{"id":105656,"date":"2021-10-22T17:47:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=105656"},"modified":"2021-10-22T17:48:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:18:16","slug":"video-from-bangladesh-durga-puja-pandal-vandalism-shared-as-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-bangladesh-durga-puja-pandal-vandalism-shared-as-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Durga Puja pandal vandalised in Bangladesh shared as West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of a mob vandalizing a pandal is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Muslims in West Bengal demolished a Durga Puja pandal.<\/p>\n

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Posted by \u0938\u094d\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928\u0940 Hindu<\/a> on Sunday, October 17, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Sharing this video on Twitter, a user wrote, “Shantidoots (pejorative term for Muslims) destroying Durga Puja pandal in Bengal yesterday.”<\/p>\n

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We received a request to verify the visuals on the Alt News mobile application.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Contrary to the claims being made on social media, this clip is not from West Bengal, but Bangladesh. We also could not find any reports to corroborate that a pandal was vandalized during the Durga Puja festivities in West Bengal. It is noteworthy that Durga Puja celebrations in Bangladesh<\/a> sparked communal violence targeting the minority Hindu community.<\/p>\n

We performed a keyword search on Twitter and found many tweets where users claimed this video is from Noakhali in Bangladesh. A user from Bangladesh had shared this video on October 15 as Noakhali.<\/p>\n

BBC aired several videos of the clashes in Bangladesh in a video report<\/a>, including the one in question. Apart from this, TV9 Bharatvarsh<\/a> and Aaj Tak<\/a> also aired the visuals.<\/p>\n

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A Facebook user had shared the video on October 15<\/a>. The accompanying post stated that there was a ‘terrible situation” in Noakhali where a temple was burned down. The pandal seen in the video<\/a> is located near the Sri Sri Radhakrishna Gaur Nityananda Temple<\/a> at Noakhali.<\/p>\n

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Another Twitter user posted some pictures claiming they depicted Trishul Durga Puja Pandal. In these pictures, the scene behind the pandal matches the visuals seen in the viral video.<\/p>\n

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#SaveBangladeshiHindus<\/a>#UN<\/a>#UNJRC<\/a>#SlowHinduGenocideinBangladesh<\/a>
\nWhere are the Champions of the Human Rights \ud83d\ude2a Noakhali, Chaumahani, college road, Trishul Durga Puja MANDIR has been fallen by Muslims gangs. 15\/10\/2021. The temple completely vandalised. Nothing else. pic.twitter.com\/ASh88pOKEJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pandit Pradip Chandra (\u092a\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0940\u092a \u091a\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930) (@PradipChandra7) October 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bangladesh unit of Boomlive<\/a> spoke with the representatives of Bijaya Temple and Radhakrishna Gaur Temple. They informed that the incident took place at a Durga Puja pandal in Chowmuhani, Noakhali.<\/p>\n

In sum, a video of an incident of a group of people vandalising a pandal during Durga Puja festivities in Bangladesh is falsely being shared as West Bengal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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