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By Srijit Das A video of two women applying Holi colours on each other while performing a choreographed dance, is a real video shot inside a packed Delhi metro car, and not a deepfake as stated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The video is also being shared with a false claim that it was shot in the Kolkata metro. BOOM was able to confirm that the video was not created using deepfake technology but shot in one of the Delhi Metro coaches with the women performing a dance which involved applying Holi colours to each other. The DMRC released the clarification after the video went viral...
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By Srijit Das A morphed newspaper clipping of Hindi daily Dainik Jagran is circulating on social media platforms with claims that the newspaper has started a campaign titled 'One Neighborhood, One Goat' ahead of the Eid-al-Fitr celebrations to limit the sacrifice of goats during the festivities. BOOM found that the original picture shows a Dainik Jagran-initiative titled 'One neighborhood, One bonfire' to promote eco-friendly Holika Dahan celebrations. Holika Dahan is celebrated a day before Holi where bonfires are lit. The Hindi text in the viral photo translates to, "This time on Bakri Eid, ...
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By Hazel Gandhi Social media posts claiming that the Delhi Police received over 35,000 complaints on Holi related to molestation, harassment and quarrels are misleading. BOOM found that the reports are six years old, and the figures this year on the day of Holi were not above the usual average. The InShorts report that is cited by most social media posts alleges that the complaints included 11 cases of murder, 21 rape and molestation cases, 211 eve teasing cases, 46 instances of road rage, 142 cases of stabbing and around 40 of shootout and firing. The misleading claim has surfaced as actual i...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old and unrelated video of UP CM Yogi Adityanath applying tilak from ashes is being shared online as his way of paying tribute to the police constable who died protecting Umesh Pal, prime witness in the 2005 case of MLA Raju Pal's murder. BOOM found that the video is at least as old as 2022 and has no links to Umesh Pal's case. On February 24, 2023, lawyer Umesh Pal, the sole witness in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal, was attacked and murdered outside his residence in Prayagraj. Constable Raghvendra Singh, who was in charge of his security was also injured during the shootou...
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