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המשרוקית של גלובסCrime & justice

כדי לבצע האזנת סתר לנבחר ציבור יש צורך באישור של שופט עליון

Publisher’s rating: נכון ברובו

The claim arose after a January 2022 investigation by Calcalist into police use of NSO’s Pegasus spyware. In a radio interview, Knesset member משה ארבל said that wiretapping an elected official requires approval from the Supreme Court, and alleged that police could evade this requirement by targeting the official’s associates. The review distinguishes legal interception of communications from the spyware investigation’s reported phone intrusions: it notes that the Wiretap Law concerns listening to conversations, while the investigation also concerned access to phones.

FACTLYCrime & justice

UP police arrested the two young men who performed dangerous bike stunts carrying a pistol in public

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review concerns images shared with the claim that Uttar Pradesh police had caught the two young men in a viral stunt video. It describes the video as showing one man riding a motorcycle while another sat on his shoulders and posed with what looked like a pistol. The review’s finding is that the incident took place in Armoli village near Surat, Gujarat, and that Surat Police—not UP police—arrested both men and filed a case against them. It also reports that the apparent pistol was a lighter. (S1: “This video shows one boy riding a motorcycle while the other was sitting on his shoulder and posing with a pistol in his hand.”; “The incident shared in the post took place at Armoli village in Surat, Gujarat. Surat Police arrested both the young men and filed a case against them. The pistol carried by one of them was found to be a lighter.”) The review explains how it connected the circulated images to the Gujarat incident: a reverse image search found similar stunt visuals in a Zee 24 Kalak article, which reported that the stunt had taken place in Surat. It then cites a Navabharat Times report identifying Armoli village near Surat and says that a visible portion of the motorcycle’s number plate helped Surat police catch the men. The review names them as Nagajan Odedara, 26, and Bharat Ghadvi, 21. (S1: “On reverse image search of the photos shared in the post, similar bike stunt visuals were found in an article published by the ‘Zee 24 Kalak’ new channel on 02 January 2022. This article reported that this bike stunt of two young men carrying a pistol in their hands had taken place in Surat.”; “With a hint of the visible bike number plate in the viral video, Surat police reportedly caught both these young men.”; “the two young men who performed this bike stunt are identified as Nagajan Odedara (26) and Bharat Ghadvi (21).”) As further corroboration, the review says Gujarat Minister Harsh Sanghavi confirmed the arrest in a tweet on 02 January 2022, and that Gujarat police released a picture of the two men apologising. These details support the distinction central to the claim: the arrests related to the stunt did occur, but the review places them in Gujarat, not Uttar Pradesh. (S1: “Gujarat Minister Harsh Sanghavi too confirmed the arrest of these two young men through a tweet on 02 January 2022.”; “Following the arrest, Gujarat police officials released the picture of these two young men apologising for their actions.”)

FACTLYCrime & justice

Video of SPG killing a beggar on the suspicion of a threat to Rajiv Gandhi

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The post claimed that a video showed the SPG shooting a beggar who was considered a threat when Rajiv Gandhi visited Raj Ghat. FACTLY identifies the footage as relating to an attempted assassination of Gandhi there in 1986, but says the available accounts do not support the alleged killing: “six persons were injured, and no one was killed.” It also reports that news accounts and official press releases did not mention a beggar being killed by the SPG. The review describes checking screenshots from the circulating video with reverse image search and relevant keywords. That search located the same video on the Associated Press Archive YouTube channel. As FACTLY recounts the archive’s description, the footage showed an attempted assassination on 2 October 1986, during a birth-anniversary program for Mahatma Gandhi; a person hiding in a gazebo shot at Rajiv Gandhi, who was unharmed. This provenance links the viral footage to the 1986 incident, not to an SPG killing of a beggar. FACTLY also cites a Press Information Bureau release issued on the day of the incident. It says the release reported that the person who fired shots was arrested and a country-made weapon was seized, without mentioning a beggar being killed. The review further says reports from 1986 described six people as wounded and none killed. Taken together, the cited accounts and the identified video support the conclusion that the footage is being presented with a misleading description.

Fact CrescendoCrime & justice

ड्रग्स मामले में फरार चल रहे अकाली दल के नेता बिक्रम सिंह मजीठिया की पहली तस्वीर सामने आई है। बिक्रम सिंह मजीठिया नए साल के मौके पर अमृतसर के स्वर्ण मंदिर में माथा टेकते हुए दिखाई दिए।

Publisher’s rating: False

BR24 FaktenfuchsCrime & justice

Die Polizei greift willkürlich eine Dame an

Publisher’s rating: Irreführend. Dem Video fehlt der Kontext und es ist zeitlich aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen. Der Vorfall ereignete sich am Rande einer verbotenen Querdenken-Demonstration in Kempten im April 2022.