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By Hera Rizwan Sunil Dutt Dubey, Deputy Superintendent of Police from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh has been spending a lot of time answering calls from people who tell him that they have been scammed. Ironically, the people who have been duped find Dubey after searching for the scamster's photo. Dubey's photo has been misused by several scammers who pretend to be a cop on their WhatsApp profile. "Half of my days are spent responding to calls from people who were either scammed or narrowly escaped a scam. Some fraudsters execute FedEx scams, while others demand bribes in fabricated cases to intimid...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video purporting to show Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being transported in a vehicle is viral online with the false claim that it shows the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) engaging in EVM fraud during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. BOOM, in its factcheck, found that the claims are false, the video dates back to 2022 and was taken during the Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh; it is unrelated to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The video shows multiple EVMs being recovered from the back of a tempo with a huge crowd surrounding it. It is being shared on X with a satirical ...
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By Srijit Das A video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is viral with a false claim that it captures Gandhi's visit to the Ram temple in Ayodhya following his nomination filing from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli for the Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video is old and from Jharkhand's Deoghar district. The footage shows Gandhi's visit to the Baba Baidyanath Dham temple as part of his nationwide Bharat Jodo Nyay rally on February 3, 2024. In the 57-second video clip, the Congress leader can be seen coming out of a temple, while in the background, a group of people can be heard chanting slog...
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By Srijit Das A video of numerous students cheating during an examination has now gone viral on social media with a misleading claim that it shows mass cheating during a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination in Uttar Pradesh. BOOM found that the video captures a mass cheating incident that occurred at City Law College in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, in February this year during a law examination. The video shows a person recording the entire incident of mass cheating, where students can be seen with guides and cheat sheets, jotting down answers on their desks during the examination. ...
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By Hazel Gandhi A distressing video showing a man being beaten up in Sangrur, Punjab, is viral online with the false claim that the victim is a Christian being beaten up by a Hindu mob in Uttar Pradesh. BOOM found that the claims are false, the incident is originally from February 2023 and took place in Sangrur, Punjab. The victim is a Hindu, Sonu Kumar, who was thrashed by a group of Hindu men. The 1:27 minutes long video shows two men beating the victim with rods while another man holds him down. A caption on X reads, "RAM RAJโ ๏ธ If you don't pray now, then when will you pray โ ๏ธ(๐จ๐ฃ) Heartbrea...
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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 Hazel Gandhi A video showing some distressed and injured people is viral online with the false claim that they were injured after a wall collapsed in Nagpur due to the vibrations of the loud music played by the DJ at the event. BOOM found that the claims are false; the video is from Uttar Pradesh's Mau district and there were no reports of the wall collapsing because of loud music. The video shows several women injured on the street, some even bleeding, as others present there are trying to help them. The video is being shared with the caption, "DJ = SOUND BOMB *Nagpur. Due to the "vibratio...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of makeshift toilets being setup at the Swarved Mahamandir in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is being shared on social media falsely claiming it shows sanitary arrangements being made at the complex of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya before the consecration ceremony slated later this month. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has formally invited several prominent personalities for the event including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, and including the trust presid...
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By Srijit Das A video showing metal bells with garlands around them being loaded onto a truck has surfaced online, falsely claiming that these bells were crafted by state-owned company Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Tiruchirappalli for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. BOOM found the claim to be false. We reached out to BHEL Tiruchirappalli which confirmed that the company did not produce bells for the yet-to-be-inaugurated Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh. Following decades of legal disputes, Ram Mandir will officially be opened for the devotees after its inauguration on January 22, 2024. The gr...
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