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Child Kidnapping Up By 11% In 2018: NCRB

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh account for 31% of all the victims of child kidnapping in the country.

19 Jan 2020 9:59 AM GMT

Fast Check

Edited Clip Of Police's Warning Against Child Kidnapping Rumours Revived

The audio of the clip has been tampered with. The original video is of the police warning against believing child...

11 Dec 2019 11:06 AM GMT

Fake News

Child Kidnapping Rumours: How A Video From Jharkhand Is Creating Panic In Mumbai

BOOM spoke to Jharkhand police who confirmed that the video was from Dhanbad and not Mumbai.

2 Oct 2019 10:11 AM GMT

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UP Police's Warning Against Child Kidnapping Rumours Edited And Shared To Spread Panic

BOOM reached out to Additional SP (City) Gorakhpur Dr Kaustubh, who said the actual message was to warn and make people...

17 Sep 2019 12:57 PM GMT

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Photos Of Mentally Ill Woman Shared As Jharkhand Child Kidnapper

The woman is a person with mental disability and not a child kidnapper, Jharkhand police tells BOOM.

17 Sep 2019 10:44 AM GMT

Fake News

Message Claiming Children Kidnapped In Ghaziabad And Other News You Almost Believed

In this week’s News You Almost Believed, we bring you the truth behind viral photos and videos.

31 Aug 2019 3:05 AM GMT

Fake News

Fake Message Claims Children Kidnapped in Ghaziabad, Police Warn Against Rumours

BOOM got in touch with Ghaziabad Police who dismissed the viral message as fake.

29 Aug 2019 2:46 PM GMT

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Family That Put Kids In Car Trunk Mistaken For Abductors; Pics Fuel Rumours Online

BOOM reached out to Ladwa Police who dismissed any child kidnapping rumours and said that the children were being...

21 Aug 2019 12:32 PM GMT

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Debunked Images Revived To Fuel Child Kidnapping Rumours

BOOM found that the photographs, which were earlier used to stoke child kidnapping rumours are now viral as imprisoned...

14 Aug 2019 7:29 AM GMT

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Video Of Mob Heckling Mentally Ill Woman In Rajasthan Shared With False Claim

BOOM reached out to Raisingh Nagar Police who rubbished the claim that the woman was a child kidnapper.

6 Aug 2019 12:00 PM GMT

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Zomato's Sales Dropped By 60% And Other News You Almost Believed

In this week’s News You Almost Believed, we bring you the truth behind viral photos and videos.

3 Aug 2019 7:05 AM GMT

Fast Check

Old Goatman Rumour Revived As Child Kidnappers On The Prowl

BOOM found that the set of images are from old and unrelated incidents.

2 Aug 2019 1:24 PM GMT