No, This Video Doesn’t Show BJP Workers Targeting Muslims in Kolkata

We found that neither is this video recent nor was it recorded in West Bengal.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is being incorrectly linked to West Bengal.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of a man dragging and thrashing a woman is being shared on the internet with a claim that it shows Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers targeting Muslims in West Bengal's Kolkata.

What did the viral post say?: The X (formerly Twitter) subscriber named 'Arffa Khannum' shared the clip with a caption that said, "They are conducting house-to-house searches in Muslim homes, dragging people out of their houses, and subjecting them to inhuman torture."

(Note: The visuals could be triggering. Viewer discretion is advised.)

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

The above post had garnered over 18 thousand views on the platform. You can view other claims here, here, and here.

What are the facts?: The video dates back to March of this year, when a woman named Sameena Shaikh and her daughter were assaulted in Maharashtra's Nashik. This made the viral claim false.

How did we find that out?: On conducting a Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral video, we found the same visuals uploaded on an X handle named 'Siraj Noorani'.

• The video was posted on 27 March.

• It was shared with a caption that said, "A shocking incident has come to light in Shivajinagar area of #Nashik, where a 32-year-old woman was cheated and beaten up. The woman was promised a job and when she demanded the money back, she was beaten up. According to sources, the authorities are investigating the matter."

Other sources: Next, we searched on YouTube with words in Marathi "नाशिकच्या शिवाजीनगरमध्ये महिलेला मारहाण" (Translation: woman beaten in shivajinagar nashik).

• This directed us to an unverified channel named '24NASHIK XPRESS NEWS' that carried the same visuals.

• It was uploaded on 26 March with the title which when translated to English said, "Shocking incident on Nashik Road; Woman beaten up, video surfaced#Nashik #BreakingNews #ViralVideo."

• Another YouTube channel called 'Nashik News' shared a video report based on the incident on 27 March.

• Its title loosely translated to, "Nashik News Woman beaten up in Jail Road area; Financial dispute over alleged assault, video goes viral..."

• The video carried a byte from the victim, who identified herself as Sameena Shaikh. Shaikh said that the man physically assaulted her and her daughter.

Conclusion: It is evident that the video is old and from Nashik.

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