Old Manipur torchlight rally video falsely linked to “millions protesting” after Indian forces “killed six people”
Old Manipur torchlight rally video falsely linked to “millions protesting” after Indian forces “killed six people”
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A new “Anushi Tiwari” handle claims millions have taken to the streets in Manipur against the Modi government after Indian forces allegedly killed six people “yesterday”. Fact-checkers have labelled the post propaganda. The video is from a torchlight rally posted by the Facebook page Manipur Articles on October 21, a week before the claimed killings.A new “Anushi Tiwari” handle claims millions have taken to the streets in Manipur against the Modi government after Indian forces allegedly killed six people “yesterday”. Fact-checkers have labelled the post propaganda. The video is from a torchlight rally posted by the Facebook page Manipur Articles on October 21, a week before the claimed killings.
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On October 28, 2026, the X handle “Anushi Tiwari” (@Anushitiwari22), the third account under this name to spread fabricated content after @indiantiwari01 and @indiantiwari011, posted two clips of a night-time march with flaming torches as “Breaking News”. It claimed millions of people were protesting in Manipur after Indian forces had allegedly killed six people the previous day, and it tagged Manipur Police and the Army’s official handle. Fact-checkers have labelled the post propaganda. The footage, which carries a manipurarticles.com watermark, was posted on October 21, 2026, by the Facebook page Manipur Articles. It shows a torchlight protest rally with banners carrying slogans such as “Down Down BJP”, and it was filmed a week before the alleged killings it is now being linked to. Fact-checkers found no credible reports or official statements confirming that security forces killed six people in Manipur that day, and the crowd shown is a few hundred people, not “millions”. This network of look-alike handles has repeatedly invented killings and crackdowns to inflame tensions, so such posts should be reported, not shared.
On October 28, 2026, the X handle “Anushi Tiwari” (@Anushitiwari22), the third account under this name to spread fabricated content after @indiantiwari01 and @indiantiwari011, posted two clips of a night-time march with flaming torches as “Breaking News”. It claimed millions of people were protesting in Manipur after Indian forces had allegedly killed six people the previous day, and it tagged Manipur Police and the Army’s official handle. Fact-checkers have labelled the post propaganda. The footage, which carries a manipurarticles.com watermark, was posted on October 21, 2026, by the Facebook page Manipur Articles. It shows a torchlight protest rally with banners carrying slogans such as “Down Down BJP”, and it was filmed a week before the alleged killings it is now being linked to. Fact-checkers found no credible reports or official statements confirming that security forces killed six people in Manipur that day, and the crowd shown is a few hundred people, not “millions”. This network of look-alike handles has repeatedly invented killings and crackdowns to inflame tensions, so such posts should be reported, not shared.