Old Clip Showing Hindu Men Disguised as Muslims Linked to Murshidabad Violence

This clip is from March and is unrelated to the recent violence related to Waqf Act in Murshidabad.

Fact-Check: This video is from March from Alipurduar.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video featuring two people in skull caps being interrogated by a crowd is being shared on social media.

The claim states that two Hindu men from Bihar were apprehended for posing as Muslims, amid the ongoing violence related to the recently passed Waqf Amendment Act in Murshidabad, West Bengal.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• The video dates back to early March from West Bengal's Alipurduar when two labourers from Bihar allegedly disguised themselves as Muslims. Local police confirmed the same to The Quint.

What we found: We divided the viral video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• We came across some posts on Facebook featuring the same video, however, they were uploaded in March.

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot) 

• The video's description noted that two Hindu migrant labourers from Bihar dressed as Muslims in Alipurduar in West Bengal in March.

• Some other posts from March on Facebook made the same claim. You can see those here and here.

• This hinted that the video was not recent or related to the violence because of the Waqf (Amendment) Act in Murshidabad.

We, then, reached out to the Assistant Superintendent of Police in Alipurduar who confirmed that this video was from March. He also noted that two Hindu Bihari labourers disguised themselves as Muslims in order to earn something via begging during the holy month of Ramadan.

Conclusion: This video is old and not related to the ongoing violence against the Waqf (Amendment) Act in Murshidabad.

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