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By Hazel Gandhi The video of a father-daughter duo performing an old Hindi song is being shared with a false claim that a Kuki and Meitei are singing together in Manipur amid the unrest between the two communities. BOOM found that the video shows Shekinah Mukhiya and her father from Dehradun, Uttarakhand-- none of them are related to the Kuki or Meitei communities in Manipur. The Supreme Court has appointed former Mumbai Police Commissioner Dattatray Padsalgikar to monitor a CBI probe into the sexual violence in Manipur. Along with this, a three-judge women panel comprising former High Court j...
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By Hazel Gandhi A clipped video of a Meitei woman talking about the unrest in Manipur has been shared with the false claim that she criticised the opposition for turning a blind eye to the crisis in the state and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking action. BOOM found that the video has been clipped and shared out of context to make the claim; in the full video, the woman is criticising the central government for not taking action sooner. In the 2-minute long video, the woman is speaking to opposition leaders Kanhimozi Karunanidhi from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Adhir Ranjan C...
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By Hazel Gandhi A distressing video from Myanmar showing a woman's beheading is viral online with the false claim that the incident took place in Manipur where Kuki militants dressed up as Meiteis and killed her. BOOM found that the video is from Myanmar and the incident took place on February 19, 2022. The video shows a man using a knife repeatedly to kill the woman lying down on the ground. The deathly conflict in Manipur between the Kuki and Meitei communities began in early May after the High Court asked the state government to consider including Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribe list, a move...
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By Srijit Das A viral message falsely claims that people from the Kuki community are entering trains in Assam, those from Guwahati to Silchar of Assam to look for Meitei people. BOOM reached out to Dima Hasao Police in Assam who confirmed that the messages are false and confirmed that there are no reports about such a search operation being launched by the Kukis. According to news reports, fresh violence erupted on July 26 in Manipur's Moreh Bazar area, located near the Myanmar border. Reports say Kuki locals at Sapormeina area allegedly stopped buses of security forces arriving from Dimapur o...
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By Hazel Gandhi News outlet Asian News International (ANI) misreported on Thursday that a Muslim man named Abdul Hilim, was arrested in relation to the viral video of two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted in Manipur's Thoubal district by a mob. The news agency quoted Manipur Police in its now deleted tweet, however, BOOM found that Abdul Hilim, was a cadre of the separatist group People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak - Progressive (PREPAK Pro) and was arrested in Imphal; he had no connection to the viral video in question. ANI tweeted a retraction and an apology on Friday a...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing a church burning in France is viral with the claim that the church was set ablaze by BJP supporters in Manipur. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video is from Marne, France, where a 16th century church recently burned down. The violence between the Kuki and Meitei community has grappled Manipur for more than 2 months now, leading to a death toll of over 140. The clip of the church burning is being shared in this context. The 25-second clip shows flames coming out of the church before its steeple collapses. A caption on Twitter reads, "Manipur- Imphal...
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By Anmol Alphonso The Indigenous Tribal Leaders 'Forum (ITLF), a conglomerate of several tribal groups in Manipur distanced itself from a press release claiming that the forum extended an apology to the Kuki people for "misguidance and conflict with Meitei people," and called the statement fake. The press release went viral on social media and was published by wire agency Asian News International (ANI) whose story was republished by several other news organisations. ANI later deleted their article and issued a correction. Manipur has been gripped by ethnic violence between the Kuki and Meitei ...
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