Recently a video of a massive vehicle rally went viral on social media claiming it to be a rally of Bajrang Dal reaching West Bengal. The video shows a large rally of four-wheelers and two-wheelers with saffron flags. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was […]
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Recently an image of a BBC Hindi news report went viral on social media. The report has a text in Hindi “टोपी लुंगी पहनकर संघ के लोग बरसा रहे थे ट्रेन पर पत्थर’: प्रेस रिव्यू” with two different images. One image shows a man wearing a Muslim cap in front of a burning vehicle and […]
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This is an old video from Tamil Nadu and it has no link to the recent Murshidabad protest over the Waqf Bill. Unrest broke out in Murshidabad in West Bengal during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on 11 April. The law has been a contentious issue in the region. The protests turned violent, resulting […]
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This viral video is from Tinkune, Nepal, and it predates the violence in West Bengal Unrest broke out in West Bengal during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on 11 April. Amid this, a video of police protecting itself from stone pelters is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows a […]
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Murshidabad in West Bengal has recently witnessed incidents of violence following the amendments to the Waqf law. In one such tragic episode in Jafrabad, a mob attack led to the killing of a father-son duo—70-year-old Hargobindo Das and his son Chandan Das. Reports also suggest that several residents were displaced due to the unrest. Amidst […]
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Recently a video of a bike rally went viral on social media claiming it to be the video of Bajrang Dal members reaching the violence-hit West Bengal. Sharing the video on Facebook, users wrote, “Bajrang Dal reaches west bengal to save hindus.…” Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know […]
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Recently a video of a woman police officer and a man arguing went viral on social media. The police officer asked the man why such a huge crowd was gathered where a policeman was injured too along with innocent people. She blamed him for breaking the law and order. She said that they will take […]
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This is an old video from Bangladesh and it dates back to 2024. Unrest broke out in Murshidabad in West Bengal during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on 11 April. The law has been a contentious issue in the region. The protests turned violent, resulting in the deaths of some people and injuries to […]
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The video shows an attack on BJP leader Dilip Ghosh in Bhabanipur assembly constituency in September 2021. Unrest broke out in Murshidabad in West Bengal during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on 11 April. The law has been a contentious issue in the region. The protests turned violent, resulting in the deaths of some […]
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Recently a video of a policeman being surrounded by a group of people while the former trying to flee went viral on social media. Sharing the video users claimed that the incident took place recently in Nadiya District, West Bengal. According to the caption, a policeman was beaten up by the rioters in Nadiya District, […]
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Recently a video of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went viral on social media. In the video, Mamata Banerjee can be seen addressing the public on a stage with a mic in her hand and saying, “The Jumla Party has deliberately created a dirty religion. We do not believe in that religion”. Sharing […]
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Recently a video of a group of Muslim people, with sticks in their hands, destroying trees, and farmland and taking away cattle went viral on social media. The video shows smoke in several places in the fields. Sharing the video, users wrote, “Muslim terrorists have evacuated 12 villages in West Bengal and destroyed 150 acres […]
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A video of a man attacking a police officer is going viral on social media. Users are claiming that this is a video from West Bengal where a MLA is thrashing a police officer. However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. This is an old video of 2018 from Meerut. The person beating […]
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Recently clashes erupted between two communities in Mohanbari, Malda, West Bengal, leading to the arrest of 34 people. According to reports, on Wednesday, a preparatory rally for Ram Navami passed a local mosque. A section of people alleged that firecrackers were thrown near the mosque. On Thursday, as the news spread, a section of people […]
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A social media post claiming the wife of Chief Justice Of India DY Chandrachud is related to the personal physician of the CM of West Bengal, Dr. S.P Das, is going viral. The post reads, “CJI Chandrachur’s present wife is related to Dr. SP Das orthopaedic surgeon and personal physician of CM Government of West […]
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The video shows a mob attack on a Muslim woman named Meherabanu Bibi in front of Central Modern School in Barasat, West Bengal and the Police clarified that the incident has no communal angle. A disturbing video of a woman being brutally attacked by a mob in the presence of police is going viral on […]
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In the midst of the 2024 general election, a newspaper clip carrying news about West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is going viral on social media. The headline reads, “Hardly anyone knows the real name of Mamata Banerjee.” Further the content of the newspaper clip states that the real name of Mamata Banerjee is Mumtaz […]
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A video of many bikes carrying saffron flags lying on the street is going viral on social media. A few people can also be heard shouting slang. Users are claiming that this is a recent incident from West Bengal where Hindus are being targeted. However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be misleading. This is […]
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Currently, an image of a gathering of Muslim women in Burqa is going viral on social media. Users are claiming that these Muslim women came to cast vote for 2024 general elections in West Bengal and total Muslim votes in the state was 78%. Fact Crescendo found the claim to be misleading. This is an […]
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This is an old incident that happened in Malda, West Bengal three years ago. General elections will be held in India from 19 April 2024 to 1 June 2024 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. As the general elections approach, many images and videos are surfing the internet daily. Meanwhile, a video of a group of people vandalising furniture […]
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The image shows an anti-BJP campaign that was carried out ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections in 2021. General elections will be held in India from 19 April 2024 to 1 June 2024 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. Social media is geared up with so many images videos related to elections. Against this backdrop, an image showing […]
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The video shows an anti-BJP campaign that was carried out ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections in 2021. General elections will be held in India from 19 April 2024 to 1 June 2024 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. Social media is geared up with so many images videos related to elections. Against this backdrop, a video showing […]
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Currently, a video of a mob vandalizing a railway station is going viral on social media out of which many of them can be identified as teenagers. This incident is claimed to be from Noapara Mahishasur Railway station in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Social media users are also claiming that people fromMuslim community vandalized […]
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The video is more than a year old and it shows visuals from a pooram festival of Kerala’s Kavassery. At least nine people were killed and multiple others sustained injuries after an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district of Khadikul village earlier this week. As per reports the illegal factory was run by […]
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This raid does not have any relation with the recent PFI office raids in Kerala. The video is from and ED raid at a gaming firm in Kolkata. A video showing officers counting bundles of cash is widely circulating on social media. Users sharing this video claim that it shows the National Investigative Agency (NIA) […]
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The video is not related to Bihar. The video is from Bengal showing clashes between TMC and BJP workers. JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for the eighth time on 10 August after a dramatic and sudden exit from the National Democratic Alliance(NDA). Nitish Kumar has returned to theMahagathbandhan […]
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The image does not show any recently discovered Shivling in the Gyanvapi mosque’s wazukhana in Uttar Pradesh. The image is from Nakhoda mosque in Kolkata. The Gyanvapi Masjid, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, is embroiled in a legal fight. After the conclusion of three-day Gyanvapi Masjid survey, a lawyer from the Hindu […]
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The video dates back to April 2020 during the first phase of COVID-19 lockdown. The video is also not from Mumbai but from Howrah in West Bengal. Recently Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray had issued an ‘ultimatum’ of May 3 to Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government to ensure that all loudspeakers installed in Mosques are […]
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Recently, multiple posts have been shared on social media claiming that people of the Muslim community vandalized the Mahishasur railway station in Naopara, Murshidabad District of West Bengal. The post has a video of 1 minute 46 seconds where a group of youths can be seen vandalizing a railway station. The captions claim that people […]
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This video is from Switzerland showing a clash between football fans in 2018. The video has no relation with West Bengal. A video showing a group of hooligans attacking cars on the road is doing rounds on social media. Users claim that this video is from West Bengal where the Rohingya Muslim community is not […]
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The image shows a derailed passenger train near Sahadai Buzurg railway station in Bihar in 2019. An image showing a derailed train surrounded by people is widely circulating on social media. The claim made along with the image is that recently Bihar-Guwahati express derailed in the North of Bengal. Recently, seven persons were killed after […]
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