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.

False: Passengers Infected With Coronavirus At Senegal Airport
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False: Passengers Infected With Coronavirus At Senegal Airport

The video is of a 2019 mock drill which shows a hostage rescuing exercise at an airport in Senegal.

18 March 2020 4:48 PM GMT
Coronavirus: Viral Forward Promising Free Masks Is Fake
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Coronavirus: Viral Forward Promising Free Masks Is Fake

BOOM found that the online form for free masks was a scam to dupe people into providing their information.

17 March 2020 12:16 PM GMT
False: Video Shows Police Crackdown On Suspected COVID-19 Patients In China
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False: Video Shows Police Crackdown On Suspected COVID-19 Patients In...

BOOM found that the video actually shows political protests in Hong Kong in August 2019 and is unrelated to the current...

16 March 2020 10:00 AM GMT
Viral Posts Claiming Himalaya CEO Funds Terrorism Are False
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Viral Posts Claiming Himalaya CEO Funds Terrorism Are False

In a statement on Twitter, the Himalaya Drug Company rubbished the claims and termed them 'absolutely baseless and...

14 March 2020 10:43 AM GMT
FAKE: Letter Claiming Health Ministry Declared Holidays In 4 States
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FAKE: Letter Claiming Health Ministry Declared Holidays In 4 States

Health Ministry clarified that no such office memorandum has been issued by them

13 March 2020 3:13 PM GMT
False: Banks To Block Accounts That Do Not Have NPR Doc From April 1
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False: Banks To Block Accounts That Do Not Have NPR Doc From April 1

BOOM spoke to an RBI spokesperson who clarified that the viral message has no basis.

12 March 2020 10:55 AM GMT
Unrelated Weapons Seizure Falsely Linked To Delhi Riots
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Unrelated Weapons Seizure Falsely Linked To Delhi Riots

BOOM found that the set of images were unrelated and from 2016 when Gujarat police busted an illegal weapons racket.

7 March 2020 10:29 AM GMT
Fake Messages Claim Shaheen Bagh Protester Tested Positive For Coronavirus
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Fake Messages Claim Shaheen Bagh Protester Tested Positive For...

BOOM reached out to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia hospital and Safdarjung hospital in Delhi. Both denied receiving any...

5 March 2020 2:57 PM GMT
Video Claiming To Show Kejriwal Admits To Having RSS Links Is Cropped
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Video Claiming To Show Kejriwal Admits To Having RSS Links Is Cropped

BOOM found that the viral video had been cropped and shared with misleading context.

5 March 2020 9:57 AM GMT
Video Of Relief Aid To Riot Victims Shared As Shaheen Bagh Women Being Paid
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Video Of Relief Aid To Riot Victims Shared As Shaheen Bagh Women Being ...

BOOM found that the viral video is from a relief distribution drive in Old Mustafabad, Delhi that was held on February...

3 March 2020 2:22 PM GMT
Mob Attack Video From Bihar Revived With Communal Spin
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Mob Attack Video From Bihar Revived With Communal Spin

The incident occurred in July 2019, when two women were beaten up by a mob on suspicions of being child kidnappers in...

2 March 2020 1:45 PM GMT
False: Delhi Police Sending Rioters To Tahir Hussain
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False: Delhi Police Sending Rioters To Tahir Hussain's House To Frame...

BOOM found that the image was taken from a video of a rescue operation where police can be seen assisting people climb...

2 March 2020 10:43 AM GMT