Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

Md Mahfooz Alam

Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

    Md Mahfooz Alam

    Fact Check: Pakistani minister assaults couple on camera? Here’s what happened
    Fact Check: Pakistani minister assaults couple on camera? Here’s what happened

    A video has been circulating with the claim that Pakistan’s Punjab education minister, Rana Sikandar Hayat, sexually assaulted a woman and her partner...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 4 March 2025 3:36 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral ā€˜hate speech’ video is from stage play in Odisha
    Fact Check: Viral ā€˜hate speech’ video is from stage play in Odisha

    The visual is actually from a public performance and the crowd attacked the actors in the middle of the play.

    By Newsmeter Network  Published on 22 Sept 2024 4:46 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video of Amit Shah saying BJP will scrap the reservation of SC, ST and OBCs is edited
    Fact Check: Viral video of Amit Shah saying BJP will scrap the reservation of SC, ST and OBCs is edited

    In the original video, Shah talks about scraping the ā€˜unconstitutional reservation of Muslims if voted to power in Telangana.’

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 27 April 2024 3:04 PM IST


    Fact Check: Did Pawan Kalyan’s Jan Sena exit BJP-led NDA?
    Fact Check: Did Pawan Kalyan’s Jan Sena exit BJP-led NDA?

    The claim of Jan Sena leaving the NDA alliance is false

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 6 Oct 2023 9:31 AM IST


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