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After Bakri Eid was celebrated in India on Saturday, June 7, a video went viral on Facebook claiming to show a blood-filled road in Kolkata following the Qurbani (sacrificial) ritual.<\/p>\n

Several users shared visuals of a blood-filled road and remarked sarcastically, “This isn\u2019t Bangladesh or Pakistan…” Some stated that parts of Kolkata resembled “scenes from Bangladesh”. The posts also claimed that the visuals were from Ward 44 in Kolkata. (Examples: 1,<\/a> 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>)<\/p>\n

BJP leader Sajal Ghosh who represents Ward No. 50 in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), also shared the video on Facebook and claimed that it was from the Bhawani Dutta Lane and Neel Madhab Sen Lane areas of Bowbazar. In the post, He also urged ‘urban, smart, ultramodern seculars’ to wake up unless they wanted the same picture to emerge from their localities within four-five years.<\/p>\n

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\nSajal Ghosh BJP West Bengal Kolkata Municipal Corporation<\/p>\n

Posted by Sajal Ghosh<\/a> on Sunday 8 June 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

On the same day, the X handle of the West Bengal Police Cyber Crime Wing shared a related fact check. It picked up a Facebook post from a user named Nepal Saha, which contained six photos of purported Eid celebrations in Kolkata, and labelled them as fake. One of these photos is a screenshot from the viral video. The fact check claimed that the photos originated in Bangladesh, with a 2016 post from Dhaka cited as the source. However, the viral video screengrab is not part of the 2016 post, and only two of the five others flagged as fake can actually be traced back to it. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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A disturbing image falsely linked to Kolkata post-Eid is actually from Dhaka, 2016, after Eid-ul-Adha and heavy rain. It has no connection to West Bengal.#factcheckthetruth<\/a>#factcheck<\/a>#Bangladesh<\/a>#WestBengal<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SVSPwxr748<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fact Check : The Truth (@t20274) June 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We found a website (https:\/\/factcheck.wb.gov.in\/<\/a>) bearing the same logo which published the same fact check<\/a>. The website describes itself as “the Fact Check Portal of the West Bengal Cyber Crime Wing (which) is ready to tackle the menace by presenting verified, accurate, reliable information…”. Note that it uses a gov.in domain.<\/p>\n

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We tried reaching out to the cyber cell of Bengal Police. When we called on their number, they asked us to speak to the social media cell. The officer who spoke to us from the social media cell confirmed that the fact check had indeed been done by West Bengal Police’s cyber cell. However, he said the concerned person was on leave and only he could enlighten us about it. When we called up again the next day, we were met with the same response — that the person in the know of things was not available.<\/p>\n

Alt News Visited the Spot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Taking a cue from Sajal Ghosh’s Facebook post, Alt News was able to precisely identify the spot featured in the viral clip. Bhawani Dutta Lane and Neel Madhab Sen Lane are two narrow streets near the College Street — Mahatma Gandhi Road crossing, a stone’s throw from Presidency University. We visited the site and shot a video that shows the same area that is seen in the viral clip.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[vimeo https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1093755223]<\/p>\n

The business establishments visible toward the end of the footage all carry Kolkata addresses. (Outlined in red in the screengrabs below)<\/p>\n