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Dec 9, 2024 | boomlive.in | - Srijit Das |Tausif N Akbar |Srijit Das

Video shows a Hindu sadhu being forcibly converted to Islam in BangladeshBOOM found that the person in the video Rezaul Kabir, a Muslim. BOOM Bangladesh spoke to Kabir's elder brother, Robiul Husain, who confirmed that the video shows his brother, who had been missing for a long time due to mental illness and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Jan 10, 2024 | boomlive.in | - Srijit Das |Srijit Das

A selfie video of Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan from last year is being shared online falsely claiming that the footage shows the actor cancelling his Maldives tour in solidarity with recent boycott appeals by Indian social media users. BOOM found the claim to be false. The video dates back to November 2023, during which Roshan announced the cancellation of The Stars on Fire Kuala Lumpur Bollywood concert slated for December 1, 2023, in Malaysia.

Jul 13, 2023 | boomlive.in | - Srijit Das |Anmol Alphonso |Srijit Das

A cropped news report about a letter written by Naorem Mohen, General Secretary of the Manipur Patriotic Party to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blaming the Congress party for the violence in Manipur is being shared with a false claim that the letter was written by the president of the Manipur Congress. BOOM found that the original report talks about Manipur Patriotic Party’s general secretary Naorem Mohen, not a Congress leader as claimed.