On 17 March 2025, communal violence erupted in Nagpur, Maharashtra after the members of Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal staged a protest chanting slogans calling for the removal of the tomb of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Against this backdrop, a video of policemen beating two men went viral on social media linking it to […]
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The viral video is from 2015, when the police lathi-charged Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand during a protest over Ganesh immersion in Varanasi. Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth, has criticized the Uttar Pradesh government for the tragic stampede in Mahakumbh. He reportedly said that the government had no moral right to remain in power […]
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Recently we came across a video on social media showing policemen chasing and beating a man while a few women came to the rescue. Sharing the video, users are claiming that the video shows action against the alleged stone pelters at the Kumbh Mela bound train. Instagram Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, […]
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The video shows a mob attack on a Muslim woman named Meherabanu Bibi in front of Central Modern School in Barasat, West Bengal and the Police clarified that the incident has no communal angle. A disturbing video of a woman being brutally attacked by a mob in the presence of police is going viral on […]
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Recently a video was forwarded to our 24*7 Factline number 9049053770 claiming it to be a Chinese soldier beating a Uyghur Muslim for keeping a copy of the Quran at his home. Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know that the viral video was not from China, but from Indonesia and it […]
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Recently a video of a scuffle between a few people and police personnels went viral on social media. Sharing the video on Facebook a user wrote, “Rohingyas or Rowdies? UP Police went to check IDs of Rohingya Muslims living in Mathura, UP. Instead of cooperating these illegal intruders started fighting with the Police. Deport all […]
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Recently a video of a few people dressed in police uniforms and firing from inside a car went viral on social media. Sharing the video on Twitter a user claimed that those are Meitei Militants from Manipur dressed in Manipur State Police uniforms. According to the claim they are attacking Kuki tribal Christians with stolen […]
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An old video of Police attacking an elderly man in Madhya Pradesh goes viral with false claims. A disturbing video of an old man being brutally attacked by Police is going viral on social media with the claim that the incident took place in Uttar Pradesh. The caption of the video states, “Uttar Pradesh is […]
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The viral video is old and it has no communal angle. Karnataka Police thrashed Muslims for violating the coronavirus lockdown in March 2020. A video of a policeman beating a group of Muslim people outside the mosque is going viral on social media with a claim that Indian police are experts in dealing with Muslims […]
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Currently, an image of a vintage cycle with spring tyres and riffle is going viral on social media. Users are claiming that this is an old model bicycle that was used by Indian police staff. However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. This is not an image of a cycle used by Indian […]
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The viral video shows a clash outside a Gurdwara in Punjab and is from January 2024. It is not related to the ongoing farmers’ protests Protesting farmers on Friday declared to hold their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march till February 29 and decided to stay put along the Punjab-Haryana border until then. Pictures and videos from farmers’ […]
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The viral video of people attacking the police is old and not related to the ongoing farmers’ protests .It has been available on the internet since January 2021. Farmer unions started their protest march to Delhi to force the Union government to meet their demands on 13 February. Protesting farmers on Friday declared to hold […]
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The viral video shows a mock drill conducted by Jharkhand Police. Madhya Pradesh will hold elections on 17 November, 31 ministers of Shivraj government are in the election fray. Meanwhile, a video is being shared on social media, in which some policemen are seen firing. Along with the video, it is being claimed that this video is […]
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The video shows police taking action against people for not following instructions in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem during the Holy Fire ceremony in April 2023. A video that shows policemen dragging and beating up worshipers has been shared widely on social media claiming that in a recent incident, the Israel Police […]
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The unrest that erupted two months ago in Manipur is still continuing. The clash between Kuki and Meitei people had turned violent and incidents of death, vandalizing of buildings and vehicles, protests, etc are everyday news now. In the backdrop of this, a video is going viral on social media. In the video, a few […]
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A strange thing happened recently. A Pakistani woman, Seema Haider, fell in love with a young man from India through the mobile game PUBG. She entered India illegally from Pakistan to meet the boy. Discussions are going on in our country about this incident. Police are currently investigating the case. Many posts about this are […]
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A video of a man selling Panipuri is going viral on social media. In the video, it is seen that a woman and her daughter have arrived at a panipuri stall. While the girl was eating, a policeman also arrived at the stall and started eating. When the shopkeeper asked him for the money, the […]
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Recently, a video of a clash between groups of people went viral on social media. We can see mobs thrashing each other with sticks in the streets. Social media users are claiming that this clash took place in France where locals are fighting with the migrants. However, fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. […]
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Violence was seen in many parts of the country on the occasion of Ram Navami. There were also reports of vandalizing of shops and stone-pelting on processions. Violence raged in West Bengal, Bihar and other places as well. According to the police, the violence was planned through social media. Currently, a video of police barging […]
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Shah Rukh Khan’s film Pathan has been in controversy for the past few months. The controversy arose over Deepika’s bhagwa color dress in a song in the movie. #BoycottPathan is trending on social media where people are expressing their anger over this issue. In the backdrop of this, an image of a few police and […]
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A video is going viral on social media with a claim that social activist Teesta Setalvad spit on Police personnel who are seen trying to arrest her. However, the woman seen in the video is not Teesta Setalvad but Netta D’Souza, the President of Mahila Congress. Let us learn more about the false narrative on […]
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A video going viral on social media platforms shows Police Personnel performing “Aarti” of people on a street. The captions accompanying some of the posts claim it to be from Guwahati. The text on some of the videos further specify that it is from Ganeshguri in Guwahati. Original Link- Facebook | Archived Link We also […]
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On 15th September 2019, a video was posted on a Facebook page called ‘Bollywood Blues’. In this video the police are seen beating two youths. It is written in the description of this post that, “A new movie called Mission Challan made by Modi ji’ on the new law is being released. This law is […]
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On 28th August 2019 a Facebook user Aimim Varanasi shared a video in his post. In this video police are seen raiding the houses of some people. In the description of the post, it is written that, “Godi media is showing that people in Kashmir are at peace.” There are many types of claims on […]
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On 7th September 2019, a Facebook user named ‘Journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai’ shared a video on Facebook. In this video two policemen are seen assaulting each other and a third policeman is trying to stop them. In the description of this post it is written, “When the police were fighting amongst themselves on the distribution […]
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On September 14, 2014, a Facebook user named “Mohammad Ashraf Ansari” posted a video, which reads, “Today on Saturday, police personnel from Gaur police station, dragged the vehicle owner cruelly in the name of vehicle checking, and killed him. Today is 14th, the police personnel of Gaur police station in Basti district should take immediate […]
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On 17th August a Facebook user named Ik Tiger posted a video on Facebook. In this video the police were seen conducting lathicharge on protesters. The description of the post says: “Let the world see what @narendramodiGovt is doing in #Kashmir. The #Hitler from the East rises while the world sleeps. @realDonaldTrump should consider imposing […]
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On 12th July 2019 a Facebook user named Azamgarh Express posted a video. Its heading said “today the children of Madarassa in Unnao were made victims of hatred. This incident happened when the children were playing cricket in Madarassa. They were allegedly beaten up and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram. This is new India […]
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Narrative on social media Archived Link A Facebook page called Kerala Trending Media has published a post in Malayalam on 16 June 2019. The post carries an image of a lady cop donning Police’s Khaki uniform and seems to be a decorated officer holding a high rank. The caption of the post in English reads […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Pawan Singh’ shared a post on 10 June 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “An inspector was beaten up badly by BJP workers, when he went to inspect electricity theft at a BJP Leader’s place in Banaras.” As per this post’s claim, in Banaras, BJP workers beat up an […]
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