{"id":117060,"date":"2022-04-27T17:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=117060"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T09:40:06","slug":"old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Old videos of vandalism in West Bengal railway station viral with false anti-Muslim claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 1:28 minute-long video clip is being shared with the claim that the Mahishasur Railway Station in West Bengal was &#8220;destroyed by Muslims&#8221; because the sound of a train&#8217;s horn &#8220;interrupted&#8221; their prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @RatanSharda55 shared this video with the claim that the incident took place in Mahishasur Railway Station in Murshidabad but also added that &#8220;other reports&#8221; say it happened in Noapara. (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.today\/DmPEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mahishashur raillway station in Murshidabad W Bengal being destroyed allegedly because sound of train whistle is disturbing their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Namaz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Namaz<\/a>.<br \/>\nAnother report says it&#8217;s Noapara.<br \/>\nNot sure of purpose but surely we don&#8217;t want to descend to stone age all over again!\ud83d\ude41 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8CEI4ZwkvQ\">pic.twitter.com\/8CEI4ZwkvQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ratan Sharda \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \u0930\u0924\u0928 \u0936\u093e\u0930\u0926\u093e (@RatanSharda55) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RatanSharda55\/status\/1519195968171765761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This claim is widely circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Mahishashur%20raillway%20station&amp;src=recent_search_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mahishashur raillway station in Murshidabad, Bengal being destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Reason: The sound of the train whistle is disturbing their Namaaz.<\/p>\n<p>We can see the future of India.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmitShah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshwiniUpadhyay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AshwiniUpadhyay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ippatel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/girirajsinghbjp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@girirajsinghbjp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPNadda?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JPNadda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MamataOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MamataOfficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/myogiadityanath?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@myogiadityanath<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qbyn4JIV5v\">pic.twitter.com\/qbyn4JIV5v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nilesh Desai \ud83d\udea9\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@TheNileshDesai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNileshDesai\/status\/1519148514034405377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has also received multiple requests to verify the authenticity of this video.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-117060 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/img_20220427_140957\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140957.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140957.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140957-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140957-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140957-768x1079.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/img_20220427_140601\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1069\" height=\"1534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140601.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140601.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140601-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140601-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_140601-768x1102.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/screenshot-2022-04-27-135509\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135509.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135509.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135509-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/screenshot-2022-04-27-135522\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135522.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135522.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135522-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/screenshot-2022-04-27-135534\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135534.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135534.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-135534-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/img_20220427_133620\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_133620.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_133620.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_133620-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_133620-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220427_133620-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This video is also viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Mahishashur%20raillway%20station&amp;sde=AbrncOC9Eo4JY_OLJrNRxWbosfm1ezmJR0aX8OWKgLG1ilxgg98ELbozPbV_g85X9dPMRY0BVOKSo_9vqwB3JHXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> with the same claim. It has been amplified by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1014226419518559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">various<\/a> prominent right-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=368720025034377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-117060 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/2022-04-27-14_20_04-mahishashur-raillway-station-search-results-_-facebook-mozilla-firefox\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_20_04-Mahishashur-raillway-station-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_20_04-Mahishashur-raillway-station-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_20_04-Mahishashur-raillway-station-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_20_04-Mahishashur-raillway-station-search-results-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x702.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/postcard-naopara\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1455\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/postcard-naopara.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/postcard-naopara.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/postcard-naopara-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/postcard-naopara-1024x431.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/postcard-naopara-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1455px) 100vw, 1455px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/india-with-modi-fb\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1464\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/India-with-modi-fb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/India-with-modi-fb.jpg 1464w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/India-with-modi-fb-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/India-with-modi-fb-1024x429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/India-with-modi-fb-768x322.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1464px) 100vw, 1464px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Another video that shows people removing railway tracks has also been shared with the same claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When Sound of the train whistle disturbs the namaz \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Mahishashur Railway station in Murshidabad district (West Bengal )<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9M2Jixv1L8\">pic.twitter.com\/9M2Jixv1L8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mini Razdan (@mini_razdan10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mini_razdan10\/status\/1519011085264818176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has received several requests on its WhatsApp helpline (+9176000 11160) to verify the video.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-117060 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/sound-train-namaz-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-3.jpg 964w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-3-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-3-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/sound-train-namaz-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-2.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-2-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-vandalism-in-west-bengal-railway-station-viral-with-false-anti-muslim-claim\/sound-train-namaz-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-1.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/sound-train-namaz-1-768x458.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Video 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We had a close look at the video and noticed a signboard that reads, \u201cNaopara Mahishasur\u201d. Upon performing a Google keyword search, we found that the station is located in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. [The station is located in Naopara village in Murshidabad district. Not to be confused with Noapara district.]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_34_24-2022-04-23-12_04_40-2-\u042f-\u0457\u043fg\u043d-\ud83c\udd98-on-Twitter_-_\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u092f\u0939-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0907\u0938-\u0926\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u094b-\u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e-\u0926\u0947\u0936-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1357\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_34_24-2022-04-23-12_04_40-2-\u042f-\u0457\u043fg\u043d-\ud83c\udd98-on-Twitter_-_\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u092f\u0939-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0907\u0938-\u0926\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u094b-\u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e-\u0926\u0947\u0936-.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_34_24-2022-04-23-12_04_40-2-\u042f-\u0457\u043fg\u043d-\ud83c\udd98-on-Twitter_-_\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u092f\u0939-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0907\u0938-\u0926\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u094b-\u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e-\u0926\u0947\u0936--300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_34_24-2022-04-23-12_04_40-2-\u042f-\u0457\u043fg\u043d-\ud83c\udd98-on-Twitter_-_\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u092f\u0939-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0907\u0938-\u0926\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u094b-\u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e-\u0926\u0947\u0936--1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_34_24-2022-04-23-12_04_40-2-\u042f-\u0457\u043fg\u043d-\ud83c\udd98-on-Twitter_-_\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u092f\u0939-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0907\u0938-\u0926\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u094b-\u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e-\u0926\u0947\u0936--768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1357px) 100vw, 1357px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At 0:48 seconds, the camera pans out and the surroundings of the station are visible. We compared the visuals with the satellite imagery available on Google Earth Pro and this confirmed that the location is indeed Naopara Mahishasur Railway Station located in West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_15_00-Still-from-the-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_15_00-Still-from-the-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 965w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_15_00-Still-from-the-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_15_00-Still-from-the-viral-video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x259.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then performed multiple keyword searches on Facebook and came across various visuals of youth destroying station property. We then noticed two Facebook posts that were made around December 2019. Both these posts featured the Vigo Video ID # 80770612896. The two Facebook posts can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch?ref=search&amp;v=561940594386784&amp;external_log_id=6f0cd2f7-8dd1-4911-9eef-a90fa07af261&amp;q=%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%20%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8%20%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%AC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100007899637258\/search\/?q=noapara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_36_50-2022-04-23-12_33_13-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg-WEBP-Image-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_36_50-2022-04-23-12_33_13-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg-WEBP-Image-.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_36_50-2022-04-23-12_33_13-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg-WEBP-Image--300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-14_36_50-2022-04-23-12_33_13-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg-WEBP-Image--768x458.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon comparing these Facebook posts with the viral video, we noticed that one of the youths seen in the viral video (timestamp &#8211; 0:25 secs) shares similarities with youths who can be spotted in the Facebook posts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_16_29-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"972\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_16_29-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 972w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_16_29-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-27-16_16_29-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x296.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We did a second visual comparison and noticed that at 0:14 seconds in the viral video, a room is visible that matches the photos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100007899637258\/search\/?q=noapara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116781\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-23-13_23_18-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg?resize=729%2C490&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"729\" height=\"490\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-23-13_23_18-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/2022-04-23-13_23_18-Viral-Video-1200-\u00d7-628px-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We looked for the second video using Bangla keywords on YouTube &#8211; &#8220;\u09a8\u0993\u09aa\u09be\u09dc\u09be \u09ae\u09b9\u09bf\u09b7\u09be\u09b8\u09c1\u09b0 \u09b8\u09cd\u099f\u09c7\u09b6\u09a8\u09c7&#8221; (Naopara Mahishasur Station) &#8211; and found that the same video was uploaded by a local Bangla news channel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u09a8\u0993\u09aa\u09be\u09dc\u09be \u09ae\u09b9\u09bf\u09b7\u09be\u09b8\u09c1\u09b0 \u09b8\u09cd\u099f\u09c7\u09b6\u09a8\u09c7 \u09b0\u09c7\u09b2\u09c7 \u09b2\u09be\u0987\u09a8 \u09a4\u09c1\u09b2\u09c7 \u09ab\u09c7\u09b2\u09c7 \u09b9\u09b2\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zRRCVlI9n_s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to NTVWB News, several protests were held against CAB-NRC in Murshidabad and during one such protest, Naopara Mahishasur Railway Station was vandalised. It also reported that people uprooted railway tracks and resorted to arson. Several train schedules were disrupted due to the violence.<\/p>\n<p>The videos are, therefore, old and were possibly shot during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in West Bengal&#8217;s Murshidabad. The claim that members of the Muslim community vandalised Naopara Mahishasur Railway Station after a train&#8217;s horn &#8220;interrupted&#8221; namaz is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 1:28 minute-long video clip is being shared with the claim that the Mahishasur Railway Station in West Bengal was &#8220;destroyed by Muslims&#8221; because the sound of a train&#8217;s horn &#8220;interrupted&#8221; their prayers. 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