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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

YouturnCrime & justice

This gang has adopted a new way of kidnapping girls. A man dresses as a woman in bus, sits on “ladies” seat beside a female and during the journey, uses anesthesia to make her unconscious when no one is looking. Then, he speaks of course in the voice of a woman and says she’s calling ambulance. Ambulance arrives within some time, driven by his own gang, who take the girl and no one objects as they don’t even know. A man exposed them via video. Hats off. RT max to spread awareness.

Publisher’s rating: False

YouturnCrime & justice

கேரளாவின் கொச்சியில், புர்கா அணிந்த முஸ்லிம் இளைஞர் ஒருவர், பெண்கள் கழிவறைக்குள் நுழைந்து, பெண்களை ரகசியமாக வீடியோ எடுக்கத் தொடங்கினார். மால் செக்யூரிட்டி ஊழியர்கள் அவரை பார்த்ததும் அங்கு பரபரப்பு ஏற்பட்டது. இதன் பின்னர், குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்ட முஸ்லீம் நபர் போலீசில் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டார். குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவர் ரோபோடிக்ஸ் பொறியாளர் மற்றும் தனியார் நிறுவனத்தில் பணிபுரிகிறார்.

Publisher’s rating: False

FACTLYCrime & justice

Visuals show former Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan being physically tortured in jail

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan that circulated as evidence he had been physically tortured in jail. FACTLY’s review says the footage instead came from an interview recorded before his arrest. Its central finding is that the viral version was edited: it shows Khan with his eyes closed, while the original interview footage does not. The review therefore concludes that the video does not show him being tortured in jail. [S1]

FACTLYCrime & justice

A stockpile of illegal weapons including a light machine gun was seized from a Madarsa in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The post paired several weapon images with a claim that six clerics were arrested and a stockpile, including a light machine gun, was seized in a raid on a madarsa in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The review found that the underlying arrest was real: Bijnor police arrested six clerics in 2019 for smuggling illegal weapons. But it says police reporting identified five pistols and cartridges, not a light machine gun. To check the images, the review used reverse image search and found a similar image in a Bijnor police station tweet posted on 11 July 2019. The review says the tweet confirmed the arrests and the recovery of five pistols and cartridges. It also reports searching for related news coverage and finding no mention of a light machine gun. The images did not all depict that Bijnor incident. According to the review, only the third image was related; the first two showed weapons recovered in Rajkot, Gujarat, and the fourth came from a sword-manufacturing factory in Punjab. It describes the remaining images as originating from unrelated sources. Thus, the real 2019 smuggling case did not substantiate the post’s added claim about a light machine gun, and several images were presented out of context.

FACTLYCrime & justice

Video of a man being thrashed for making ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans during the screening of Gadar 2 film

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video presented as showing a man being beaten for shouting “Pakistan Zindabad” during a screening of Gadar 2. The fact-check identifies the incident as a fight at Prasad Cinema in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, and reports that the slogans were not its cause. Instead, a spectator’s phone screen disturbed other viewers while he captured screenshots of a scene; an argument followed and escalated into a fight. The review therefore rates the claim False. To investigate, the fact-check says it searched relevant keywords and found a video with similar visuals published by Times Now. It also consulted the Kotwali station house officer, Dharmendra Kumar. Kumar’s account was that the light from the phone caused a disturbance, leading to an argument and then a fight; he explicitly rejected the social-media claim that slogans caused the clash. The review further reports that other news agencies described the altercation as involving two intoxicated individuals during the screening at Prasads Theatre in Kotwali, Bareilly. The key distinction is between the genuine fight shown in the video and the explanation attached to it online. The review’s account attributes the confrontation to the phone-related disturbance and resulting argument, not to “Pakistan Zindabad” chants. It does not present the video itself as evidence of such chanting; rather, it relies on its comparison with similar footage and the police account to explain the incident.

FACTLYCrime & justice

Footage shows police in Mewat thrashing the rioters

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns footage of police striking a crowd, said to show police in Mewat, Haryana, thrashing rioters. FACTLY reports that the video instead shows police lathi-charging BJP workers in Patna, Bihar. The review’s identification therefore places the footage in a different city and in a march involving BJP workers, not the claimed Mewat incident. The review describes two checks used to identify the location. Its investigators observed a shop sign, “Chhabra Sports and Fitness,” in footage and searched for the shop’s location, finding it in Patna. They then searched for reporting about the video and found July 2023 news reports containing footage that matched the viral clip. According to the review, the reports described the BJP workers as taking part in a march to the Vidhan Sabha seeking a response about a promised 10 lakh jobs. The review also notes that the BJP reportedly alleged one of its leaders died in the incident. These details provide the event context reported for the footage; they do not support the claim that it depicts police in Mewat.