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.

False: Man Wearing Burkha Caught While Trying To Disrupt Ant-CAA Protest
Fast Check

False: Man Wearing Burkha Caught While Trying To Disrupt Ant-CAA Protest

BOOM found that the video is unrelated to anti-CAA protests and is from Feb 2019 where a man wearing a burkha was caught...

28 Jan 2020 3:27 AM GMT
BJP
Fake News

BJP's Inayat Hussain Assaulted For Supporting CAA? A FactCheck

BOOM found that the video is two years old where a junior cleric in Ajmer was attacked

26 Jan 2020 11:53 AM GMT
2012 Image Revived As Anti Citizenship Amendment Act Rally In Kolkata
Fake News

2012 Image Revived As Anti Citizenship Amendment Act Rally In Kolkata

BOOM found that the image was taken in Kolkata in 2012 when a protest was organised against the film - Innocence of...

25 Jan 2020 9:09 AM GMT
Did Kanhaiya Kumar Take A Dig At Arvind Kejriwal?
Fake News

Did Kanhaiya Kumar Take A Dig At Arvind Kejriwal?

BOOM found that Kumar was referring to Narendra Modi in the viral video.

21 Jan 2020 4:35 PM GMT
Poster Claiming
Fake News

Poster Claiming 'Fix Rate' For Shaheen Bagh Protesters Is Morphed

BOOM found that the original text on the banner had an anti-CAA slogan written on it.

19 Jan 2020 2:26 PM GMT
Photo Of A Man Eating From A Gutter In Bangladesh Falsely Shared As UP
Fake News

Photo Of A Man Eating From A Gutter In Bangladesh Falsely Shared As UP

BOOM found that the photo is from Bangladesh and can be found online from as early as September, 2018.

14 Jan 2020 10:56 AM GMT
2015 Video Of Delhi Traffic Cop Thrashed Revived
Fake News

Video Of Cops Thrashed Resurfaces With Communal Spin

BOOM found that the video is from 2015, when two cops were beaten up for issuing challan to three bikers.

12 Jan 2020 11:29 AM GMT
2016 Video Of Cops Thrashing Protesters Revived
Fake News

2016 Video Of Cops Thrashing Protesters Revived

The video is from 2016 when protesters were beaten up by Delhi Police for demonstrating against the suicide of Rohith...

2 Jan 2020 1:09 PM GMT
Pakistan Police Brutality Video Passed Off As UP Police
Fake News

Pakistan Police Brutality Video Passed Off As UP Police

BOOM found that the video is from Multan, Pakistan, where police drove away women who set up shops illegally.

30 Dec 2019 9:50 AM GMT
Vandalism Video From Bangladesh Falsely Shared As Kolkata
Fake News

Vandalism Video From Bangladesh Falsely Shared As Kolkata

BOOM found that the video is originally from Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, where clashes broke out between madrassa students...

26 Dec 2019 5:46 PM GMT
Injured Toddler Picture Not Linked To Citizenship Amendment Act Protests
Fake News

Injured Toddler Picture Not Linked To Citizenship Amendment Act Protests

BOOM could trace the photo to as early as 2016, where Twitter users identified it as an incident that took place in...

18 Dec 2019 9:23 AM GMT
Photos Of Injured Child Are Not From Anti-CAA Protests In West Bengal
Fake News

Photos Of Injured Child Are Not From Anti-CAA Protests In West Bengal

BOOM found that the photograph is originally from Bangladesh, where a minor was injured in a train accident.

17 Dec 2019 12:40 PM GMT