Video of Muslims Clashing is From Bangladesh, And Not West Bengal
The video is of the Tongi clashes in Bangladesh, which killed at least one person and left over 200 people injured.
CLAIM
A video posted by the Facebook page 'Resurgent Dharma' reads "You can see the future of #India. There is a glimpse of Islamic terrorism in #Bengal. After seeing, send ahead. So that people can be aware."
The video shows a large mob of Muslims carrying lathis, clashing with each other in what appears to be a large open ground.
The video had garnered over 42k views till the time this article was being written.
TRUE OR FALSE?
When we reverse-searched key frames from the video, we stumbled across a news report written in Bangla from one TablighNewsBD.
This report in turn claimed that the video had first been shared by a Facebook page by the name 'Aalmi Tablighi Shura'.
The description of the video indicated that it was from a 'Tongi clash/conflict.'
VIDEO NOT FROM WEST BENGAL, BUT FROM BANGLADESH
When we searched the term 'Tongi clash' on Google, we came across a Dhaka Tribune report dated 1 December, which stated that a series of clashes had occurred at the Bishwa Ijtema grounds in Bangladesh's Tongi after two factions of Tablighi Jamaat attempted to assert their dominance at the grounds.
The clashes had reportedly broken out between Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, a top scholar from the Indian Tablighi Jamaat, and Maulana Jubayer's supporters.
According to Dhaka Tribune, the clashes occurred after Maulana Saad's supporters attempted to enter the grounds even as Maulana Jubayer's supporters had staked claim at the grounds. The clashes had resulted in the death of at least one person and had left over 200 others injured in their wake.
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