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Srijit Das

Srijit Das

Srijit Das is a fact-checker with BOOM. He is a software engineer and worked with the India Today's Fact Check team before joining BOOM. Besides investigation, Srijit loves to travel and read detective stories

Old Video From Kerala Peddled As Tunnel On Mumbai Goa Highway
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Old Video From Kerala Peddled As Tunnel On Mumbai Goa Highway

BOOM found that the video is from Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala.

28 Jun 2022 11:24 AM GMT
Old Photo From PoK Shared As Recent Afghanistan Earthquake
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Old Photo From PoK Shared As Recent Afghanistan Earthquake

BOOM found that the picture shows a road damaged by an earthquake in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in 2019.

23 Jun 2022 8:49 AM GMT
Video Of Police Crackdown On Lockdown Violators Shared With Communal Claim
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Video Of Police Crackdown On Lockdown Violators Shared With Communal...

BOOM found that the video shows a police crackdown on COVID-19 lockdown violators in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.

16 Jun 2022 9:28 AM GMT
Video Of Fire Mishap In Gujarat Shared As West Bengal Violence
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Video Of Fire Mishap In Gujarat Shared As West Bengal Violence

BOOM found that the viral video shows a huge explosion that took place at a chemical factory in Gujarat's Vadodara.

12 Jun 2022 8:57 AM GMT
No, This Is Not A Qatari News Anchor Talking About Religious Freedom In India
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No, This Is Not A Qatari News Anchor Talking About Religious Freedom...

BOOM found that the picture shows TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi from TOLOnews in Kabul, Afghanistan.

10 Jun 2022 1:05 PM GMT
2017 Photo Of BSP Flag Atop A Pole In UP Shared As BJP Flag In Tamil Nadu
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2017 Photo Of BSP Flag Atop A Pole In UP Shared As BJP Flag In Tamil...

BOOM found that the original photo shows a BSP party flag hoisted atop an electricity pole in Uttar Pradesh.

10 Jun 2022 9:05 AM GMT
Photo Of Samrat Prithviraj Screening At Movie Theatre Viral As BJP Office
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Photo Of Samrat Prithviraj Screening At Movie Theatre Viral As BJP...

BOOM found that the picture shows Home Minister Amit Shah with the actors and director of the film at PVR Chanakyapuri...

5 Jun 2022 10:59 AM GMT
Video Of Bangladeshi Honey Collector Viral With False Claims As India
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Video Of Bangladeshi Honey Collector Viral With False Claims As India

BOOM found that the person is a Muslim honey collector from Bangladesh, not a Hindu as claimed in the viral posts.

3 Jun 2022 7:14 AM GMT
Old Video Of Sidhu Moose Wala Falsely Shared As His Last Interview
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Old Video Of Sidhu Moose Wala Falsely Shared As His Last Interview

BOOM found that the video is from 2021 and later too the late Punjabi singer gave interviews to several media outlets.

1 Jun 2022 12:45 PM GMT
Old, Unrelated Photos Shared As Recent Tara Air Plane Crash In Nepal
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Old, Unrelated Photos Shared As Recent Tara Air Plane Crash In Nepal

BOOM found that the photos have no connection with the recent plane crash in Nepal's Mustang district.

30 May 2022 8:34 AM GMT
Video Of Sadhu Assaulted In Madhya Pradesh Given A False Communal Spin
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Video Of Sadhu Assaulted In Madhya Pradesh Given A False Communal Spin

BOOM spoke to the local police and found that there is no communal angle to the incident.

29 May 2022 11:58 AM GMT
Old Video Of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Visiting A Temple Peddled As Recent
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Old Video Of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Visiting A Temple Peddled As...

BOOM found that the video from 2016 shows Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visiting a temple in Karachi, Pakistan on the eve of...

27 May 2022 11:22 AM GMT

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