A graphic video showing a mob brutally thrashing a boy with kicks and sticks has gone viral on social media, where users have claimed that it shows "Hindu children being murdered in West Bengal by Jihadi mob."
(Note: We have refrained from adding links to the post due to the graphic nature of the visuals.)
Is it true?: No, the claim is false.
The video is from Bangladesh's Dhaka and shows a mob lynching a rape accused teenager.
How did we find out the truth?: We carried out a reverse image search using Google Lens, which led us to a Facebook post with the same video.
Its caption mentioned that it showed a boy being tortured in Bangladesh.
Taking a cue from this, we used Bangla keywords such as 'বাংলাদেশের জনতা' (Bangladesh mob) to supplement the reverse image search to look for more information.
The search returned several results, including a report by Bangladeshi news outlet Somoy News, which carried a screenshot of the graphic video.
Published on 19 March, the report said that a mob had broken into a police car which was transporting a man accused of raping a five-year-old, brutally thrashing him.
The "angry mob vandalised and robbed a police vehicle," the report said, leaving some policemen injured.
The accused, a teenager, was arrested from Dhaka's Khilkhet neighbourhood, after which he was snatched and lynched by the mob.
We also found similar visuals in another report by news organisation Ekushey Television.
After the attack, the teen was taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, as per The Business Standard.
The attack left the accused in a critical condition, reported Dhaka Tribune.
Conclusion: A video of a mob lynching a person accused of rape in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is being shared as one from West Bengal with a false communal claim.
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