Sk Badiruddin

Sk Badiruddin

Sk Badiruddin is a Kolkata-based journalist and a fact-checking staff at Boom's Bangla desk. Earlier, he was a translator for TRID India, news desk assistant of Onkar News, science news contributor for AIR Kolkata and culture writer for a small scale newspaper.

Video Of Protest By Home Guards During Assam Polls Shared As Recent
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Video Of Protest By Home Guards During Assam Polls Shared As Recent

BOOM found that the protest was led by home guards who went for poll duty in Cachar, Assam during the Assembly Elections ...

29 July 2021 9:06 AM GMT
Video Of Traffic Jam In Pak Valley Falsely Shared As Himachal Rockslide
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Video Of Traffic Jam In Pak Valley Falsely Shared As Himachal...

BOOM found that the video shows the route to Naran-Kaghan Valley in Pakistan, which was choked due to Eid-Al-Adha rush

26 July 2021 12:32 PM GMT
Image Of Blood River Is From 2016, Dhaka
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Image Of 'Blood River' Is From 2016, Dhaka

BOOM found that the photo was taken in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2016 when poor drainage and heavy rainfall after Eid led to...

23 July 2021 2:50 PM GMT
Image of Bangladeshs Religious Procession Peddled As Owasis UP Rally
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Image of Bangladesh's Religious Procession Peddled As Owasi's UP Rally

BOOM found that the viral image is from a religious procession held on November 10, 2019 in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

18 July 2021 5:44 AM GMT
Photo Of Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh Falsely Linked To UP Population Bill
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Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Image Falsely Linked To UP

BOOM found that the photo was taken in 2017 and shows a Rohingya refugee family in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh.

13 July 2021 1:49 PM GMT
Euro 2020: Video Of Flypast By British Airforce Is Edited
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Euro 2020: Video Of Flypast By British Airforce Is Edited

BOOM found that the video was created by London-based graphics and animation studio Potion Pictures in July, 2018

11 July 2021 1:36 PM GMT
Video Of Woman Tortured In MP Peddled As Post Poll Violence In Bengal
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Video Of Woman Tortured In MP Peddled As Post Poll Violence In Bengal

BOOM found that the disturbing clip shows gruesome torture of a tribal woman in Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh.

8 July 2021 10:09 AM GMT
No, This Video Does Not Show Revamped Kashi Vishwanath Temple
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No, This Video Does Not Show Revamped Kashi Vishwanath Temple

BOOM found that the viral video shows Shri Mani Mandir not Sri Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.

6 July 2021 9:32 AM GMT
Clip Of Gujarat Cops Nabbing Criminals Peddled As Arrest Of Bengaluru Riots Accused
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Clip Of Gujarat Cops Nabbing Criminals Peddled As Arrest Of Bengaluru...

BOOM spoke to Bharuch and Ahmedabad cops who said that none of the arrested persons have links with rioting in other...

4 July 2021 2:22 PM GMT
Werewolf Spotted In Nigeria? No, Thats An Artwork
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Werewolf Spotted In Nigeria? No, That's An Artwork

BOOM found that the werewolf has been created by Joseph Rob Cobasky, a sculptor and special effects artist.

21 Jun 2021 12:56 PM GMT
Not Me Or Anjan In Viral Photo: Former IAS Officer Alapan Bandyopadhyay
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Not Me Or Anjan In Viral Photo:Former IAS Officer Alapan Bandyopadhyay

BOOM reached out to Alapan Bandyopadhyay who confirmed that the image does not feature him or his brother, late...

2 Jun 2021 10:29 AM GMT
Old Video From Gujarat Viral As Muslim Mob Attacking Cop In Hyderabad
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Old Video From Gujarat Viral As Muslim Mob Attacking Cop In Hyderabad

BOOM found that the cop was assaulted after he reportedly misbehaved with locals in Chandlodiya, Gujarat in October,...

30 May 2021 11:36 AM GMT