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Sudhir Chaudhary

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94.6% claim accuracy
How accuracy is measuredAccuracy = accurate ÷ (accurate + inaccurate + misleading), over verdicts with confidence ≥ 0.7. Unverifiable claims are excluded from the denominator.
0 100 94.6%

95% confidence interval 88–98%

Why we rank by the confidence boundWe rank by the lower bound of this interval, not raw accuracy. A small sample yields a wide interval and a low bound — so anchors earn their rank by being checked more, not by looking good on a handful of claims.
. 92 checked of 447 checkable · 609 extracted.

Scrutiny
What scrutiny meansN checked of M checkable — the share of this anchor's checkable claims that have actually been fact-checked. High accuracy over low scrutiny is a provisional reading, not a verdict on the anchor.
92/447

Verdict mix

131 of 609 extracted claims checked

131 of 609 extracted claims checked.

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Episodes analysed

89 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

609 claims
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India suspended the Indus Water Treaty after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam last year (April 2025). IWT suspension pakistan security not checked
After the treaty suspension, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said 'either our water will flow in the Indus or their blood' and warned that stopping the Indus waters would mean war between the two countries. Bilawal war threat pakistan security not checked
A day before the letter, an international conference on the Indus Water Treaty was held in Pakistan where Pakistani leaders denounced India. IWT conference Pakistan pakistan security not checked
Pakistan has instructed its old sympathizers based in India to run a new campaign to restart India–Pakistan talks (i.e., the letter was orchestrated by Pakistan). Pakistan orchestration pakistan security not checked
The joint letter is dated 30 June 2026. letter date pakistan security not checked
Pakistani signatories include former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri and former diplomat Ashraf Jehangir Qazi. Pakistani signatories pakistan security not checked
Indian signatories of the letter include former RAW chief A.S. Dulat, former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mehbooba Mufti, Mani Shankar Aiyar and Manoj Jha. Indian letter signatories pakistan security not checked
The joint letter does not mention terrorism even once, nor does it appeal to Pakistan to stop sending terrorists into India. letter omits terrorism pakistan security not checked
61 signatories from India and 56 from Pakistan — politicians, intellectuals, social workers and former diplomats — wrote a joint letter to PM Modi and Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif urging resumption of dialogue and restoration of diplomatic ties. joint peace letter pakistan security not checked
The anchor says he cannot explain why per-devotee donations at Ram Mandir are only ₹20–30 compared to other temples, and demands that this discrepancy be investigated. donation gap probe demand crime not checked
It is possible that the Ram Mandir actually receives as much in donations as other major temples, but that donation money was being stolen — devotees may be giving ₹100 or more per head rather than ₹20–30. theft scale hypothesis crime not checked
The Ram Mandir in Ayodhya received about 7 crore devotees in a year — the highest footfall of the temples compared — but only ₹153 crore in donations, meaning each devotee donated on average only about ₹20–30. Ram Mandir donation gap communal religion not checked
The Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Maharashtra received 3 crore devotees in 2025–26 and roughly ₹660 crore in donations, averaging about ₹220 per devotee. Shirdi donations communal religion not checked
The Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu & Kashmir gets about 95 lakh visitors annually and received about ₹231 crore in donations. Vaishno Devi donations communal religion not checked
The Sri Venkateswara (Tirupati Balaji) temple in Andhra Pradesh gets about 2.5 crore devotees annually and received about ₹1,600 crore in donations in 2025 — the highest of any temple in India — averaging roughly ₹644 per devotee. Tirupati donations communal religion not checked
The temple's system was not preventing theft but effectively helping the thieves; the entire cash management system was unprofessional. cash management failure crime not checked
Several discrepancies were found in the temple's records and documents for valuables, and an audit of the entire inventory management system is now underway. inventory record gaps crime not checked
The investigation found that employees entering and exiting the temple were not being strictly frisked by the private security guards, and police suspect cash was taken out of the temple by exploiting this. lax frisking crime not checked
CCTV footage revealed that on several occasions bundles of cash were handed to certain individuals instead of being deposited directly in the bank. cash diversion crime not checked
Despite CCTV surveillance, the temple had several blind spots, and per the investigation, counting staff would sometimes stand directly in front of camera lenses to block the view. CCTV blind spots crime not checked
The rule requiring counting staff to wear pocketless clothing was broken — many employees began counting donations wearing normal clothes with pockets. dress code lapse crime not checked
In the counting room, located in the basement of the pilgrim facility centre, the 40 donation boxes are opened only in the presence of trust officials, State Bank of India staff and counting employees, and 44 employees count the donations in two shifts before the cash is sealed and deposited into the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's SBI account. donation counting process communal religion not checked
In the year 2024–25, the Ram Mandir received donations of ₹153 crore, comprising cash as well as gold, silver, diamonds and jewellery. Ram Mandir donations communal religion not checked
The Ram Mandir has 40 donation boxes in total, and on average 75,000 to 1 lakh devotees visit every day. temple footfall communal religion not checked
Private security guards often collude with criminals for petty gain, and here too the private security guards likely colluded with the accused. security guard collusion crime not checked