DC Fact Check: 2022 Clash Video linked to current LS campaign in West Bengal
A video being widely circulated on social media is falsely linking it to the ongoing Lok Sabha poll campaign in West Bengal.
Screenshots of a Viral Video being shared widely on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/100002918890940/videos/1105295750749211/
https://www.facebook.com/100003098169498/videos/1487686082176987/
But the video can be dated back to August 2022. A leading fact-check site has reported that they found a news bulletin uploaded on YouTube on August 6, 2022, with the same visuals when they ran a search with relevant keywords. The news report stated that TMC MLA Asit Mazumdar and his supporters clashed with BJP workers in Hooghly on August 5, 2022.
Here is a news bulletin uploaded by the Times Now news channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twAN66CM4uY
A news report published on NDTV on August 5, 2022, also stated that the incident happened at Khadina More in Chinsurah, Hooghly.
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Claim: The video is being reportedly shared as the current situation in West Bengal. The video shows BJP workers being thrashed during their election campaign in Kolkata.
Fact Check: This is fake news. The video is from 2022. TMC MLA Asit Mazumdar and his supporters clashed with BJP workers in Hooghly on August 5, 2022.
