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By Srijit Das A video claiming a Hindu woman in Bangladesh was harassed and not allowed to board a bus by members of the Muslim community, for not wearing a burqa during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is false and scripted. BOOM found that the video was staged by actors and does not show a real incident from Bangladesh as being claimed. In the 22-second video, a woman can be seen arguing with a bus conductor who initially refuses to let her board the bus claiming she is not wearing a burqa. The conductor later also asks the woman to get off from the bus for the same reason. The video is bei...
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By Swasti Chatterjee A scripted interview sequence between a man and a woman in a burqa, where she says that she will remove her hijab in front of a dentist only if he treats her with closed eyes, is circulating as a real incident. The video shows the man posing questions in Kannada on Islam and women wearing hijabs in schools and colleges. The woman in reply speaks about the Islamic traditions and explains why her face may remain covered even in a girls' college. In the latter part of the video the interviewer poses a question about being treated by a male dentist. To this, the woman bizarrel...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video showing a few men rescuing a girl who is tied and kept immersed in water is viral with the claim that it shows a Muslim girl forcibly immersed in water by her in-laws, to make her conceive a child on the advise of a Muslim seer. BOOM found this claim to be false; our fact-check reveals that this video is an enactment, made by a content creator called Ankur Jatuskaran, and does not show a real-life scenario. Also Read:Video Of Hindu Sena Member Peddled As Manipur Governor At RSS Backed Event The video shows two men arriving at a small pond where a girl is seen tied u...
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By Archis Chowdhury A disturbing video showing several individuals, with some in police uniform, torturing a man subdued on the floor is being shared on social media with the claim that it shows a real instance of police brutality. BOOM found this claim to be false; our fact-check reveals that the video going viral has been scripted and enacted, and uploaded on YouTube by a channel named Vipin Pandey Entertainment Production, and does not show a real instance of torture in police custody. Also Read:COVID-19 Sub-Variant 'Eris' Spreading in UK; Experts Say No Immediate Concern In India The video...
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By Srijit Das A scripted video from Bangladesh showing a group of men helping a woman elope is viral with false communal claims that she is a Hindu who was trapped and lured by a Muslim man into marriage. The video is circulating with a false 'love jihad' spin in India; Love Jihad refers to an alleged conspiracy by Muslim men to lure Hindu women into converting to Islam on the pretext of love or marriage. The video shows a man and a woman clandestinely get into a moving car with the help of a friend. Later, the friend along with others escape in an auto rickshaw; the entire video has been film...
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By Kaisar Andrabi Scripted videos have gained momentum in India, becoming popular on social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube. These videos are shared under the guise of real-life events. In 2022, scripted videos gained significant popularity among YouTube viewers in India, according to YouTube's official blog post. The context and messaging within these videos are manipulated, often communal and misogynist in nature. So, why exactly are scripted videos so popular? What is social media's role in them? What should the government do? Decode spoke to Nirali Bhatia who is a Counseling Psyc...
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By Hazel Gandhi Several news outlets including News18 and DNA have shared a scripted video where two men are marrying the same woman and claimed that the incident is real. BOOM found that the video is scripted and the people in it are actors. BOOM has previously debunked other instances where a scripted video is peddled as real. Read our fact-checks here. Shared by News 18 with the headline, "2 boys took turns marrying a girl, made her wear mangalsutra together, tremendous example of Sharing Is Caring" (Original text in Hindi: "2 लड़कों ने बारी-बारी से भरी लड़की की मांग, मिल-बांट कर पहनाया मंगलस...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video purporting to show a Muslim man being thrashed for kidnapping a child while wearing a burqa is going viral online with the false claim that it is a true incident. BOOM found that the video was scripted and such an incident did not take place. The video shows a man in a burqa holding a child as another man enters and starts beating him up for kidnapping the child. The 30-second clip then shows the kidnapper being thrashed continuously. The video is circulating with the caption, "Hijab is also being used for child theft... Be careful" (Original text in Hindi: "हिजाब भी इस...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video, purportedly showing a Maulvi, or Islamic cleric, trying to drag a seemingly unconscious woman into a room, is viral with the claim that he was attempting to assault the woman in the name of exorcism. BOOM found these claims to be false; we found a longer version of the footage, which contained a disclaimer stating that the entire video has been scripted, and that everything shown is imaginary. Furthermore, we found that the old man playing the role of the 'maulvi' has acted in other similarly scripted videos. Throughout the year, BOOM has fact-checked many scripted...
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By Anmol Alphonso A scripted video showing a woman stealing a man's mobile phone seconds before the metro door closes and the train leaves the station, is being shared falsely claiming it is a real incident. BOOM found that the incident in the viral video is staged and confirmed with the YouTube channel that uploaded the video. In the viral video, we hear people recording the video commenting saying that woman is just standing near the metro door and not entering the train, and seconds before the train doors close we see her snatch a man's mobile phone from his hand and run away. The video is ...
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