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Crime & justice fact checks

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

6,837 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYCrime & justice

Video of a group of men dragging a woman out of an open drain in Uttar Pradesh

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a video showing men pulling a woman from an open drain, presented on social media as an incident in Uttar Pradesh. The investigation concluded that the video instead showed Begumpur in Delhi. It reports using reverse-image searches of keyframes to locate a longer version of the same video, which a local news channel uploaded to YouTube on 23 August 2022; that version identifies the incident as taking place in Begampur, Delhi. The review also checked visible location clues rather than relying only on the video’s caption. It identified signs for Fashion World, a partly obscured hospital name and Sahil Fitness Club, then compared the hospital sign with Google Street View imagery of Hira’s Multi-speciality Hospital in Begumpur. That comparison led the investigators to place the incident near Main Barwala Road, Begumpur Extension, Delhi, in front of the hospital. As further location evidence, the review describes a complaint to Delhi’s Public Works Department about the same incident, and says the department replied that it concerned the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Taken together, the video’s location clues, the street-view comparison and the longer version’s Delhi identification support the conclusion that the Uttar Pradesh attribution was wrong.

FACTLYCrime & justice

Video showing the recent visuals of Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh having food inside the Cherlapalli jail in Telangana

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a video presented as recent footage of Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh eating inside Cherlapalli jail after his arrest and remand. The review’s central finding is that the clip does not establish that setting: jail authorities said it was not filmed inside Cherlapalli jail, and the review reports that the video had circulated well before the arrest-related claim. To trace the clip, the review says it used reverse image search on screenshots from the video and found a post with similar visuals. That user described it as an old video of Raja Singh having breakfast inside Nampally court in Hyderabad. The review also found social media posts sharing the video in August 2021, with descriptions placing Singh at court. This earlier circulation contradicts its presentation as recent footage from the jail. The review further reports that Cherlapalli jail authorities issued a press note on 28 August 2022 addressing the viral clip. They said it was not shot inside the jail and stated that Singh was being provided facilities under jail rules amid tight security. Taken together, the reported earlier circulation and the authorities’ clarification undermine the claim’s timing and location, while the excerpt does not independently establish the precise filming location.