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.

Bangladesh Video Shared As Muslim Man Stabbed In Tripura By Mob
Fast Check

Bangladesh Video Shared As Muslim Man Stabbed In Tripura By Mob

BOOM found that the viral video shows a stabbing incident which happened in Pallabi, Bangladesh on May 16, 2021.

26 Oct 2021 1:49 PM GMT
Photo Of Muslim Man And Daughter Shared With False Communal Claim
Fact Check

Photo Of Muslim Man And Daughter Shared With False Communal Claim

BOOM found that the image of the father and daughter is available on the internet since 2016. The photo was taken to...

26 Oct 2021 10:14 AM GMT
Petrol Pump Worker Abducted In Saudi Arabia Falsely Shared As Uttar Pradesh
World

Petrol Pump Worker Abducted In Saudi Falsely Shared As Uttar Pradesh

The video shows abduction of a gas station worker in Hail, Saudi Arabia on September 28, 2021.

21 Oct 2021 10:37 AM GMT
Video Of Man Killed Over Land Dispute Falsely Shared As Bangladesh Violence
World

Video Of Man Killed Over Land Dispute Falsely Shared As Bangladesh...

BOOM found that the viral video shows a stabbing incident which happened in Pallabi, Bangladesh on May 16, 2021.

20 Oct 2021 9:36 AM GMT
Durga Puja Pandal Vandalism In Bangladesh Shared As West Bengal
Politics

Durga Puja Pandal Vandalism In Bangladesh Shared As West Bengal

BOOM found that the viral video shows vandalisation of the Trishul Durga Puja Pandal in Noakhali, Bangladesh.

18 Oct 2021 3:30 PM GMT
Photo Of Anti-CAA Protest Viral As Killings In Jammu And Kashmir
Politics

Photo Of Anti-CAA Protest Viral As Killings In Jammu And Kashmir

BOOM found that the image is from Aurangabad, where protesters wore shrouds to demonstrate against the Citizenship...

17 Oct 2021 7:28 AM GMT
Delete Fascism, TIME Cover Featuring Narendra Modi Is Fake
Politics

'Delete Fascism,' TIME Cover Featuring Narendra Modi Is Fake

BOOM found the fake cover is altered from an original cover which features Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

11 Oct 2021 11:17 AM GMT
Video of Robotic Suit Display Revived As Bahrain Kings Bodyguard
Fast Check

Video of Robotic Suit Display Revived As Bahrain King's Bodyguard

The viral video shows Titan, a partially mechanised robotic suit created by a British robotics company Cyberstein.

10 Oct 2021 8:56 AM GMT
2014 Video Of Car Crash Falsely Linked To Death Of Swedish Cartoonist
World

2014 Video Of Car Crash Falsely Linked To Death Of Swedish Cartoonist

BOOM found that the viral video shows a car crash which happened in Mozhga-Izhevsk highway of Udmurt Republic in 2014.

7 Oct 2021 12:29 PM GMT
Old Video of Protest Against Baba Ramdev In Rajasthan Shared As Recent
Politics

Old Video of Protest Against Baba Ramdev In Rajasthan Shared As Recent

BOOM found that the video of protest against Baba Ramdev happened in Jodhpur, Rajasthan in 2017.

6 Oct 2021 12:02 PM GMT
Disturbing Videos Of Capsules With Nails Revived With False Communal Spin
Fast Check

Disturbing Videos Of Capsules With Nails Revived With False Communal...

BOOM found that the videos are from Pakistan and Bosnia respectively

5 Oct 2021 10:34 AM GMT
Video Of Stone Pelting From Jammu & Kashmir Falsely Shared As Jaipur
Politics

Video Of Stone Pelting From Jammu & Kashmir Falsely Shared As Jaipur

BOOM found that the video is at least four years old and from Lal Chowk, Anantanag, Jammu and Kashmir.

4 Oct 2021 2:01 PM GMT