On 9 July 2025, a Jaguar trainer aircraft crashed into a field near Churu in Rajasthan killing two Indian Air Force pilots. Against this backdrop, an image of a crashed plane went viral on social media claiming it to be the aircraft that crashed in Churu. Instagram Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, […]
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Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir shared a video showing smoke billowing from a building as people make way for a fire engine. Falsely claiming it depicted the Udhampur Airbase being “destroyed by the Pakistani Air Force,” Mir circulated the clip with misleading intent. Below is a screenshot of his tweet containing the false claim. View post […]
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This is an old image from Rajasthan and it dates back to 2016. An image of a young man assaulting a traffic police officer by grabbing his jaw, is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows the violence seen during the protests against the Waqf Act in Bengal. The caption of […]
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The viral image is from 2020 and it depicts a boy who was injured in a domestic abuse incident with his father in Yemen. A collage of two disturbing images showing a young boy with whip-like marks on his back and legs is going viral on social media with a claim that it shows a […]
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The girl in the viral image is Jyoti Thakur, a Himachal Pradesh-based video creator. A 24-year-old student from Gujarat, preparing for NEET, allegedly died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota last day. Kota city of Rajasthan is considered a coaching center for IIT entrance exams. Also, many students here commit suicide due to study stress. In […]
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This viral video shows a petrol tanker crash near Bologna Airport in Italy in 2018 On 20 December, 2024, a tragic explosion and fire claimed 14 lives following a collision between an LPG gas tanker and a container on the Jaipur-Ajmer National Highway in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The fire that ignited from the crash quickly spread […]
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The viral video shows a Congress election rally held in Rajasthan 5 years ago. Prime Minister Modi recently addressed an election rally in Rajasthan. Against this backdrop, a video is being widely circulated on social media, showing a huge crowd at PM Modi’s rally. The caption states, “Today People going to Modiji’s rally at Rajasthan”. But did […]
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A violent video of some people beating others with sticks is going viral on social media. It can be seen in the video that a few people are barging inside houses and dragging people out and then attacking them. Social media users are claiming that this is a video of barbaric nature of Muslims where […]
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Ayodhya Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha was held on 22 January. More than 5 lakhs devotees including VVIPs attended the ceremony. Against this backdrop, a video of a few people collecting money from a donation box is going viral. Social media users are claiming that this video is of the first day collection of the Ayodhya […]
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A few days back, an 18-year-old boy from a minority community lost his life in a fight after an accident in Rajasthan. The state government announced a compensation of 50 lakhs rupees and a contractual job for the victim’s family. In the backdrop of this, an image of a cheque of 50 lakh rupees issued […]
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Whenever it is time for a vacation, whether it is a family vacation or a solo trip, people search for beautiful places to visit. Imagine you came to know about a tourist place with a beautiful scenic view and made all arrangements for the trip. How much disappointing it will be when you reach the […]
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The video is actually a scene from a Rajasthani comedy short film starring actress Hema Prajapat and does not depict any real incident A video of a lady arguing with a bus driver over the driver’s seat is going popular on social media. In the viral video, how many times does the bus driver instruct […]
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The image of a huge crowd is going viral on social media claiming it to be from Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Joda Yatra. It has been shared with the claim that Rahul Gandhi’s initiative received such massive support when it entered Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on 4 December. Fact Crescendo received the viral video on our WhatsApp Tipline […]
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Inder Meghwal’s father confirmed to us that the video does not show the funeral procession of Inder Meghwal in Rajasthan. Days after a nine-year-old Dalit boy from Rajasthan’s Jalore district died after his ‘upper-caste’ school principal allegedly hit him for drinking water out of a clay pot meant for the principal, questions are being raised and […]
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A video of a rickshaw carrying policemen overturning into muddy water is going viral. It has been claimed that the incident was from Assam during the recent flood. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine (9049053770). We found out that this old video is not from Assam. WHAT’S THE […]
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ASI Dhannaram sent us the images of his injuries and confirmed to us that he had suffered injuries on his head and hand during the communal clashes at Jalori Gate in Jodhpur. A video of a police officer tying a blood-stained handkerchief on his forehead is widely circulating on social media with a claim that […]
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The video does not belong to Karauli, Rajasthan and not related to the recent communal violence there. The video is of an incident that took place in Uttar Pradesh during a Hindu New Year procession. Curfew was imposed in Karauli city of Rajasthan after communal tension broke out following stone-pelting at a motorcycle rally passing […]
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The video is not from India neither the man in the video is the priest of Pipleshwar Mahadev temple. A video showing a man sleeping alongside three cheetahs is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the video is from the temple of Pipleshwar Mahadev in Sirohi, Rajasthan. It is further claimed […]
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The image has no relation with the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Elections. Image shows BJP leader Kailash Meghwal whom farmer in Rajasthan allegedly attacked in 2021. As the election dates for Uttar Pradesh approach closer, social media platforms are witnessing more and more misleading and false content. In this series, an image showing a man with […]
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The image is from Narsingdi district in Bangladesh showing a family of five who converted to Islam from Hinduism. The image has no relation with Rajasthan. An image showing a Muslim family sitting together is widely circulating on social media claiming that the image is from Rajasthan where a family of five Hindu members converted […]
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In relation to the corona virus epidemic, a popular video is being shared on social media in which two men are seen attacking a man with an axe. Through this video it is being claimed that the video is of a recent incident in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, where a man named Revat Singh was brutally murdered […]
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On 8th September 2019, a post was shared on a Facebook page named ‘United Andhbhakt’. In this post a video has been shown. In this video it can be seen that three men are being brutally beaten up by the police using sticks and 2 people are being taken to the police station in a […]
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On 29 August 2019, a video has been shared on a Facebook page called ‘Madhesh 24 Hours’, in which the crowd is trying to catch a woman nearby. The description of the video reads, “woman caught red-handed while kidnapping little children in Manda”. This post claims’s that the woman shown in the video is a […]
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On 22nd July 2019, a Facebook user named Mohd Shameem Manihar shared a video with a claim that “in Modi’s Gujarat the terror of saffron terrorists. The incident took place at Ajwa crossroad Vadodara at around 3:00pn in the afternoon. A Muslim man was tied with ropes and beaten brutally by saffron terrorist. In this […]
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On 4th July, a Facebook user named AiMiM Rayachoty youth posted a video. The title of the video was “Supporters of Tabrez Ansari took part in a procession in Agra. If you wish you live in India, then say Allah Hu Akbar. Dalit Muslims carried out the procession. A video of men wielding sticks and […]
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On 16th July 2019, a Facebook user named Nirdesh Singh posted this photograph on Facebook. It was mentioned in the photograph that an auto mechanic Suresh Sain from the dalit community offered his hands to save himself from the gangsters. The racist goons cut both his hands with their sword. We can see a person […]
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A Facebook user named ‘The Army Wife’s Diary’ shared a post on 29 May 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “Indian Soldiers guarding in the scorching desert of Rajasthan. Why did you stop now, say Jai Hind.” As per this post’s claim, the woman shown in the post is an Indian soldier. Let […]
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