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FACTLY says: The video is from Pakistan and not India. In February 2020, a fake Peer in Sialkot, Punjab (Pakistan), was fooling people into paying huge amounts of money, apparently, to perform ‘black magic’. Sialkot is a city in Pak…
PolitiFact says: Frank James wasn't out of jail because of "leftist justice reform." His prior arrests in NY were in the ’90s, most occurring when Republican Rudy Giuliani was NYC’s mayor and well before current justice reform efforts.
FACTLY says: These visuals show police escorting primary contacts of a COVID-19 patient, to a quarantine facility in Moradabad, back in April 2020. Multiple news agencies have reported these visuals back then. There are reports of p…
PolitiFact says: Data from the 10 largest cities in each of the three states shows no clear pattern. While some findings support her claim, others do not.
FACTLY says: It is true that Kotwali police of Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh arrested a woman for possession of a pistol. However, the woman is not from Muslim community. As per the news reports, police identified the woman as …
FACTLY says: The visuals are related to an old incident that took place in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, back October 2021. The visuals show police lathi charge on miscreants who pelted stones during a procession on Milad-Un-Nabi in Jab…
FACTLY says: The photo is from 2016, and not a recent one. An angry street hawker (who is a Hindu) from Jodhpur manhandled a traffic head constable after the police officer was discarding the handcarts that were illegally placed nea…
Vera Files says: The ICC retains jurisdiction over alleged crimes covered by the Rome Statute that were committed in the Philippines while it was a state party to it from Nov. 1, 2011 until its withdrawal, which took effect on March 17,…
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a doctored one. Speaking about the corruption in the AAP ruled states with ‘India TV’, Arvind Kejriwal said that he along with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other legislators in the party d…
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post shows an old picture of a suspected female Maoist guerrilla killed during an encounter between Indian Paramilitary soldiers and the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) at Salboni villa…
FACTLY says: This image of Bhagwant Mann with his friends was captured on the occasion of Holi. Punjabi singer and actor Karamjit Anmol shared the same image with a description that the image is related to Holi.
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows a few arrested BJP workers waving BJP flags from a police vehicle in Hyderabad, Telangana. A longer version of the video clearly shows BJP workers inside that police vehicle. Several B…
FACTLY says: These viral visuals are actually related to the arrest of a wanted criminal Amjad Lala by Madhya Pradesh police. Couple of news reports also reported the same visuals identifying the man as Amjad Lala. While it is true …
FACTLY says: The person was beaten by the police over charges of theft in a mobile shop; not because of his ill-treatment towards a calf. As the posted video went viral, the Chandauli Police have clarified the same. However, the exa…
FACTLY says: The incident in the video took place in the month of October 2019 in Pondwadi Village of Indapur Taluka in Pune District of Maharashtra State. The same has been informed by the investigating police officer to the media.…
Washington Post says: Trump nominated judges also did not follow prosecutor recommendations.
PolitiFact says: Judge Jackson is a lot like other federal judges. Nationally, more than two-thirds of sentences in these cases are below federal guidelines. Prosecutors and judges often ignore the guidelines.