uttarakhand
By Shefali Srivastava An old video purportedly showing Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami distributing cash in exchange for votes is viral online as recent. BOOM found that the video dates back to 2022 and was taken during the Uttarakhand assembly elections when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and Dhami of buying votes. The viral video is divided in two parts, one shows an envelope with the name of Shiv Arora, that has Rs 1000 in it. The second part shows CM Dhami being confronted by a group of people for distributing cash in exchange for votes. Congres...
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By Srijit Das A video showing an agitated mob running on the streets of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, is viral on social media with a false claim that it shows an attack on the police by Muslim refugees in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. BOOM spoke to a shop owner from the area in Bareilly, who confirmed that the video shows an incident from Bareilly from February 9, 2024. Supporters of Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Tauqeer Raza Khan took to streets after his detention by police. According to the shop owner, the incident happened on Shyam Ganj Road area of Bareilly. On February 8, communal violence broke o...
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By Srijit Das A video of a confrontation between an agitated mob and a police personnel is circulating on social media with a false claim that it happened in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. BOOM found that the video is from Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, where a confrontation happened between a mob and a police personnel Anand Singh on February 3, 2024. On February 8, communal violence broke out over an anti-encroachment operation in Haldwani's Banphoolpura area in Uttarakhand, aimed at demolishing what district officials deemed an 'unauthorized' madrasa and an adjoining mosque. The violence killed ...
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By Srijit Das An old video showing a large gathering of Muslims in front of an Eidgah has been peddled on social media, with a misleading and communal claim that the footage shows a recent event that took place in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. BOOM found that the claim is misleading. The video is from Haridwar and has been online since May 2022 around the time of the Islamic festival of Eid-Ul-Fitr that year. In the 16-second video, an individual can be seen recording a large gathering of Muslims in front of an Eidgah, from a balcony. The video was posted by right-wing X handle @ajaychauhan41 with a ...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing Lord Ram's hologram on a clock tower is viral online with the false claim that the video is from Lal Chowk, Srinagar. BOOM found that the video is from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and not Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. As devotees across the country look forward to the opening of the temple, opposition leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge and the four main religious heads or Shankaracharyas have refused to attend the event. While the opposition claims that the inauguration...
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By Srijit Das A video of a Muslim man running away to escape a mob chasing him in Dehradun, Uttarakhand is being shared falsely linking it to communal violence-hit Haryana. The clip also shows a policeman trying to intervene and save the man from the mob. One of the men in the mob can be seen sporting a saffron stole. BOOM reached out to Patel Nagar police station who confirmed that the incident took place because of an argument at Mahant Indiresh hospital in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Several political leaders across the country raised questions about the failure of law and order in Haryana after...
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By Runjay Kumar The video of a group of Kanwariyas toppling a car in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, is being shared with the claim that the crowd attacked a Muslim couple sitting inside. BOOM found that the claims were misleading, and the driver was a man named Pratap Singh. The woman sitting beside him in a burqa was a known acquaintance. The video shows some Kanwariyas (devotees of Lord Shiva), dressed in orange clothes and arguing with a man sitting in a blue car. The woman leaves the car and shortly after, the crowd topples the car. This video is being shared with a communal spin that a Muslim cou...
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By Srijit Das A video showing a physical altercation between a group of people and a few horse and mule operators in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand is going viral online with a false and communal claim that the clip shows Muslim men attacking Hindu devotees at the pilgrimage site. BOOM spoke to DSP Guptkashi Vimal Rawat who confirmed that there is no communal angle to the incident and that both the victims and assailants are Hindus. The video shows a group of horse and mule operators involved in an argument with a few pilgrims on their way to visit Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand. The operators can late...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video of a burst LPG cylinder found under a train is going viral on social media with the claim that “a Muslim man threw an Indane cylinder filled with gas on the tracks in Haldwani”. BOOM found this claim to be false; according to our investigation, the viral video - shot on July 5 2022 in Haldwani - does not show a Muslim man throwing the cylinder on the track. Haldwani Railway Police had registered a complaint against a person named Gangaram for throwing a cylinder on the track. The 2.11 minute-long video shows a person taking out a burst LPG cylinder from under a trai...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old photo of children sitting on the floor and studying in a rural school is being shared with the false claim that it is from the BJP-ruled stated Uttarakhand. BOOM found that the photo is from Bihar and was taken in 2013. The photo shows children sitting on the floor with their books while a teacher is present to highlight the lack of infrastructure and basic facilities in the school. On Twitter, the post was shared by Y. Sathish Reddy with the caption, "#BJP Model school in #Uttarakhand 👇". Sathish Reddy is a part of KCR's Bharat Rashtra Samithi formerly known as Telangan...
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