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The video shows two individuals arrested by the UP Police for refusing to burn garbage containing dead bodies after the Maha Kumbh stampede.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the people in the video as Rajkumar Raghuvanshi and Raj Patel, from Pithampur, Indore. It says they set themselves on fire during a protest against disposal of toxic waste, before the Maha Kumbh began, and that the incident was unrelated to Uttar Pradesh.
A video shows the police arrest those responsible for causing the stampede at the 2025 Prayagraj Maha Kumbh.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found that the video was scripted and featured people portraying freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev, rather than police arresting stampede suspects. It reports that the video was uploaded before the stampede occurred.
భారతదేశంలో ఒక ముస్లిం మహిళ లైసెన్స్ అడిగినందుకు పోలీసులపై అరవడం చూపిస్తున్న వీడియో.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The viral video shows police arresting individuals who pelted stones at a train heading to the Kumbh Mela.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video shows police intervening in a clash between two Trinamool Congress factions in Suri, West Bengal, not people arrested for pelting stones at a train heading to the Kumbh Mela. FACTLY reports the clash occurred on 28 January 2025 and says the video has nothing to do with the Kumbh Mela incident.
In Dahod, Gujarat, the Prime Minister’s home state, a tribal woman was stripped, paraded and brutally beaten
Publisher’s rating: Misleading Claim, the incident has originated from a personal dispute and there is no caste-based angle involved in it.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Publisher’s rating: Needs Context
“Caribeño es eliminado en 3 tiempos por Carabineros”: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Photo Shows Police Officers Taking Away Man in “Latinos for Trump” Shirt
Publisher’s rating: Altered
A video shows lawyers attacking the person accused of attempting to vandalise Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue in Amritsar, in the court.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video shows lawyers attacking Ajay Singh at a court in Raipur, not the person accused in the Amritsar statue incident. It reports that the Amritsar incident occurred on 26 January 2025, while the Raipur assault took place on 17 January 2025.
viral video of police clash is from gujarat and not delhi
Publisher’s rating: False
In Deutschland sind Afghanen und Pakistaner proportional 16-mal häufiger in Vergewaltigungen verwickelt als deutsche Staatsbürger.
Publisher’s rating: Irreführend. Die beiden zugrunde liegenden Statistiken sind nicht miteinander vergleichbar.
అమృత్సర్లో డాక్టర్ బీ.ఆర్. అంబేడ్కర్ విగ్రహాన్ని ధ్వంసం చేసేందుకు యత్నించిన నిందితుడిపై కోర్టులో లాయర్లు దాడి చేసిన వీడియో.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Video of a police officer in Punjab running away from a news reporter after he was caught smoking weed
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
कुंभ मेले में एक महिला का डेढ़ लाख का हार चोरी हो गया
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक