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By Srijit Das An old video of a bike rally in Odisha turning violent is being peddled with a false and communal claim that it shows an attack on Hindutva supporters for carrying out a bike rally with saffron flags in West Bengal. BOOM found that the video is from 2023 when a clash took place in Odisha's Sambalpur district during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations. The 21-second footage shows several motorcycles fitted with saffron flags parked along a road, with a few individuals seen hurling stones at each other. A verified X handle, @Sudhir_mish, shared the video with a Hindi caption that reads, "...
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By Dipanjan Sinha Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in politics is an ethical debate that the entire intellectual spectrum is unsure of. But in an unexpected turn of events, the Bengal branch of the CPI (M)- The Communist Party of India (Marxist)- often accused of being opposed to computers in the 90s, stepped ahead of others a few weeks ago with an AI generated presenter, Samata. In two episodes that are out now, the avatar, a sari-clad woman, reads out the party’s perspective on recent events in West Bengal in English. The first episode out on March 27 was about the collapse of a building ...
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By Srijit Das An old video showing a group of people attacking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters is being shared on social media with a false claim that it shows people in Dwarka, Gujarat thrashing those who were campaigning in support of the BJP ahead of the impending Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video is old and not from Gujarat. The videos shows an incident that took place in West Bengal's Hooghly where Trinamool Congress MLA Asit Majumdar and his aides clashed with the BJP supporters during a rally in Chinsurah in 2022. A clash two place between two BJP groups in Amreli, ...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sujata Mondal being chased with lathis by a group of people in the middle of a field is being shared with the misleading claim that it is a recent incident of people chasing her away in Arambagh, West Bengal. BOOM found that the viral video is from April 2021 when Mondal was chased out of a polling booth in the third phase of the assembly election in the state. Mondal had then alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was creating chaos and threatening TMC supporters in Arambagh amid the voting, which the BJP had denied. In ...
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By Srijit Das A set of two photographs is circulating on social media with a false claim that it shows West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has faked her crown injury. In one of the photos circulated online, Banerjee can be seen lying on a bed, blood trickling from the center of her forehead. The other image shows her delivering a speech, holding a microphone, with an adhesive bandage visible on the left side of her forehead. BOOM found that the image of Banerjee with an adhesive bandage on the left side of her forehead dates back to January this year when she sustained an injury in a ca...
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By Srijit Das An old video of a group of people attacking journalists in a car has now surfaced on social media with a false claim that it shows a recent attack on a female journalist, in an attempt to obstruct her from reporting in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali. BOOM found that that the video shows journalists from the Bengali news outlet 24 Ghanta being attacked while covering the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections in Keshpur, West Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently hit out at the West Bengal government, addressing the allegations of sexual assault incidents involving the Trinamool ...
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By Srijit Das A disturbing video showing a woman being thrashed by a policeman has surfaced with claims that the incident is from Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. BOOM found that the incident occurred in Baduria, West Bengal, where locals clashed with police personnel in 2020. The confrontation took place when the locals blocked the road, alleging improper distribution of ration material during the Coronavirus lockdown. There have been widespread allegations of violence and sexual assault meted out to women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali by local Trinamool Congress leaders Sheikh Shah Jahan, Shib Pra...
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By Srijit Das An old image of a police personnel dragging a man by his hair has surfaced on X platform with captions falsely stating that it shows supporters of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi mistreating a Sikh. BOOM found that the photo is from 2020 and shows the West Bengal Police detaining one Balwinder Singh, a private security officer for carrying firearms during the BJP's 'Nabanna March' protest. On February 20, 2024, the West Bengal Police alleged that BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari referred to an IPS officer wearing a turban as a "Khalistani," prompting the initiation of strict legal action...
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