Hindutva Watch, an account known for sharing false news and spreading hostility towards Hindus, was withheld from X in January 2024 following efforts by the Indian government to curb the spread of misinformation. Recently, X challenged the blocking order in the Delhi High Court, saying that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) did not provide sufficient justification for the action. Raqib Hameed Naik, founder of Hindutva Watch, challenged the order and filed a writ petition asking for a review of the findings by the review committee set up under the 2009 blocking rules.
In September 2023, a thread posted on X by Disinfo Lab revealed Hindutva Watch’s ties with Pakistan through several key connections. Hindutva Watch is primarily linked to Pakistan through Sardar Ali Kayani, who created a map for the site alleging persecution of Muslims in India. Kayani harbors anti-Hindu and anti-India sentiments and supports Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Muslim League. He was also found to be affiliated with Global Village Space (GVS), which spreads anti-India narratives, and Two Circles.net (TCN), part of Pakistan’s “Op Tupac”, which aims to divide India. These ties reflect Hindutva Watch’s influence with narratives that undermine India’s unity.
Apart from this, Hindutva Watch was also found to have engaged in several instances of disseminating false news and manipulated media specifically targeting Hindus. The report highlights instances where edited videos were shared by Hindutva Watch, before the account was withheld in India, along with manipulated captions intended to disparage Hindus and tarnish India’s global image.
(Since Hindutva Watch’s account is withheld in India, the Only Fact team will continue to monitor the account and update the report as needed)
| Serial No | Claim | Fact |
| 1. Chinese Hindi Scholars Visit Smruti Mandir, Not RSS Headquarters | The China envoys’ team visited RSS headquarters in Nagpur. | The delegation of Chinese Hindi scholars visited Smruti Mandir rather than the RSS headquarters. |
| 2. Extremists Conceal Shahbaz’s Initial Fire on Police Leading to Retaliatory Leg Shot | In Rampur, UP, police shot a Muslim youth, Shahbaz, in the leg after accusing him of cattle smuggling. | Shahbaz, a repeat offender with eight cases of cattle smuggling and charges under the Gangster Act, was shot in the leg by police after he fired at them, prompting a self-defense response. |
| 3. Not only Dargahs & Mosque but 4 temples were also demolished in Dahod | Historic Mosque, 3 Dargahs among 8 cites demolished in Dahod. | Along with Mosque and Dargahs, 4 Hindu temples were also demolished. |
| 4. No communal angle in order to vacate colonies in Ujjain | Muslims in Ujjain’s Gulmohar colony were asked to vacate their houses by municipal officials in order to pave the way for the approaching Kumbh mela celebration in 2028. | Not just Gulmohar but also Hindu families residing in the other three colonies, Gyarsi Nagar, Ram Nagar, and Suraj Nagar, had been ordered to vacate their houses. |
| 5. Muslim boy thrashed for harassing Hindu girl in Khandwa | Muslim boy was talking to a girl about books when a bunch of fanatics pulled him away, slapped him, and whipped him with canes. | Shahbaz was harassing the girl for the past few days. The accused also threatened to disseminate rumors about her having an affair with him. The crowd gathered when they saw the Shahbaz pestering a girl, and he was thrashed. |
| 6. Christians in Chhattisgarh willingly reverted to Hinduism | Hundreds of Christians were being openly converted to Hinduism in Chhattisgarh. | Those who did in Ghar Wapsi claimed they were misled into conversion and, after realizing their mistake, returned to Hinduism. One of the person said missionaries duped them by offering financial help. |
| 7. The picture of Bengali Hindu genocide passed off as Jammu’s Muslim genocide | A newspaper article shows Jammu’s Muslim genocide. | The picture is from The great Kolkata Killing also known as Direct Action Day happened just before the partition. |
| 8. The Christian occupants arrested by the Kanpur Police were not innocent | The members of the VHP forcibly entered the house and accused the Christian occupants of forced religious conversions. As a result, six people were taken into police custody. | Police arrested two individuals and seized laptops, computers, and a large amount of religious conversion propaganda from the house. |
| 9. Amit Shah’s statement distorted by falsely bringing communal angle | Amit Shah portrayed the perpetrators of the 2002 Gujarat riots as Muslims and stated that no riots occurred until 2022 because these perpetrators were taught a lesson. | Amit Shah stated that the 2002 Gujarat riots occurred due to Congress’s support for anti-social elements, but after being “taught a lesson,” peace was maintained through strict action, with no riots since then. |
| 10. Tasleem Ahmed was not falsely charged under UAPA by Delhi Police | Tasleem Ahmed was falsely charged under UAPA by Delhi Police. | Tasleem was one of the conspirators of the Delhi riots and was charged in connection with the deaths of 53 people during the violence. |
| 11. The man behind Delhi riot Khalid Saifi is not a social activist as claimed | Khalid Saifi is a social activist. | Khalid Saifi is one of the key conspirators behind the Delhi riots. |
| 12. Gujarat police lathi charged Muslims for pelting stones | The Gujarat police lathi charged Muslims with a crowd of people chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai.’ | During a Garba event, some Muslim men harassed women and girls, leading to a crowd gathering and vandalizing the DJ’s truck. The women playing Garba were then attacked by other women from the crowd. The culprits were later detained and punished on the spot by the police. |
| 13. Gujarat police takes criminals to crime scene to recreate crime scenes | Gujarat police arrested Muslims and conducted open parading following a dispute between two parties over the Islamophobic film The Kerala Story. | A minor dispute escalated when members of the Muslim community attacked Hindu youth at Masjid Chowk over a social media post. The police took action against both communities but did not hold a procession for the accused; instead, they took the culprits to the square to recreate the crime scene to advance the legal process. |
| 14. No Hindu-Muslim angle in the fight with the delivery boy | The delivery boy was assaulted and was also forced to chant Jai Shri Ram. | The fight occurred over a minor dispute, and the delivery boy was not made to chant any religious slogans. |
| 15. No communal angle in the slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Malang Gadh Dargah premises | In Maharashtra, Hindutva supporters entered the Dargah Haji Abdulrehman Mangal Shah complex in Malang Gadh in the presence of police and raised slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ | The site has been disputed since the 1980s over the hill known as Haji Malang, with both sides claiming possession of different parts of the land. Religious slogans have previously been raised at Malang Gadh due to this longstanding dispute. |
| 16. Muslim youth was not beaten up in Ujjain for hanging out with a Hindu girl | Hindu Jagran Manch beat up a Muslim youth for hanging out with a Hindu girl. | The Muslim youth had befriended the minor girl by claiming to be a Hindu and was trying to elope with her. |
| 17. Bulldozing of Church by Yogi government is misleading | The government of Uttar Pradesh, demolished the largest church in Jaunpur. | The church was built illegally on government land and that is why it was demolished. |
| 18. Claim of bulldozer action on a mosque in Gujarat despite the Supreme Court’s ban is misleading | The mosque in Gujarat was demolished despite court orders. | The court order is not applicable on illegal encroachments |
| 19. Confrontation at the Dehradun railway station happened between the two communities | A confrontation erupted at Dehradun Railway Station, where Bajrang Dal members pelted stones and hurled abuses at Muslims. | A youth from Badaun met his lover at Dehradun Railway Station, leading to an assault by members of her community. In response, people from the other community gathered, resulting in a confrontation and stone pelting from both sides. |
| 20. 450 Muslim families evicted in Assam as per High Court order | Authorities in Assam demolished the homes of over 450 Muslim families. | The eviction drive was conducted in accordance with a directive from the Gauhati High Court, which ordered the clearance of all encroachments in reserve forest areas of Goalpara due to the region being identified as an elephant-human conflict zone. |
| 21. In Shegaon, clash took place during Ganpati immersion after Muslims pelted stones | Hindus destroyed Muslim property during the Ganesh Chaturthi immersion procession in Shegaon city of Maharashtra. | In the actual incident, stone pelting by members of the Muslim community disrupted the otherwise peaceful immersion procession, following a minor dispute. |
| 22. The police were chasing cow smugglers, not transporters | Gau Raksha Dal members claim that they conducted a joint operation with the police, targeting four Muslim men from Palwal who were allegedly transporting cattle in their car . The dangerous chase resulted in the accident, leaving the four men with grievous injuries and visible signs of assault. | The police were chasing cow smugglers, not transporters. While fleeing, the smugglers intentionally threw the cattle onto the road to cause an accident. However, later, the smugglers’ car crashed into something, and they were injured. |
| 23. Claim of Police Interrupting Christian Prayer Meet for Alleged Conversions Proven False | Police disrupted Sunday prayer meet of Christians, falsely accusing them of religious conversions. | The conversion was indeed taking place, and the police arrested one accused individual. |
| 24. Police disrupting Christian prayers due to fake conversion claims is false | In Bharatpur, Rajasthan, police stopped a Christian prayer meeting on charges of religious conversion. After investigation, police found that the allegations were false. | According to the investigation, people from outside were called there with promises of money and cures for poverty and diseases. This time, they were gathered under the pretext of providing information about religious books. |
| 25. Claim about Chand Miyan, Guddu Khan and Saddam died after getting attacked is misleading | Two Muslim men Chand Miyan and Guddu Khan were beaten to death by cow vigilantes for allegedly transporting buffaloes. While another victim Saddam Khan is recuperating in a hospital. | Three of them smuggling cattle in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district died after jumping into a river. They were scared when people chased them. Police said they were not attacked. |
These instances make it evident that Hindutva Watch, under the guise of reporting crimes against minorities in India, was engaged in highlighting instances where edited or manipulated content was used in media narratives aimed at portraying Hindus or India negatively.
For a comprehensive analysis report examining Hindutva Watch’s wicked agenda and its connections to Pakistan, click here.
