The viral visuals are a snipped portion of SBS documentary on the show ‘The Swap’ where a religious exchange is occurring to enhance cooperation and understanding amongst religious groups.
While sharing a set of images showing cash collections, people on social media claimed that ED seized cash and other gold valuables from Lalu Yadav’s residence. The Logical Indian Fact-Check team verified the viral claim.
A morphed version of a Dainik Jagran ad is viral with a different text from what the original ad carried. The original text of “एक मुहल्ला एक होलिका” has been replaced with “एक मुहल्ला एक बकरा” giving the environemental campaign a religious spin.
The claim is false as a prominent target of this misinformation campaign, ITC’s Aashirvaad Atta confirmed that no benzoyl peroxide is used in producing their flour.
The Logical Indian fact-check team verified the claim and found it false. It is an old video from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, with no communal angle, as both parties are from the same Hindu community that went into a scuffle outside the school.
A video interview of Bill Gates created using DeepFake technology is viral with the claim that he was cornered by tough questions on Microsoft and COVID-19 vaccines, and he ended the interview abruptly due to frustration.
The video is from an incident where Bharath Kumar (23) and Prateek (17), were stabbed to death during an argument at a sports tournament at Doddabelavangala, located at a distance of 54 km northwest of Bengaluru.
The two video clips are from Punjab and are entirely unrelated to the Bajrang Dal. In both cases, the accused have been arrested.
The video shows an incident from 2021 where the victim Archana Reddy was beaten to death by her husband, Naveen Kumar. Nine people were arrested in this case.
The videos show murders committed as part of disagreements and gang wars and not over a linguistic dispute between two states. The viral claim is false.
