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.

TikTok Video On Coronavirus Goes Viral As Doctors Advice
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TikTok Video On Coronavirus Goes Viral As Doctor's Advice

A viral video suggesting gargling with hot water as a cure to Coronavirus falsely attributed to a doctor from Mumbai

24 March 2020 11:46 AM GMT
Putin Let Loose Lions To Keep Russians Indoors? Bizarre Claim Goes Viral
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Putin Let Loose Lions To Keep Russians Indoors? Bizarre Claim Goes...

BOOM found that the graphic was created with a prank generator app and that the image of a lion prowling the street is...

22 March 2020 6:58 PM GMT
Video Shows IPS Officers Message Extolling Hindutva? Not Quite
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Video Shows IPS Officer's Message Extolling Hindutva? Not Quite

BOOM found that the man in the viral clip is a Bhopal based dental specialist and a television actor.

20 March 2020 10:25 AM GMT
Nirbhaya Rape Case: This Is Not The Photo Of The Juvenile Convict
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Nirbhaya Rape Case: This Is Not The Photo Of The Juvenile Convict

The photo shows Vinay Sharma - one of the adult convicts in the case and not the juvenile convict whose identity has...

20 March 2020 7:36 AM GMT
Fake Quote Claims Sachin Tendulkar Asked For Ban On Meat Shops
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Fake Quote Claims Sachin Tendulkar Asked For Ban On Meat Shops

Viral post falsely claims that Sachin Tendulkar has called for stopping the sale of meat due to Coronavirus outbreak

18 March 2020 12:42 PM GMT
No, Cristiano Ronaldos Hotels Will Not Be Turned Into Hospitals For Coronavirus Patients
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No, Cristiano Ronaldo's Hotels Will Not Be Turned Into Hospitals For...

Several mainstream news outlets and social media accounts of football clubs fell for the false claim.

16 March 2020 5:42 AM GMT
Dated Videos Shared With False Claim Of Another Shaheen Bagh Averted
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Dated Videos Shared With False Claim Of 'Another Shaheen Bagh Averted'

BOOM found that the two videos go back several years and have nothing to do with anti-CAA protests.

13 March 2020 5:53 AM GMT
Video Of A Fruit Seller In Pakistan Spray Painting Grapes Viral As India
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Video Of A Fruit Seller In Pakistan Spray Painting Grapes Viral As...

The video is being shared with a false claim that a Muslim vendor in Lonavala near Mumbai was caught colouring lychees...

11 March 2020 2:38 PM GMT
Dated Video From Sri Lanka Falsely Shared As Muslim Women Harassed In India
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Dated Video From Sri Lanka Falsely Shared As Muslim Women Harassed In...

The video dates back to February 2019 and shows an incident of ragging at a university in Sri Lanka.

11 March 2020 8:37 AM GMT
No, Rana Kapoor Is Not P Chidambarams Son-In-Law
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No, Rana Kapoor Is Not P Chidambaram's Son-In-Law

Social media is abuzz with false posts claiming Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor is related to former Finance Minister P...

9 March 2020 10:49 AM GMT
Madhya Pradesh Murder Victim Falsely Linked To AAPs Tahir Hussain
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Madhya Pradesh Murder Victim Falsely Linked To AAP's Tahir Hussain

The image is originally of a girl whose charred body was recovered from a village in Madhya Pradesh, on February 20.

2 March 2020 11:26 AM GMT
Video Of Mosque Vandalised In Delhis Ashok Nagar Is Not Fake News
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Video Of Mosque Vandalised In Delhi's Ashok Nagar Is Not Fake News

BOOM visited the scene and confirmed that the video is from Badi Masjid, Ashok Nagar where a mosque was vandalised and...

26 Feb 2020 9:43 AM GMT