From an old video being circulated as recent visuals of 'snowfall' in Gurugram to vandalism of idols of Goddesses Kali and Saraswati in West Bengal being given a false communal angle, here are our top five fact-check reports from this week.
A video of several people standing near the side of road went viral on the internet to claim that it showed recent visuals of snowfall near Ambience Mall in Haryana's Gurugram.
However, we found that the video could be traced back to March 2023 and showed the aftermath of a hailstorm in Gurugram. This meant that the viral claim was false.
Read our fact-check here.
Multiple images that showed damaged and broken idols of Hindu deities Goddesses Saraswati and Kali went viral on social media platforms as visuals from West Bengal's Shantipur.
Amit Malviya, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) IT cell head, shared this post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle and called the incident another instance of "rising wave of anti-Hindu hatred."
Team WebQoof found that the incident had no communal angle to it. West Bengal police clarified that two intoxicated men had vandalised the idols due to personal dispute.
You can read our full story here.
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