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By Nidhi Jacob Social media has been flooded with false information regarding demographic shifts within the Muslim community of Haldwani, Uttarakhand, after the city was engulfed in communal tensions following the demolition of a madrasa and a mosque. These posts falsely claimed that the Muslim population of Haldwani grew from 1,000 to 1 lakh in the last two decades, and that its share among the population of the city grew from 1% to 20% in the past 23 years. BOOM accessed census data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs which stated that the Muslim population dropped from 80,000 in 2001 t...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of a young girl crying while pleading not to be evicted from her home in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, is viral online with the misleading claim that it is a recent video. BOOM found that the video is from January 2023 and unrelated to the recent violence in the region. At least 5 people have died in the violence in Haldwani so far, which erupted after authorities began the demolition of a mosque and madrasa in the Banbhoolpura area on February 8. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami issued shoot on sight orders following reports of vandalism, stone pelting, and a police s...
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By Srijit Das A video showing an agitated mob running on the streets of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, is viral on social media with a false claim that it shows an attack on the police by Muslim refugees in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. BOOM spoke to a shop owner from the area in Bareilly, who confirmed that the video shows an incident from Bareilly from February 9, 2024. Supporters of Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Tauqeer Raza Khan took to streets after his detention by police. According to the shop owner, the incident happened on Shyam Ganj Road area of Bareilly. On February 8, communal violence broke o...
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By Srijit Das A video of a confrontation between an agitated mob and a police personnel is circulating on social media with a false claim that it happened in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. BOOM found that the video is from Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, where a confrontation happened between a mob and a police personnel Anand Singh on February 3, 2024. On February 8, communal violence broke out over an anti-encroachment operation in Haldwani's Banphoolpura area in Uttarakhand, aimed at demolishing what district officials deemed an 'unauthorized' madrasa and an adjoining mosque. The violence killed ...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video of a burst LPG cylinder found under a train is going viral on social media with the claim that “a Muslim man threw an Indane cylinder filled with gas on the tracks in Haldwani”. BOOM found this claim to be false; according to our investigation, the viral video - shot on July 5 2022 in Haldwani - does not show a Muslim man throwing the cylinder on the track. Haldwani Railway Police had registered a complaint against a person named Gangaram for throwing a cylinder on the track. The 2.11 minute-long video shows a person taking out a burst LPG cylinder from under a trai...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old photo of a slum overflowing on to a railway track in Kolkata is going viral linking it to the Supreme Court's recent order to stay an eviction drive in Uttarakhand's Haldwani district. BOOM found that the claim is false, and the old photo is from Kolkata. On December 20, 2022, the Uttarakhand HC ordered the residents of Haldwani to evacuate the area claiming that the land belonged to the railway, leading to heavy protests. However, on January 5, 2023, the Supreme court provided relief to the people by halting the demolition order and asked the state and railways to come ...
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