation. अजमेर से पाकिस्तान के लिए जासूसी करने वाले मोहम्मद यूनुस,अहमद मौलाना,और सद्दाम को सेना ने ढङे मारे 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/UpwuxUiH64 — YOGITA SINGH (@iyogitasingh) February 21, 2022 Several Facebook users have shared the video as well. In the course of our research, we found that the clip dates back two years. It was posted by journalist Anurag Dwary who wrote that the clip is from April 2020 and was shot in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district during the lockdown. रतलाम में #lockdown #Lockdown21 का उल्लंघन कर सामूहिक रूप से नमाज पढ़ने पर पुलिस की कार्रवाई #Covid_19 #coronavirus #StayHome #lockdown @ndtvindia @shailendranrb @ajaiksaran @dharamtiwari @PoliceWaliPblic @sunilcredible pic.twitter.com/MdWvzk8LBR — Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) April 17, 2020 OneIndia Hindi reported that police arrested a few men from a mosque at Ratlam’s Omkala Road for not following COVID-19 protocol. Some men were arrested under IPC sections 188 [Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.], 269 [Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life] and 270 [Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life]. To sum it up, a 2020 clip of Muslim men being arrested in Ratlam for breaching COVID-19 protocol was shared with the false claim that the viral clip shows authorities arresting Muslim men in Rajasthan for spying fpr Pakistan. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	21st February 2022 / 9:28 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-mp-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-mans-arrest-for-allegedly-spying-for-pak/", "author": "Archit" }
2,639	Old video from MP viral as women CAA protesters fighting over distribution of money - Alt News Kinjal 24th January 2020 / 11:17 pm / Last updated: 24th January 2020 A non-violent sit-in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by women at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh has been going on since December 15, 2019. On January 15, a month into the protest, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya tweeted a video which alleged that protesters were gathering at Shaheen Bagh for Rs 500 per day. In response, the protesters reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit against Malviya. Now, a video of a couple of women involved in a scuffle is being shared on Facebook with a message that reads, “शाहीन बाग पैसों के बंटवारों मे दिक्कत बेटी बना के लाई पैसे कम दिए तो बेटी ने चप्पलों से नकली अम्मी को caa से तो नही सम्मान से आज़ादी दे दी👍👍👍👍 (Shaheen Bagh: There was some trouble over distribution of money between a woman and an actor who posed as her daughter. The daughter thrashed her fake mother, not giving freedom from CAA but from respect. -translated)”. शाहीन बाग पैसों के बंटवारों मे दिक्कत बेटी बना के लाई पैसे कम दिए तो बेटी ने चप्पलों से नकली अम्मी को caa से तो नही सम्मान से आज़ादी दे दी👍👍👍👍 Posted by Ashutosh Teenu Shukla on Wednesday, 22 January 2020 A Twitter user @KPUSHPENDRA15 also posted the video with a similar claim. Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes with the help of digital verification tool InVid. A reverse-search of one of the frames on Google revealed that the video is from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. We found a video of a report published by News 24 on January 5, 2019, which said that the incident took place at Bhopal’s Chowk Bazar. According to the report, a scuffle broke out between four women over a minor traffic collision. It said that an argument led to a fight where the women were seen beating one and another with slippers. The same can be corroborated with a report published by Dainik Bhaskar on January 5, 2019. The video is viral with two similar false messages on Facebook (1, 2). It is also being shared on Twitter. In conclusion, a year-old video of a scuffle between a group of women in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh was falsely shared as protesters fighting over the distribution of money at Shaheen Bagh. Earlier this week, a photograph of a poster was morphed to suggest that the women are accepting a ‘fixed rate’ of Rs 500 per day for protesting against CAA. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	24th January 2020 / 11:17 pm / Last updated: 24th January 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-mp-viral-as-women-caa-protesters-fighting-over-distribution-of-money/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,640	Old video from Myanmar falsely shared as Chinese monks sprinkling cow urine amid COVID-19 pandemic - Alt News Mohammed Zubair 29th March 2020 / 5:19 pm A 2:47-minute video is viral on social media with the claim that monks in China sprinkled a mixture of cow dung and cow urine from helicopters while chanting mantras. The video is circulating as India observes complete lockdown, barring essential services, due to the coronavirus pandemic and China eases restricted movement owing to a decline in confirmed cases. The video was shared by a Facebook page ‘Narendra Modi fans from Karunadu’ managed by fake news portal Postcard News. It is viral with the same claim on Facebook. The accompanying message reads, “Chinese priests sprinkling a mixture of cow urine mixed with cow dung and mango tree leaves from helicopters while chanting mantras. If it was in India, they will say that it is a superstition and will call them, Sanghi, cow dung eater and cow urine drinker.” [Translated from: “ಚೀನಾದವರು ವಿಮಾನದಿಂದ ಭೂಮಿಗೆ ಹರಿಶಿನ ನೀರು ಮತ್ತು ಗೋ ಮೂತ್ರದಿಂದ ಮಂತ್ರ ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಪುಣ್ಯಾಹ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾವಿನ ಎಲೆಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಕರೋನಾ ವೈರಸ್ ನಿಂದ ಕಾಪಾಡಲು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಚೀನಾದವರು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ದೈವ ನಂಬಿಕೆ. ಭಾರತದವರು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಮೂಢ ನಂಬಿಕೆ”] ಚೀನಾದವರು ವಿಮಾನದಿಂದ ಭೂಮಿಗೆ ಹರಿಶಿನ ನೀರು ಮತ್ತು ಗೋ ಮೂತ್ರದಿಂದ ಮಂತ್ರ ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಪುಣ್ಯಾಹ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾವಿನ ಎಲೆಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಕರೋನಾ ವೈರಸ್ ನಿಂದ ಕಾಪಾಡಲು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಚೀನಾದವರು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ದೈವ ನಂಬಿಕೆ. ಭಾರತದವರು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಮೂಢ ನಂಬಿಕೆ. Posted by Narendra Modi fans from Karunadu on Monday, 23 March 2020 The video is also viral with a Tamil text, “Using turmeric water and mango tree leaves in helicopters they are chanting vedic mantras and in China they are destroying corona. (மஞ்ச தண்ணி மாவிலை தர்பை வைத்து ஹெலிகாப்டர் மூலமாக வேத மந்திரம் ஒத சீனாவில் கொரோனாவை விரட்டுகிறார்கள் பாருங்கள்.) The viral claim in Hindi reads, “चीन ने हळदी व गोमूत्र ह्याची मंत्रोकत फवारणी सुरू केली तेच आपण केलं तर टिंगल टवाळी सुरू होते.” Similarly in Malayalam : “ഗോമൂത്രവും ചാണകവെള്ളവും മാവിലയും ചേർത്ത മിശ്രിതം – ത്രി പിടക സൂക്തങ്ങൾ ചൊല്ലിക്കൊണ്ട് പുരോഹിതർ ഹെലികോപ്ടറിലിരുന്ന് ചീനയിലെ അതിർത്തിയിൽ മ്യാൻമറിന്റെ വായു മണ്ഡലത്തിൽ തളിക്കുന്നു.. ഇത് ഇവിടെയാണെങ്കിൽ ” അന്ധവിശ്വാസം -സംഘി – ചാണകം – പശു മൂത്രം കുടിയൻ എന്നൊക്കെ കേൾക്കേണ്ടി വരും” Alt News has received several requests on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application to fact-check the video. Alt News analysed the viral video using InVid. We broke the video into individual frames and reverse searched one of them on Google with the keywords ‘monks helicopter’. We came across a blog ‘Insight Myanmar’ which carried a March 17, 2020, YouTube link by Shwe Lan Ga Lay where it was claimed that Burmese monks sprinkled water and chanted mantras in Myanmar in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. However, Alt News also came across an MSN article with the following editor’s note: “Several readers have suggested that the original video predates the coronavirus outbreak. We take the accuracy of our reporting seriously and are attempting to verify this at this time.” We reached out to Myanmar-based journalist Cape Diamond who shared with us a Facebook post from December 4, 2019. Upon further searching, we found the Facebook profile of the person who took the video and uploaded it on the social networking platform. This too was shared on December 4 and had no mention of coronavirus. ကျနော်တို့ မိုးကုတ်မြို့ရှုခင်းကို ကြည့်ရှုခံစားတဲ့… Posted by သခင္မ်ိဳး ပတၱျမားေျမေအာင္ on Wednesday, 4 December 2019 We also found the Facebook profile of one of the monks – the one on the extreme right highlighted in green. The other person highlighted in green, the one with a headset, is the person who shot the video. The video predates the coronavirus outbreak. Only in the first week of January 2020 did Chinese scientists report that the pneumonia-like cases cropping up in the country were due to a new strain of SARS-COV, termed the novel coronavirus. Myanmar confirmed its first coronavirus case on March 23, 2020. Therefore, an unrelated video of Burmese monks chanting religious verses and sprinkling holy water from a helicopter has been falsely shared as Chinese monks who poured cow urine to curb the viral infection. Note: The number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India is over 1,000 This has caused the government to impose a complete restriction on movement apart from essential services. Globally, more than 6 lakh confirmed cases and close to 31,000 deaths have been reported. There is a growing sense of panic among citizens, causing them to fall for a variety of online misinformation – misleading images and videos rousing fear or medical misinformation promoting pseudoscience and invalid treatments. While your intentions may be pure, misinformation, spread especially during a global pandemic, can take lives. We request our readers to practice caution and not forward unverified messages on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. Co-founder, Alt News Co-Founder Alt News, I can be reached via Twitter at https://twitter.com/zoo_bear In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The CCTV footage of a man violently flinging a child on the ground has created… A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media…. Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	29th March 2020 / 5:19 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-myanmar-falsely-shared-as-chinese-monks-sprinkling-cow-urine-amid-covid-19-pandemic/", "author": "Mohammed Zubair" }
2,641	Old video from Colombia falsely viral as Indian army shot civilians in Nagaland in self-defense - Alt News Archit 7th December 2021 / 1:49 pm / Last updated: 10th December 2021 On December 4, a special unit of the army mistakenly opened fire at a pick-up van carrying coal miners from the Tiru area to their village in Nagaland’s Mon district around 5 pm. The Hindu reported at least 15 civilians and one soldier were killed. Two days later, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo-motu cognizance of the incident. Against this backdrop, a former defence officer and life coach A K Naithani tweeted a video that shows two civilians with knives threatening men in the armed forces. In the video, we see the troops firing shots on the ground. How does one react to such provocation ? Notice the restraint shown by the armed soldiers …… NOT TRIGGER HAPPY ! …._may draw your own conclusion._ pic.twitter.com/zrYM2L6LI2 — A K Naithani (@Anju1304) December 7, 2021 When a user asked if the video is from Nagaland, Naithani responded saying, “I have no reason to believe it not being so.” I have no reason to believe it not being so. The pity is that we have no hesitation in doubting the integrity of our forces — A K Naithani (@Anju1304) December 7, 2021 Twitter user MJ Augustine Vinod, whose bio reads ‘Group Captain (retd)’, tweeted Naithani’s video and blamed civilians for provoking the army in Nagaland to shoot for self-defence. Twitter user Capt Alok Tyagi shared the video with a similar claim. REMEMBER INDIA Soldiers don’t fire unless attacked upon, even then they warn first See this video, you will know #NagalandFiring pic.twitter.com/bFx85XYpn3 — MJ Augustine Vinod 🇮🇳 (@mjavinod) December 7, 2021 BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar liked Vinod’s tweet. The video was also tweeted by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay albeit without any direct claim. सेना का धैर्य देखिए🙏 pic.twitter.com/4jGsJuurml — Ashwini Upadhyay (@AshwiniUpadhyay) December 10, 2021 Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the video on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160). The accompanying message is attributed to an army officer “explaining” the civilian deaths in Nagaland. Alt News performed a reverse image search of the video’s keyframes and found that it was aired in 2018 by Columbia-based news outlet Noticias Caracol TV. As per the report, the incident happened in Hacienda Miraflores in rural Corinto. The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Cauca Department of Colombia. Colombia-based media outlets Movimiento MAIS and Pulzo also reported on the incident. MAIS had uploaded the viral video in 2018 and stated that the incident took place in Corinto. Rechazamos rotundamente el uso desmedido de las armas en contra de nuestros hermanos en Miraflores Corinto, liberación de las tierras ya @JuanManSantos, @ONIC_Colombia @marthaperalta11 @luiskankui @FelicianoValen @CRIC_Cauca @FiscaliaCol @PGN_COL pic.twitter.com/qMouX4gmCH — Movimiento MAIS (@MovimientoMAIS) January 5, 2018 On January 5, 2018, former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos condemned the incident. Ningún colombiano debe agredir o irrespetar a nuestros soldados que sólo cumplen con el deber de proteger a los ciudadanos y sus derechos. La justicia debe operar contra los agresores. — Juan Manuel Santos (@JuanManSantos) January 5, 2018 Therefore, an old video from Colombia was shared to justify the death of 15 civilians killed by the Indian army in Nagaland. [Update: An earlier version of this report said that the incident took place in Nicaragua. The incident is from Colombia and the same has been rectified.] 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	7th December 2021 / 1:49 pm / Last updated: 10th December 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-nicaragua-falsely-viral-as-indian-army-shot-civilians-in-nagaland-in-self-defense/", "author": "Archit" }
2,642	Mob attacking police in Odisha shared as post-poll violence in West Bengal - Alt News Archit 4th May 2021 / 5:37 pm All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) won the recently-concluded assembly elections on May 2. The results revealed AITC won 213 seats while the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 77 seats. Post-poll violence was reported from the state as rival political parties clashed, burning party office and looting homes. At least 14 people have died since the results were declared. While the civil society and opposition parties have blamed TMC for “victory violence”, the party has denied perpetrating the same. However, as with the case of any event, misinformation has been used on social media to add fuel to fire. Twitter user @AdityaT009 posted a video of a mob attacking a cop and a police jeep. He used the hashtags #नींद_से_जागो_अमित_शाह_जी (Wake Up Amit Shah), #PresidentRuleInBengal, and #BengalViolence to share the video and blamed TMC for the attack. Police is not able to save themself from this Isl@maic TMC goons, army should be deployed against this terrorists#नींद_से_जागो_अमित_शाह_जी#PresidentRuleInBengal#BengalViolence pic.twitter.com/9xOrTIyvE6 — Aditya Tambe (@AdityaT009) May 3, 2021 Facebook page DEFENCE360 with over 30,000 followers posted this video on May 4. #Breaking SOS call by Amartya Sinha ji who is covering #BengalBurning from ground (Link : https://www.facebook.com/amartya.sinha.1989/posts/10218250094835107) “I have a small request for all my nationalist friends, Hindutva activists, RSS/ BJP workers and right-wing thinktanks who are currently residing in West Bengal. Plz remove ur contact numbers from ur social media profiles and go underground for at least a few weeks. A fellow journalist who is covering the West Bengal elections told me that TMC’s digital teams are already trying to track down many of ur social media profiles, ur IP addresses and ur location details, so that Mamata’s goons can come down to ur residences and destroy everything. They have already made an initial list of around 30 profiles which may be targeted soon. Plz be careful and keep ur eyes and ears open.” Even WB Police is not spared…All are getting attacked by TMC Goons & illegal bangladeshis TMC has successfully changed demographics of West bengal & this is nothing but the benefits of changing demographics Idea is to do mass exodus of Hindus Posted by DEFENCE360 on Tuesday, 4 May 2021 Aaj Tak journalist Kamlesh Singh, Twitter account Know The Nation and Twitter user @ard_007 had posted the video and later took it down. Kalinga TV reported that the incident in the viral video took place in Odisha’s Bhadrak district at Alinagar Square under Tihidi police jurisdiction on January 13, 2021. The footage in the Kalinga TV broadcast at the 23-second mark matches the viral video. The identical elements are 1) Pink entrance, 2) Brown roof and 3) Police van. This incident was also reported by The New Indian Express (TNIE) and Prameya News. “A 22-year-old youth’s fear of police ended in his death in a village of Tihidi block in Bhadrak district on Wednesday. Irked, locals set afire the police vehicle at Alinagar Chowk within Tihidi police limits in the district. Sensing trouble at the sight of police who visited his home to interrogate his brother-in-law, the victim, Bapi Mahalik, started running. Even police, due to mistaken identity, chased Bapi till he took a plunge into a pond and got into heavy algae and drowned,” reported TNIE. A vehicle of Pirahat police station, unaware of the protests, was passing by and was attacked by locals who assumed that it was Tihidi police. Kamlesh Singh and Know The Nation acknowledged that the video is old and deleted their erroneous tweets. An old video of a police vehicle attacked in Odisha after the death of a youth has been falsely shared as post-poll violence in West Bengal. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	4th May 2021 / 5:37 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-odisha-shared-as-violence-post-wb-polls/", "author": "Archit" }
2,643	Old video from Pak falsely viral as Taliban chief secy praising BJP, RSS - Alt News Archit 15th September 2021 / 4:36 pm / Last updated: 15th September 2021 A video of a Muslim man commenting on Maratha rulers, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Indian politics is viral with the claim that the video shows the Taliban admitting BJP and RSS are more powerful than them. In the video, we hear the man praising Maratha rules. Twitter user @mini_razdan10 shared this video in the form of a tweet thread. Multiple Twitter users have shared this video. Taliban explaining what RSS is. Very Intersting video. 1/N pic.twitter.com/LCrOBx5zwJ — Mini Razdan (@mini_razdan10) September 12, 2021 Similarly, a longer version of the video was shared on Facebook by many users including the FB page ‘Zee news fans club‘ that gained over one lakh views. The page claimed that the man is the Taliban chief secretary. It’s been widely circulated on WhatsApp and Alt News has received several requests to fact-check this claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160). The viral video is shared with English and Hindi texts on WhatsApp. The English message also claims that the man is the chief secretary of the Taliban. [Hindi text: तालिबान ने यह स्वीकार किया कि भारत में RSS और BJP ज्यादा ताकतवर है जब भारत में BJP रहेगी कोई देश हमला नही कर सकता अगर भारत पर हमला करना हैं तौ पहले Bjp हटाओ इस विडियो को देखिए कि तालिबान के मुख्य सचिव ने क्या कहा… गर्व होता हैं RSS पर……… पूरा विडिओ सूने जरूर..।।।] The video has a logo on the top right that says Nwaa Studio. Alt News performed a keyword search and found the viral video on the YouTube channel Nwaa Studios. It was uploaded on August 6, 2020. However, the date stamp on the video says 2019. As per the title, the man in the video is Pakistan-based scholar Khalid Mehmood Abbasi. Abbasi also has his YouTube channel. Alt News watched the entire video and Abbasi hasn’t mentioned the Taliban let alone admitting India is stronger under RSS and BJP. Social media users have uploaded segments from this video selectively to make it appear that Abbasi is praising India. However that is not the case, at the 4:40 mark, Abbasi called RSS semi-militant and at the 7:45 mark, he said that Narendra Modi is a declared terrorist. Speaking to The Quint, Abbasi confirmed, “This is a completely false statement, that I am the chief secretary of Taliban. The Taliban has come to power in Afghanistan now, but part of the clip has been taken out from the video which is about 1.5 years old. I have no links with the Taliban or any political party.” At least a one-year-old video uploaded by a Pakistan-based YouTube channel was shared with the false claim that the Taliban chief secretary praised RSS and BJP. 🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	15th September 2021 / 4:36 pm / Last updated: 15th September 2021	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pak-falsely-viral-as-taliban-chief-sec-praising-bjp-rss/", "author": "Archit" }
2,644	Old video from Pakistan falsely shared as elderly Hindu couple mistreated by Pak police - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 30th September 2019 / 8:28 pm A disturbing video clip in which an elderly couple can be seen beaten, pushed and jostled into a van by uniformed personnel, has been shared on social media. The video has been shared with a message in Kannada which says that police in Pakistan brutally beat up elderly Hindu couples, adding that human rights organisations are nowhere to be seen when minorities in Pakistan are treated in this manner. The text is as follows: ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೊಲೀಸರು ವಯೋವೃದ್ಧ ಹಿಂದೂ ದಂಪತಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಕ್ರೂರವಾಗಿ ಥಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತರನ್ನು ಈ ರೀತಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಬಹುದೇ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಸತ್ತಿದೆ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ… ಇದೇ ಭಾರತದಲಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಯಾವ ರೀತಿ ಕೂಗಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು? #ನಾಚಿಕೆಗೇಡಿನ_ಕೃತ್ಯ (“In Pakistan police brutally beat up elderly Hindu couples, minorities in Pakistan can be treated like this: Where is the Human Rights organisation? What was it like being in India? #Shameful_function”- approximate translation). ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೊಲೀಸರು ವಯೋವೃದ್ಧ ಹಿಂದೂ ದಂಪತಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಕ್ರೂರವಾಗಿ ಥಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತರನ್ನು ಈ ರೀತಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಬಹುದೇ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಸತ್ತಿದೆ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ… ಇದೇ ಭಾರತದಲಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಯಾವ ರೀತಿ ಕೂಗಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು? #ನಾಚಿಕೆಗೇಡಿನ_ಕೃತ್ಯ Posted by CA Kiran Jayaram Acharya on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The above post has been shared close to 500 times. The video from this post has been viewed over 14,000 times so far. The one-minute long video clip has also been shared on WhatsApp, again with text in Kannada. Alt News broke the video into several frames using the Invid tool. Reverse-searching one of the frames with specific key words, Alt News found a news report on the website of the Pakistani news outlet Geo TV which pertained to this incident. The report was dated November 22, 2017 and titled, ‘Elderly couple tortured by Multan police seek justice’. While the claim that the video is from Pakistan is true, the other claim, that the elderly couple seen in the video is Hindu, is false. The Geo TV report states, “The elderly couple who was tortured by police staged a protest on Wednesday hoping for justice. Muhammad Idrees and Naseem Bibi, were thrashed by the police outside the office of Multan Development Authority for demanding compensation for the 500 acre land the authority bought from them on Monday (November 20).” The names of the elderly couple are Muhammad Idrees and Naseem Bibi. A video from 2017 shot in Multan, Pakistan has been shared with the false claim that an elderly Hindu couple was mistreated by police. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	30th September 2019 / 8:28 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pakistan-falsely-shared-as-elderly-hindu-couple-mistreated-by-pak-police/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }
2,645	Old video from Pakistan shared as UP student tests COVID positive after B.Ed exam - Alt News Kinjal 27th August 2020 / 9:04 pm The number of COVID-19 cases across the country has skyrocketed to a whopping 33 lakh. Meanwhile, on August 9, the B.Ed entrance examination was held in Uttar Pradesh. Post this, the state witnessed a sharp jump in the number of COVID-19 cases, with 38 new cases recorded in the city of Agra alone. Following this, students began collectively demanding the cancellation of the upcoming NEET and JEE exams. The two entrance examinations have recently been scheduled for next month with admits card also released. It is important to note that the decision to hold the exams has been quite controversial and is facing continued resistance from students. Responding to the backlash, the National Examination Agency clarified on August 25 that the exams would be held as per their scheduled dates with no further postponements. In the middle of all this, a 29-second video began going viral on social media with a demand to cancel the NEET and JEE entrance examinations. In the clip posted on August 22, a young man lying on a hospital bed can be seen having great difficulty in breathing. The video’s caption identifies him as Saurab Kumar, who had given the B.Ed entrance examination in Uttar Pradesh. Twitter user @Ithinkpranay shared the video claiming that Kumar had tested positive for COVID-19 after giving the exam and was now in critical condition. The video had been viewed more than 19,000 times and garnered 1,900 retweets at the time of writing. (archived link to the tweet) @Swamy39 @AmitShah @DrRPNishank BJP GOV FAILED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS SAFETY. Saurab kumar, was tested positive 3 days ago after giving UP BEd exam where NO SOP was followed. He is in critical condition. Postpone NEET & save students #pray4Saurab#INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET pic.twitter.com/pVNsOWYCIB — Respect Dr.SwamyJI (@Ithinkpranay) August 22, 2020 This was followed by several other users on Twitter sharing the video with these claims. @Swamy39 @DrRPNishank BJP GOV FAILED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS SAFETY. Saurab kumar, was tested positive 3 days ago after giving UP BEd exam where NO SOP was followed. Postpone NEET & save students @nidhiindiatv#INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET pic.twitter.com/EpTahZ5ptD — Yuvraj (@Yuvraj45204664) August 22, 2020 A reverse image search of a frame from the viral video led us to a tweet from writer and columnist Vikas Saraswat dated March 24. Saraswat had shared the same video and mentioned that it was from Pakistan. He justified this claim by quoting a Pakistani user’s tweet from March 23 in a thread. This makes one thing quite clear, the video is not linked in any way to the B.Ed entrance exam held in Uttar Pradesh on August 9 because it had already been shared four months prior in March. Before worrying about anything else during this #CoronaVirusLockdown just check this frightening video from Pakistan. This is what the highly contagious virus can lead to. And on a massive scale. Trust your leadership. Twenty one days will be gone soon #ModiKiBatMano pic.twitter.com/hgxRV00uxZ — Vikas Saraswat (@VikasSaraswat) March 24, 2020 In addition to this, we found a longer version of the video that had been uploaded to YouTube on March 29. This video shows an ambulance with ‘Rescue 1122’ written on the front. When we looked up Rescue 1122, we discovered it was linked to the Punjab Emergency Service, a rescue and emergency response organization operating in Pakistan. In the video, several doctors and others wearing face masks and gloves could be seen surrounding the patient. The coronavirus pandemic had begun spreading dramatically in the month of March. In Pakistan too, the number of COVID-19 patients had risen significantly at the time. Footage of a patient in Pakistan’s Punjab province was thus falsely shared on social media as India. Apart from this, the video was being linked to the recent B.Ed entrance examinations in Uttar Pradesh. Along with this was also a demand to cancel the NEET and JEE entrance examinations. [Note: This article does not intend to condone the Education Ministry’s decision to hold NEET and JEE entrance tests during COVID-19. Alt News has only reported on the misinformation circulating in the view of the examinations.] 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. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	27th August 2020 / 9:04 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-a-student-tested-positive-after-up-bed-exam-in-august/", "author": "Kinjal" }
2,646	Old video from Pakistan shared as atrocities on Kashmiris - Alt News Pooja Chaudhuri 28th August 2019 / 3:54 pm / Last updated: 28th August 2019 A clip showing police entering people’s homes by force has been shared on social media with many claiming that the incident took place in Kashmir. गोदि मीडिया ये दिखाने में लगा है कि कश्मीर में लोग अमन से हैं Posted by Md Husen Belim on Tuesday, 27 August 2019 “गोदि मीडिया ये दिखाने में लगा है कि कश्मीर में लोग अमन से हैं (Godi media wants to show that everyone is at peace.)” – says the message circulated with the clip The video is also circulating on WhatsApp. This clip was earlier debunked by BBC when it was viral with the claim that it depicts atrocities on Hindus in Pakistan. BBC spoke to one of its correspondents from Islamabad who informed that the video pertains to an incident that took place in Faisalabad in Pakistan’s Punjab province in 2013. Pakistani media Dunya News, Geo TV and The Express Tribune had reported the event where citizens were thrashed by personnel of Pakistan’s ‘Elite Forces’. According to Dunya News, “…during a protest against electricity load-shedding in Faisalabad, police entered the houses of protesters and manhandled their women.” BBC Islamabad correspondent Umar Daraz informed that Faisalabad is prone to electricity shortages but in 2013 the situation turned dire. People took to the streets in protests after complaining of power outages for 14-16 hours a day. “They had resorted to throwing stones and had also burned down a FESCO office, after which police officers abused and assaulted the protesters,” per a June 2013 Express Tribune report. Three police personnel Babar Masih, Tauseef Ahmed, Abid Hussain were suspended after police excess on Muslim families. Alt News had debunked the video in January 2019 when it was shared with a different false claim. The video has been doing rounds with distorted facts in other countries as well. A Persian website ‘Shia News Association’ in 2014 claimed that it depicted Pakistani police excess on Afghan refugees. In 2015, the video was circulated with the claim that it portrayed Pakistani police brutality on Christians. From a YouTube handle ‘Peace Worldwide’, it attracted over 95,000 views. A Twitter user from Europe, who is followed by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal’s Office, also shared the identical video with the ‘Christian’ narrative, but in 2017. Since the revocation of key provisions of Article 370, social media has been brimming with all kinds of misinformation. From the Pakistani social media ecosystem, there has been a visible attempt to portray brutality on Kashmiris. Alt News has debunked a plethora of such claims. Pooja Chaudhuri is a senior editor at Alt News. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	28th August 2019 / 3:54 pm / Last updated: 28th August 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-atrocities-on-kashmiris/", "author": "Pooja Chaudhuri" }
2,647	Old video from Karachi viral as fallen billboard injures bikers during Cyclone Nivar in Tamil Nadu - Alt News Priyanka Jha 26th November 2020 / 4:57 pm / Last updated: 26th November 2020 A video of a billboard falling on a biker during heavy storms is circulating on social media in the wake of a Cyclone Nivar. People of Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Thiruvallur, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Puducherry & Mayiladuthurai districts should stay in as far as possible. When you come out, beware of trees, boards and electric poles around you! Stay strong!!!#ChennaiRain #Nivar pic.twitter.com/K7zU3LM7S8 — Raammm (@RamRam1718) November 24, 2020 The clip is circulating as an incident that took place on Chennai’s Poonamallee High Road (பூந்தமல்லி நெடுஞ்சாலை). பூந்தமல்லி நெடுஞ்சாலை. Posted by Mohan Bolt on Tuesday, 24 November 2020 Alt News has also received verification requests on its mobile application. A reverse-image search of the video’s keyframes took us to link on findglocal.com which said that the incident took place in Pakistan’s Karachi. The link was posted on August 7, 2020. According to a report in The Tribune, “Two motorcyclists were injured when a large billboard came loose and collapsed on them near Metropole Hotel during heavy rainfall on Thursday…Following the incident, the Karachi commissioner’s office issued a notification on Friday ordering the immediate removal of billboards and other advertisement material from the city’s streets in order to avoid loss of human life and damage to property.” Pakistani news channel CMTV uploaded a video of the incident on August 10, 2020. A three-month-old video is therefore circulating on social media as strong winds during Cyclone Nivar in Tamil Nadu blowing away a hoarding thus, injuring motorcyclists. 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. Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about… Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the… The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the… A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers… The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	26th November 2020 / 4:57 pm / Last updated: 26th November 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-cyclone-nivar-in-chennai/", "author": "Priyanka Jha" }
2,648	Old video from Pakistan shared as supporters of opposition parties smashing TV set after poll verdict - Alt News Jignesh Patel 28th May 2019 / 4:55 pm “चुनावी रुझानों के बाद चमचो का पहला वीडियो जारी हुआ (After election trends, this is the first video of sycophants -translated)”, reads the message posted along with a video of an individual, who is breaking a TV set. The video and message have been posted by a Facebook user named Raj Choudhary. It has been shared close to 3,500 times. It is being suggested that these are opposition supporters who broke their TV sets in frustration over the Lok Sabha election result in which the BJP won a clear majority. चुनावी रुझानों के बाद चमचो का पहला वीडियो जारी हुआ 😂😂 Posted by Raj Choudhary on Thursday, 23 May 2019 Many other individuals on Facebook and Twitter have shared the video with an identical narrative. Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes by using InVID, a digital verification tool. Upon reverse searching the extracted keyframes on Google, it was found that the video existed on the internet as early as 2015. “باكستاني يكسر التلفاز عندما شاهد عبد الملك الحوثي (A Pakistani breaks the television when he saw Abdul Malik al – Houthi – Google translated)”, reads the caption of the video uploaded on YouTube on April 9, 2015. Abdul Malik al-Houthi is a leader of the Houthi Ansarullah revolutionary movement in Yemen. This video was also relayed by Aaj Tak in 2017 with a false narrative that Pakistanis were breaking their TV sets after Pakistan’s abysmal performance in a group stage match against India in the ICC Champions trophy. Mango News, a YouTube channel had also posted the video with an identical narrative. Alt News couldn’t independently establish the exact context of the video. However, suffice to say, a video available on the internet at least four years ago cannot be representative of an event which took place on May 23, 2019. An old video was circulated on social media to falsely portray the frustration of opposition supporters after NDA was voted back to power with a thumping majority in 2019. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	28th May 2019 / 4:55 pm	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-supporters-of-opposition-parties-smashing-tv-set-after-poll-verdict/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,649	Old video from Pakistan falsely viral as Tablighi Jamaat member roaming naked in isolation ward - Alt News Jignesh Patel 8th April 2020 / 9:05 am / Last updated: 8th April 2020 A video of a bloodied man lying naked is widely circulating on social media with the claim that he is a member of Tablighi Jamaat in a coronavirus isolation ward. देखिए 14 दिन के एकांतवास में भी इन तबलीगी जमात के लोगों ने अश्लीलता और आतंक मचा रखा है pic.twitter.com/GsbYEozhj3 — राज शर्मा कानपुर💯%FB (@RajShar41438261) April 7, 2020 Several handles have shared a longer version of the video where the man can be seen smashing glass windows with his head and bare hands. [Warning: Visuals are gory and obscene in nature. Viewer discretion is advised] The video has been shared in the backdrop of several news reports claiming that Jamaat members were roaming around nude and misbehaving with staff in a Ghaziabad hospital. Facebook Page HindustanKi Awazlive posted the video with the message, “देखिए 14 दिन के एकांतवास में भी इन तबलीगी जमात के लोगों ने अश्लीलता और आतंक मचा रखा है…… कोरोंनटाइन में जमकर किया हंगामा#सरम नाम की सारी हदें कर दी पार#खेला नंगा नाच.वीडियो हुवा वाइरल# प्रशासन है इन लोगो से परेशान# (See these people from Tablighi Jamaat indulging in obscenity and wrecking terrorism in 14 days of isolation. Creating a commotion during quarantine. They have crossed all limits of shame. The naked dance is at a public display. Video has gone viral. The administration is upset with these people -translated)”. This has garnered more than 1,400 shares so far. An archived version of the post can be accessed here. Alt News has received several requests on its official Android application to fact-check this video. The clip is also circulating on WhatsApp. Several other individuals on Twitter and Facebook have shared the video with the same claim. With a keyword search on YouTube, Alt News found an extended video of the same incident posted on August 26, 2019. From 21 seconds onward in the video below, one can see the same visuals viral on social media. The video is titled, “Naked man entered in Mosque, Gulshan e Hadeed Karachi.” According to the clip’s description, the video is from Pakistan’s Karachi and the incident took place at a mosque in “Gulshan e Hadeed”. We looked up several mosques on Google maps located in this area and found that the said incident took place at Jamia Masjid Khalid Bin Waleed. In the comparison posted below, we have matched a frame from the video with an image of the mosque available on Google. The matching similarities are as follows: Moreover, we found that the same video was posted in inverted colours at least three days before the video that is cited above, i.e., on August 23, 2019. According to the description, the man was identified as Shafiq Abro who was later arrested by the police. It also said that the man is the son of a police commando and he is mentally-challenged. Therefore, an old video shot at a mosque in Pakistan’s Karachi was shared as members of Tablighi Jamaat running around naked in isolation wards and causing destruction to public property. This is yet another attempt to demonise the Muslim community with misinformation and specifically those who tested positive after attending a religious gathering at Delhi’s Nizamuddin in mid-March. Earlier this week, UP’s Saharanpur police called-out misreports by two national dailies which claimed that members of Tablighi Jamaat defecated in the open after they were refused non-vegetarian food. Note: The number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India exceeds 5,000 and more than 150 deaths have so far been reported. The government has imposed a complete restriction on movement apart from essential services to tackle the pandemic. Globally, more than 14 lakh confirmed cases and over 80,000 deaths have been reported. There is a sense of panic among citizens, causing them to fall for a variety of online misinformation – misleading images and videos rousing fear or medical misinformation promoting pseudoscience and invalid treatments. While your intentions may be pure, misinformation, spread especially during a pandemic, can take lives. We request our readers to practice caution and not forward unverified messages on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	8th April 2020 / 9:05 am / Last updated: 8th April 2020	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-tablighi-jamaat-member-roaming-naked-in-isolation-ward/", "author": "Jignesh Patel" }
2,650	Old video from Pakistan shared as Tamil girl found at Nagpur railway station - Alt News Arjun Sidharth 10th October 2019 / 8:25 pm / Last updated: 10th October 2019 A video clip wherein a person in uniform has held a young girl in his arms has been circulated on social media with the narrative that the child can only speak Tamil, and was found at the Nagpur railway station. This child speaks only tamil found in Nagpur Raliway station, now with station police. Pls share with all your groups until she reaches safely in her beloved parents good hands. Please try your best Posted by Venket Mani on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 As can be seen from the above post, this video with the accompanying message has been floating on social media since 2018. The above post has been shared a whopping 34,000 times so far, and viewed in excess of 675,000 times. The video has been re-circulated now, on Facebook and YouTube with the identical claim. On YouTube, the video has been posted with the message in Tamil. The uniformed person in the video identifies himself as Sarfaraz Aman from Khwaja Ajmer Nagari thana. Through the video, he informs that this child is very young and cannot even tell her name. He further appeals for the video to be shared, so that it may reach her parents or guardians. From the information available in the video itself, it is apparent that the video pertains not to India, but most likely Pakistan. This is due to the uniform donned by the person in the video, which resembles the uniform of police in parts of Pakistan. Alt News took a frame from the video and reverse-searched it with the information from the video. The result threw up a YouTube link. The video had been posted in December 2018 with the caption, ‘Missing Child found by Khawaja Ajmer Nagri Police Karachi December 2018’. Alt News also found posts from December 2018 by Pakistani users, who had uploaded this video with the message in Urdu. In addition, Alt News searched ‘Khwaja Ajmer Nagari‘ on Google Maps, which confirmed that this locality is indeed in Karachi, Sindh. Furthermore, the uniform worn by the policeman does indeed pertain to Sindh, although the Sindh police uniform was changed recently. In conclusion, a video from Karachi, Pakistan which appeared online in December 2018, has been shared with the false claim that a Tamil girl child was found at the Nagpur railway station. 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. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi recently performed aarti at the Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar… In the wake of the alleged murder of Shraddha Walkar by his partner Aftab Amin… The video of a group of people stopping an e-rickshaw with BJP flags attached to… Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile… Recently, several prominent BJP leaders claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intervened to stop…	news-altnews	2024-05-27T18:24:05.489452	10th October 2019 / 8:25 pm / Last updated: 10th October 2019	{ "license": "Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/englishclone/old-video-from-pakistan-shared-as-tamil-girl-found-at-nagpur-railway-station/", "author": "Arjun Sidharth" }

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