Sumit Usha

Sumit Usha

Sumit is a fact checker and the News Editor of Boom's Hindi wing. In the six years of his journalistic career, he has worked with the New Indian Express, Times of India and Deccan Chronicle. The dynamic nature of digital media finally made him take the leap from print to online, and don the hat of a digital detective.

Video Of Ajmer Police
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Video Of Ajmer Police's COVID-19 Awareness March Shared With False...

BOOM contacted Rajasthan Police and found that the Dargah is closed; the viral clip shows a flag-march to raise...

8 July 2020 10:33 AM GMT
2012 Video Of Syria Shared As Nepal Downing Indian Chopper, Capturing Pilot
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2012 Video Of Syria Shared As Nepal Downing Indian Chopper, Capturing...

BOOM found that the video has been on internet since 2012 and appears to have been shot on the Syrian airspace

5 July 2020 12:39 PM GMT
No, This Is Not The Same Vikas Dubey Behind The Killing Of 8 UP Cops
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No, This Is Not The Same Vikas Dubey Behind The Killing Of 8 UP Cops

BOOM contacted the BJP leader shown in the viral picture, who shares his name with the wanted gangster, and confirmed...

3 July 2020 8:15 AM GMT
Sopore Encounter: Heart-rending Pic Of Kashmiri Boy Viral With Fake Claim
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Sopore Encounter: Heart-rending Pic Of Kashmiri Boy Viral With Fake...

BOOM compared images from the site and found that the boy's fist and a rock at the site blended in creating an illusion.

2 July 2020 2:21 PM GMT
Video Showing Tear Gas Training Peddled As Atrocity By Indian Army
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Video Showing Tear Gas Training Peddled As Atrocity By Indian Army

BOOM found similar training videos that suggest the viral clip shows tear-gas training given to commandos.

1 July 2020 1:58 PM GMT
2013 Video Of Unclaimed Bodies At Osmania Hospital Given COVID-19 Spin
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2013 Video Of Unclaimed Bodies At Osmania Hospital Given COVID-19 Spin

BOOM found that the video was shot at Osmania Hospital of Hyderabad in 2013.

26 Jun 2020 11:37 AM GMT
Photo Of Indira Gandhi Addressing Army Jawans At Galwan Valley? Not Quite
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Photo Of Indira Gandhi Addressing Army Jawans At Galwan Valley? Not...

BOOM was able to geo-locate where the picture was taken and found that it was shot in Leh and not the Galwan Valley.

22 Jun 2020 2:41 PM GMT
Video Of Injured BSF Jawans In Meghalaya Peddled As Galwan Valley Clash
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Video Of Injured BSF Jawans In Meghalaya Peddled As Galwan Valley

BOOM found that the video is from October 2019 when a bus carrying 20 BSF jawans had slipped into a gorge in Meghalaya

21 Jun 2020 7:10 AM GMT
Dated Clip Of PM Modi Talking About Soldiers Dying Is Cropped
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Dated Clip Of PM Modi Talking About Soldiers Dying Is Cropped

BOOM found that the video circulating online is several years old and has been clipped and shared out of context.

20 Jun 2020 7:30 AM GMT
Video Of Shivraj Singh Chouhan Speaking On Alcohol Is Clipped And Fake
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Video Of Shivraj Singh Chouhan Speaking On Alcohol Is Clipped And Fake

BOOM found that in the original video Shivraj Singh Chouhan was speaking against the liquor policies of then chief...

15 Jun 2020 11:18 AM GMT
Shashi Tharoor Shares 2017 Photo, Falsely Links It To
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Shashi Tharoor Shares 2017 Photo, Falsely Links It To 'Atmanirbhar...

BOOM found that the picture tweeted by Tharoor was originally clicked by a staff of The Lallantop in 2017

14 Jun 2020 7:17 AM GMT
2015 Photo Peddled As Last Rites Of Kerala
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2015 Photo Peddled As Last Rites Of Kerala's Pregnant Elephant

BOOM found that the image circulating online is of the elephant named Gauri who belonged to the Taralabalu Jagadguru...

12 Jun 2020 2:52 PM GMT