By Nidhi Jacob A viral social media post and WhatsApp forward falsely claim that police have launched a nationwide ‘free travel scheme’ for women between 10 pm and 6 am, citing helpline numbers 1091 and 7837018555. However, BOOM found that this claim is misleading. The only pan-India women’s helpline numbers are 1091, 100, and 112, operated by state police control rooms. The number provided in the viral claim (7837018555) is associated with a “free ride” facility launched exclusively by the Ludhiana police in Punjab, not a nationwide service. We also noticed that a claim with the same helpline…