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3 viral videos debunked: communal claims false
Three viral videos circulating on social media have been debunked by fact-checkers, with each found to contain false communal narratives. Alt News reported on Monday, 28 September 2026 that a video of twin sisters slapping a man in Gwalior was falsely portrayed as showing a Muslim man posing as a Hindu. The culprit was identified as Manpreet, a resident of Jalandhar, Punjab, according to Aaj Tak and The Free Press Journal reports from August.
Factly reported on Wednesday, 30 September 2026 that a video of an old disabled man being assaulted is scripted content from the YouTube channel Muklesur Bhaijaan 2.0, which states it posts scripted videos. The elderly man appears in multiple similar videos on the channel, Factly said.
Another Factly report from Tuesday, 29 September 2026 said a video of police misconduct in Tamil Nadu was shared with a false claim that a Muslim officer named Naseem slapped a Hindu saint. The officer is Hindu SSI Narasimhan, who was transferred to the Armed Reserve and faces a departmental investigation led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Dhanush Kumar, Factly reported.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The three fact-checks show distinct patterns in how communal misinformation is constructed. Alt News and Factly both identify a common technique: stripping an incident of its actual context and inserting a religious identity to fit a narrative. The Gwalior case was reframed to depict a Muslim posing as Hindu, the scripted assault video was labelled as Muslims being harassed, and the Tamil Nadu police misconduct had the officer's religion falsely changed to Muslim. The Tamil Nadu case is the only one involving a real incident and official action, where the police themselves corrected the record. Across all three, the actual perpetrators or victims lacked the religious identity attributed to them, and no source provided evidence supporting the viral claims.
Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral
Sources (3): altnews.in (neutral report), factly.in (neutral report), factly.in (2) (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
