{"id":92904,"date":"2021-05-10T23:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=92904"},"modified":"2021-05-10T23:17:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:47:55","slug":"old-videos-stitched-together-to-falsely-claim-hindus-retaliating-in-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-videos-stitched-together-to-falsely-claim-hindus-retaliating-in-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Old videos stitched together to falsely claim &#8216;Hindus retaliating in West Bengal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A massively widespread video compilation has been shared with the claim that Hindus have started retaliating in West Bengal. The state had witnessed violence soon after TMC emerged victorious in the recently-concluded assembly elections. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newslaundry.com\/2021\/05\/05\/violence-but-not-communal-bjp-pushes-misinformation-campaign-in-bengal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">violence was political<\/a>, BJP members and supporters have been pushing misinformation to paint a communal picture. A Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101981701932129\/videos\/134794238644403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Savarna Army&#8217;<\/a> shared the video, drawing over 5 lakh views.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92953 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2fbce125-d7cd-4224-a4cc-4f3604184262.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1835\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2fbce125-d7cd-4224-a4cc-4f3604184262.png 1835w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2fbce125-d7cd-4224-a4cc-4f3604184262-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2fbce125-d7cd-4224-a4cc-4f3604184262-1024x463.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2fbce125-d7cd-4224-a4cc-4f3604184262-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2fbce125-d7cd-4224-a4cc-4f3604184262-1536x694.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1835px) 100vw, 1835px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is also widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%20filter%3Avideos&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Below is a tweet by Akash Kathik, state executive member of BJP SC Morcha.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0932\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.!<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0928\u093e \u0932\u094b\u0915\u0924\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \ud83d\ude15 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S1hFcKdWUB\">pic.twitter.com\/S1hFcKdWUB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akash Khatik BJP (@akashkhatikbjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akashkhatikbjp\/status\/1391357465304858627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another BJP worker Mahesh Chouhan&#8217;s tweet drew close to 700 retweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u091c\u093e\u0917 \u091a\u0941\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0932\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.!<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0928\u093e \u0932\u094b\u0915\u0924\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \ud83d\ude15 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CcvjPI0aZG\">pic.twitter.com\/CcvjPI0aZG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0928\u093e\u092f\u0915-\u092e\u0939\u0947\u0936-\u091a\u094c\u0939\u093e\u0928 (@Mahesh__Chouhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahesh__Chouhan\/status\/1391360590208110593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The screenshot below shows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82&amp;sde=AbrncOC9Eo4JY_OLJrNRxWbosfm1ezmJR0aX8OWKgLG1ilxgg98ELbozPbV_g85X9dPMRY0BVOKSo_9vqwB3JHXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virality of the video on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92906 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/8b5f2e35-1224-4f19-8568-e096461ebc73.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/8b5f2e35-1224-4f19-8568-e096461ebc73.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/8b5f2e35-1224-4f19-8568-e096461ebc73-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Old, unrelated videos stitched together<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found that the video has used clips from old and unrelated incidents of violence from across the country to claim that Hindus have &#8216;retaliated&#8217; in West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clip 1\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first clip represents a clash between Shiv Sena workers and Muslim community members in Phagwara, Punjab. The YouTube video below was uploaded in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"shiv sena v\/s muslim in phagwara\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OIhq6fN5cs8?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>We found the location where the incident took place by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Kapil+Collection,+Gaushala+Road,+near+Badi+Masjid,+Phagwara,+Punjab\/Batra+Watch+Co.,+Gaushala+Bazar+In+Rd,+Phagwara,+Punjab+144401\/@31.2223579,75.7699491,19.47z\/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x391af4e643dff2e1:0xac3eaa4b667fa8bf!2m2!1d75.770214!2d31.222439!1m5!1m1!1s0x391af4e629f8b4b9:0x323f8ba9d60fbe0c!2m2!1d75.770118!2d31.2223571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">identifying two shops<\/a> \u2013 Kapil Collection and Batra Watch Co \u2013 in the background on Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92908 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-1-e1620651228797.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-1-e1620651228797.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-1-e1620651228797-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-1-e1620651228797-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-1-e1620651228797-768x369.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The incident is from June 2016. &#8220;Shiv Sena leaders and Muslims clashed with each other at Phagwara&#8230;Sources said following the recent disruption of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, the Shiv Sena leaders had been targeting the local Muslims and raising anti-Pakistan slogans&#8230;Muslims protested against this attitude of the Shiv Sena and took out a march under the leadership of Uvais-ur- Rehman, the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid of Phagwara. The Shiv Sena leaders, too, carried out a protest march, led by their state vice-president Inderjit Karwal,&#8221; reported <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/communal-protest-in-phagwara-shiv-sena-workers-muslims-clash-2930863\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a> on June 23, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clip 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another video of a mob pelting stones at a mosque was uploaded on Facebook on June 5, 2015. The user has claimed that the incident took place in Karoli, UP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100005550648597\/videos\/779347055593642\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/100005550648597\/videos\/779347055593642\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094c\u0932\u0940 \u0917\u093e\u0901\u0935 \u092e\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u094c\u0930 \u092b\u094b\u0930 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0925\u0930 \u092c\u093e\u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f<br \/>\n\u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0928\u093e\u0925 \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940<br \/>\n\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0938\u092c \u0915\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0938\u092c \u0915\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938<br \/>\n\u0906\u0916\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0906\u092a\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Mohd-Sarfe-Alam\/100005550648597\/\">Mohd Sarfe Alam<\/a> on Tuesday, 5 June 2018<span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The collage below shows that the mosque in both videos is the same.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92913 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-2-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-2-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News could not corroborate the location however, this incident took place three years before the post-poll violence in West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clip 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This clip was widely reported in media in March 2019. &#8220;Members of a Muslim family in Gurgaon\u2019s Dhamaspur village and guests who had come to visit them were beaten with sticks and rods, allegedly by 20-25 men, who barged into their home and attacked them on Holi evening,&#8221; reported <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/go-to-pakistan-20-25-men-barge-into-gurgaon-home-assault-family-5638962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a>. The family alleged in their complaint that the accused told them to &#8220;go to Pakistan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92919 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/viral-clip-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/gurugram-muslim-family-attack-case-two-arrested-1486195-2019-03-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today<\/a> reported that three people Sunil, Dharmesh and Dhirendra were arrested in connection with the case.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News was unable to identify two other clips in the video compilation. However, people are not wearing masks in the clips which suggests that they may be old as well. Since post-poll violence in West Bengal, several such unrelated videos have been circulated on social media. There has also been an organised attempt to project that the violence was communal in nature. However, ground reports from the state do not suggest a communal angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massively widespread video compilation has been shared with the claim that Hindus have started retaliating in West Bengal. The state had witnessed violence soon after TMC emerged victorious in the recently-concluded assembly elections. While the violence was political, BJP members and supporters have been pushing misinformation to paint a communal picture. 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