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Crime & justice fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about crime & justice. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

6,833 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYCrime & justice

A purported letter of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) informing court notices to the individuals allegedly accused of cybercrimes

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a purported Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) letter alleging that recipients were involved in cybercrimes and warning of legal action unless they replied to a supposed court order within 24 hours. FACTLY reports that the message appeared to come from a cybercrime agency administrator named Rajesh Kumar and claimed that cyber-infiltration had been detected from the recipient’s IP address. The review’s stated conclusion is that the letter was not genuine. To check the claim, FACTLY says it searched for whether I4C was issuing such notices and found a statement from the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check about the circulating letter. The decisive evidence reported is PIB’s clarification that the letter was fake and that no such letter had been issued by any Government of India organization. FACTLY quotes the PIB statement as saying: “This letter is fake” and “No such letter has been issued by any organization under GOI.” The review therefore distinguishes the alarming allegations in the purported letter from an actual government-issued notice: the PIB clarification directly addressed the circulated letter and denied that any government organization had issued it. FACTLY also notes that other news sites reported the PIB clarification, but its described verification rests on the PIB statement it found.

FACTLYCrime & justice

ఆస్ట్రేలియాలో నివసించే ఒక భారతీయ మహిళ, తన ప్రియుడితో కలిసి తన భర్తకు పిండి చేసిన ఆపిల్ విత్తనాలను ఇచ్చి చంపింది. ఆపిల్ విత్తనాలలో సైనైడ్ విడుదల చేసే అమిగ్డాలిన్ అనే సమ్మేళనం ఉంటుంది

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

FACTLYCrime & justice

American police employed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘bulldozer model’ to arrest a person who shot four policemen

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns the arrest of Terran Green in the United States and alleges that police used Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “bulldozer model.” FACTLY’s account says Green had shot one Harris County Sheriff’s deputy and was accused of wounding three other law-enforcement officers. It describes the police action as an effort to end a prolonged standoff and capture him, rather than as the use of a political demolition policy. The review concludes that the claim is false. [S1 evidence: “a man named Terran Green shot Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy, Joseph Anderson during a traffic stop and was also accused of wounding three law enforcement officers.”] The review reports that a SWAT team used a heavily armoured vehicle called the Rook, whose hydraulic arm smashed into the residence where Green was shooting at officers. It says Green was not the home’s owner or leaseholder: public records indicated it was rented by a woman. The property owner, Michael Hill, had been contacted by FBI officials before the operation to provide floor plans. Those details identify the target as a residence used in the standoff, not a property attributed to Green or evidence of a general “bulldozer model.” [S1 evidence: “Finally, Green was captured using the hydraulic arm of the vehicle called the Rook, smashing into the residence.”]

YouturnCrime & justice

பெண்கள் போல் வேடமிட்டு அவர்களுக்குப் பக்கத்தில் அமர்ந்து சாப்பிடக் கொடுப்பார்கள். சாப்பிட்டவர் மயக்கமுற்றவுடன் அவர்கள் தங்கள் ஆட்கள் ஏற்பாடு செய்த ஆம்புலன்சை வரவழித்து மருத்துவமனைக்கு அழைத்துச் செல்வது போல் நடிப்பார்கள். இதுதான் அவர்களின் திட்டம். ஏற்கனவே ஆயிரக்கணக்கான பெண்கள் காணாமல் போன சம்பவங்கள் உள்ளன.. பெண்கள் கவனமாக இருக்க வேண்டும். இதை ஒவ்வொரு குழுவிற்கும் பகிரவும்..

Publisher’s rating: False