Fact-Check: Video posted by Sudhir Chaudhary and Republic TV, of man hanging from a helicopter was not executed by the Taliban

On August 31, 2021, a video of a helicopter went viral on social media. This video vaguely showed a man hanging from the helicopter. This video was claimed to be from the Taliban occupied Afghanistan. The video was repeatedly tweeted by multiple sources including Sudhir Chaudhary who tweeted the video. The video was played on […]

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Fact-Check: Image of gravely injured man is not from the recent farmer’s protest incident

On August 28,2021,the ongoing farmers protest turned violent when the police conducted lathi charge on the farmers protesting outside an event where the Chief minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar was in attendance. Lots of images of injured farmers were subsequently posted on social media along with a graphic image of a man’s skulls with […]

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Fact-Check: Image of policemen mopping up blood is not from the recent lathi charge on farmers

On August 28, 2021, the ongoing farmers protest took yet another violent turn. Farmers reached the Bastara toll plaza to protest outside an event attended by Haryana’s Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The protest soon turned violent when the police started to lathi charge upon the farmers resulting in the death of Sushil Kajal, who […]

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Fact-Check: Video of encroachment demolitions given a communal angle by Dr. Richa Rajpoot, Social Media Head of BJP Youth Wing, Uttar Pradesh

On August 27, 2021, a video of demolitions went viral on Facebook and Twitter. All the videos that were posted, were posted with the same caption. The users who posted this video claimed that Shivraj Chouhan’s government in Ujjain demolished a settlement named “Gafoor Basti” because the Muslims that lived there raised slogans such as […]

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