Fact-Check: Unrelated Clip Viral as One Showing Muslim Population in West Bengal

We were able to trace this video to December 2025 from Assam. It shows a religious gathering.

Fact-Check: This video is from Assam from 2025. 

(Source: The Quint) 

Amid the ongoing elections, a video showing several Muslim people walking on a road is being shared to claim that the community's population has increased in West Bengal.

• Those sharing wrote, "West Bengal Hindus have the last chance to save their State."

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

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

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false as this video dates back to 2025 and shows a religious gathering in Assam.

What we found: At first, we divided the viral clip into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• It led us to a post on Instagram featuring the same video. The video was shared in December 2025.

• At the end of the video, a text noting, "Ijtema Dhubri Assam," appeared on the screen.

• Team WebQoof then ran a relevant keyword search which led us to a news report by The Sentinel from 26 December 2025.

• It noted, "Assam: Mammoth 3-day NE Ijtema concludes in Dhubri district."

• Further, it stated that a three-day North East Ijtema with a mammoth gathering of lakhs of Islamic faithfuls from Assam, West Bengal and Meghalaya, held in the Boter Tola area in Gauripur under the Dhubri district.

Conclusion: The video is from Assam in December 2025, not West Bengal. It has been shared with the false claim that the state’s Muslim population had increased.

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