Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso is a fact-checker with BOOM. He has previously interned at IndiaSpend as a fact-checker and was a reporting intern at Times of India, Indian Express, and Mid-Day. He is a post-graduate diploma holder in journalism from St Paul’s Institute of Communication Education, Mumbai.

2017 Rajasthan Protest Photo Viral As Recent Haryana Farmer Protests
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2017 Rajasthan Protest Photo Viral As Recent Haryana Farmer Protests

BOOM found that the viral image is from a 2017 farmer protest in Sikar, Rajasthan.

18 Sep 2020 10:16 AM GMT
Bank Manager Assaulted By Youth Congress Workers Not Shiv Sainiks
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Bank Manager Assaulted By Youth Congress Workers Not Shiv Sainiks

Malkapur Police told BOOM that the bank manager was assaulted by Youth Congress workers and denied that they were Shiv...

16 Sep 2020 1:25 PM GMT
Times Now Airs FB Live Video As Secret Admission By Activists On PFI
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Times Now Airs FB Live Video As 'Secret Admission' By Activists On PFI

BOOM found that the clip aired by Times Now is publicly available on Facebook and not private as claimed by the channel

15 Sep 2020 11:54 AM GMT
Pakistani Twitter Accounts Peddle Photo Of 2018 IAF Crash As Recent
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Pakistani Twitter Accounts Peddle Photo Of 2018 IAF Crash As Recent

The photo is from April 2018 when an IAF transport helicopter crashed near the Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand.

14 Sep 2020 10:21 AM GMT
Murder Victims Photo Viral With Unrelated Wedding Card Of Inter-Faith Couple
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Murder Victim's Photo Viral With Unrelated Wedding Card Of Inter-Faith ...

BOOM found that a 2018 'honour killing' case is being falsely linked with the wedding card of an interfaith couple.

12 Sep 2020 11:35 AM GMT
Cropped Video Of A Multi-Faith Ceremony For Rafale Jets Is Misleading
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Cropped Video Of A Multi-Faith Ceremony For Rafale Jets Is Misleading

BOOM found that the multi-faith prayer included the recitation of the sacred verses, mantras, hymns of different faiths.

11 Sep 2020 8:46 AM GMT
No, This Is Not A BJP Leader Threatening Judges Of Dance India Dance
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No, This Is Not A BJP Leader Threatening Judges Of Dance India Dance

BOOM found that the video is clipped from a 2015 episode of a dance reality show and is a prank pulled on the judges.

10 Sep 2020 3:59 PM GMT
Gruesome Video Of A Woman Hacked To Death In Brazil Peddled As India
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Gruesome Video Of A Woman Hacked To Death In Brazil Peddled As India

BOOM found that the viral video is from Fortaleza, Brazil, where a woman was kidnapped and filmed while being hacked to...

8 Sep 2020 6:34 AM GMT
Fake Twitter Account Of Raj Thackeray Lends Support To Kangana Ranaut
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Fake Twitter Account Of Raj Thackeray Lends Support To Kangana Ranaut

BOOM found that the handle @ThackerayOffic is an impostor account impersonating Raj Thackeray.

5 Sep 2020 2:33 PM GMT
Taiwan Refutes Indian Media Reports About Shooting Down A Chinese Jet
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Taiwan Refutes Indian Media Reports About Shooting Down A Chinese Jet

News outlets TV9 Bharatvarsh, Times Now, and ABP news claimed that Taiwan had shot down a Chinese jet picking up...

4 Sep 2020 12:56 PM GMT
Photo Of Muslim Teen Made Cop For A Day Peddled With Communal Claim
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Photo Of Muslim Teen Made Cop For A Day Peddled With Communal Claim

BOOM reached out to Buldhana Police, who stated that the photo is of a school girl who was made the acting DSP for a day ...

3 Sep 2020 9:12 AM GMT
Photos Of Inter-Faith Couple Peddled With False Murder Claim
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Photos Of Inter-Faith Couple Peddled With False Murder Claim

BOOM spoke to the couple based in Dehradun who are alive and well and have filed a complaint against the posts.

2 Sep 2020 10:21 AM GMT