Gruesome Video of ‘TMC Goons Attacking BJP Man’ is From Bihar
According to the viral post, TMC ‘goons’ attacked a BJP worker for resisting polling booth capturing by them.
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CLAIM
A video of a man getting hacked went viral with the claim “‘Trinamool goons hack BJP worker in Bengal village’
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Alleged Trinamool goons attack Sagar Roy, a BJP worker from Kaligram, Chanchal, Malda North, after polling. Roy had reportedly resisted Trinamool's attempt at booth capturing.”
The video was tweeted by ‘Sirf News’ and also went viral on Facebook and Twitter.
The ‘Sirf News’ tweet was posted on 25 April and had over 820 retweets and over 400 likes, after which it was taken down.
In the 45-second video clip, two men are attacking a man while a woman tries to stop one of them.
The post allegedly blamed Trinamool 'goons' for attacking BJP worker Sagar Roy after he resisted Trinamool's attempt at booth capturing.
FACT
The claim made with the video clip is false.
The video is actually from an incident that took place in Bihar's Bhagalpur.
A news agency called Prabhat Khabar carried a story where the video of the incident was of a family feud which escalated. The man attacked in the video was actually killed by his father and younger brother.
According to the report, the incident took place on 16 April and the police called it a family feud which led to the murder. Both the brother and the father accused the victim of drinking and indulging in physical violence at home.
Hence, the video is not that of TMC workers attacking a BJP worker for resisting polling booth capturing by TMC.
(With inputs from SM Hoax Slayer)
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