Bihar police have arrested a man for sharing fake videos - the same fake videos that prompted statewide panic among North-Indian migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu police and fact checkers have dismissed the videos - which showed attacks on migrant workers - as old videos from other states, while Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav have condemned the videos as propaganda intended to sway the public against the ruling governments in both states. On Left, Right & Centre, we explore how fake news may or may not have sparked thousands of Bihari migrants to flee Tamil Nadu.
