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Crime & justice fact checks

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

6,854 published reviews in this topic

YouturnCrime & justice

பசியின் கொடுமையால் திருடி சாப்பிட்டதாக சொல்லி அடித்துக் கொல்லப்பட்டவர் கேரளாவைச் சேர்ந்த மது. மதுவின் சகோதரிக்கு தற்போது கேரளா காவல் படையில் பழங்குடியினர் இட ஒதுக்கீட்டில் பணி வழங்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது.

Publisher’s rating: True

Fact CrescendoCrime & justice

Anbumani Ramadoss has 12 criminal cases

Publisher’s rating: MIXTURE

The review examines a Facebook post that presented Anbumani Ramadoss as the candidate with the most criminal cases among those contesting across India. The specific number attributed to him was 12 pending cases. The review treats that number as supported, but distinguishes it from the broader claim that he ranked first nationwide. To check the post’s provenance and claim, the reviewer located a Thanthi TV special-news video dated April 15 and says that, at 4:44, it reported 12 pending criminal cases against Ramadoss. The review then says it found a Hindu report identifying Dindigul independent candidate R. Eswaran as having 14 cases, citing the state election-monitoring official. That comparison places Eswaran above Ramadoss and contradicts the post’s claim that Ramadoss had the most cases in India. The review also reports that Ramadoss himself disclosed 12 pending cases in his nomination papers. Its conclusion is therefore qualified: the figure of 12 is supported, while the claim that he was the candidate with the highest number of cases nationally is false. The review further describes him as second in Tamil Nadu by case count. The supplied excerpt does not include the linked Hindu report or the nomination document itself, so those details are reported here as the fact-check’s account of its sources, not as independently inspected records.

Fact CrescendoCrime & justice

Claim: Madras High Court ordered not to arrest TASMAC protesters

Publisher’s rating: TRUE

The review examined a social-media post saying the Madras High Court had ordered the government not to arrest anyone protesting against TASMAC shops. The post used a photograph of High Court judge Krupakaran and thanked him for the supposed ruling. The review notes that the post’s wording gave no date for the judgment, so it investigated whether such an order had been made. The review describes two related episodes, rather than a blanket immunity for all protesters. It recounts that people protesting a TASMAC shop in Thirumullaivoyal, near Chennai, were arrested and remanded in May 2017, and that a case was brought before the High Court seeking their release. According to the review, Krupakaran said he would prohibit arrests of people protesting against TASMAC shops. In later proceedings, the government said cases were registered only against people who engaged in violence or obstructed the public or traffic; the judge then ordered that peaceful protesters opposing TASMAC shops should not be arrested. The review therefore treats the post as accurate, but its account includes an important qualification: the protection described concerns peaceful protest, not violent conduct or obstruction. It also says protests cannot be held in front of TASMAC shops; designated locations are used for demonstrations. The article’s conclusion supports the claim’s central point about the High Court’s order while its own details narrow how that point should be understood.

Fact CrescendoCrime & justice

Claim: Impotence drugs seized from a Sri lankan Muslim hotel

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review investigates a viral Facebook post alleging that impotence or infertility drugs were seized from a Muslim hotel in Sri Lanka. It says the post circulated alongside claims that the drugs were intended to reduce reproduction among Hindus and Christians and increase it among Muslims. The investigation identifies the accompanying photograph as depicting a different incident, rather than a seizure at a hotel: “இந்த புகைப்படத்தை கூகுளில் பதிவேற்றி, ரிவர்ஸ் இமேஜ் தேடல் செய்தோம்” and “இலங்கை தலைநகர் கொழும்புவில், சட்டவிரோதமாக விற்கப்பட்டு வந்த மருந்து, மாத்திரைகள் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டதாகவும், அதுபற்றிய புகைப்படங்களே நாம் ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் பார்த்தவை எனவும் தெரியவந்தது.” The review describes the actual incident as police searching a home in Colombo after receiving information that a Muslim trader, Abdul Karthar, was importing and selling medicines from Pakistan despite a Sri Lankan ban. It reports that officers searched his home on Wolfendhal Street and seized medicines valued at about four million Sri Lankan rupees; Abdul and his son, Fasaadeen, were arrested. These details describe a seizure at a residence involving allegedly illegal medicine sales, not a hotel or evidence that the medicine was being mixed into food: “கொழும்பு வோல்ஃபன்தால் தெருவில் உள்ள அந்த நபரின் வீட்டில் போலீசார் சோதனையிட்டதில், இலங்கை ரூபாய் மதிப்பில் சுமார் 4 மில்லியன் மதிப்புடைய மருந்துகள் சிக்கின. இதன்பேரில், அப்துல் மற்றும் அவரது மகன் ஃபாசாதீன் ஆகியோரை போலீசார் கைது செய்துள்ளனர்.” The review says it used reverse-image search and checked the reporting it found, naming the Daily Mirror as a source of a detailed account. It concludes that the viral post repurposed a photograph from this separate incident and that the hotel allegation was false. The supplied excerpt does not provide the Daily Mirror article itself, so the account here is limited to what the review reports about its investigation and findings.

NewtralCrime & justice

La alerta del niño supuestamente desaparecido en Godella

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned a widely shared Facebook image presented as an alert for an 11-year-old supposedly missing in Godella. Newtral reports that the posts asked people to share the image and that it had been shared almost 2,000 times. The review identifies the image as a childhood photo of the boy, rather than evidence that he was missing. (S1: “Una foto, compartida casi 2.000 veces en Facebook, muestra a un niño de 11 años supuestamente desaparecido en la localidad de Godella. Las publicaciones piden compartir la imagen.”) The review says Godella’s town council confirmed that the alert was a hoax. It also reports that the phone number shown in the post belonged to the boy himself, who said someone had taken a photo of him as a child and made it into a meme. These details directly undermine the post’s presentation of the image as a genuine missing-child alert. (S1: “El Ayuntamiento de Godella nos ha confirmado que es un bulo. El número que aparece en la publicación es del propio niño de mayor, quien especifica que es falso y que es ‘alguien que ha tomado una foto de mí de pequeño y ha hecho un meme’.”)