A video of individuals damaging what appear to be electronic voting machines (EVMs) is making the rounds on social media, with some users alleging that a furious mob stopped a Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s car and destroyed EVMs in Vijayapura district of Karnataka.
The viral video is from an arrest of people illegally smuggling alcohol in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. The viral video has been circulating with false claims since August 2020.
“Internal trafficking is India’s biggest concern, not exterior trafficking. The main offender in this case is bonded, underpaid work. In India, there are 8 million trafficking victims, the bulk of them are bonded labourers,” says a research.
The Logical Indian fact check team verified the claim and found it false as the person in the viral CCTV footage is a resident of Odisha and not a wanted Gangster Guddu Muslim.
We found that the image of Imran Khan in a jail following his arrest used by AajTak is an image generated by an AI generative tool named ”Midjourney.”
The Logical Indian fact-check team verified the claim and found it misleading as The viral video is a cropped version of an election rally held by Congress in Hubbali, Karnataka, on May 6.
The video in question is a gaming video from 2020 created by an Instagram user ‘Instagram user: @threatty_. It has nothing to do with Manipur violence.
The video is around four-years-old when in 2019, this incident came to light following an Income Tax (IT) raid during the Lok Sabha elections wherein cash in Rs 2000 denomination worth Rs 2.3 crores was recovered from a stepney wheel of the vehicle.
We found that the viral video shows Prakash Raj criticizing the Congress in a video from 17 April 2019. The video was shot before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the Bangalore Central seat, where Raj contested as an Independent candidate.
Viral image is from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The victim was identified as Ayushi Yadav, who her parents killed for marrying a man against their will.
We are the responsible custodian of your information diet—because what you consume, is what you become.
The Logical Indian is India’s first public-spirited digital publisher committed to amplifying socially relevant and underrepresented stories. Our mission, “Awareness for Action,” is grounded in the belief that change happens through action, and action happens through awareness.
