A video from Bangladesh is viral as violence in India as voting results.

January 11, 2019 Amandeep

Spread the truth:

A video is viral on WhatsApp and other social media platforms showing a mob violence on street captured from a building.

Viral Text :

“2019 में जिसे कमल चुनने में परेशानी हो वो भविष्य चुनने के लिये तैयार रहें। भविष्य का भारत आप देख सकते है । बंगाल में इस्लामिक टेररिजम की एक छोटी सी झलक पेश की है। देखने के बाद आगे जरूर भेजना । ताकि लोग जागरूक हो सके।।👇🏽”

Translation: “Whoever has problem in selecting Lotus in 2019, should be ready to choose future. You can see India’s future. Small trailer of Islamic terrorism in Bengal is presented. Do forward after watching do people remain informed.”

On January 09, 2018 a twitter user with the handle @gopugoswani tweeted a 2 minutes 20 seconds video of violence in street.

The video claimed that the violence was post elections and was a result of voting for the wrong candidates/party

The tweet read “A seen in your neighborhood sooner than you imagined….. Think before you vote! Your one wrong vote can turn this country into Islamic nation very soon @Swamy39 @ippatel @KapilMishra_IND @narendramodi @ShefVaidya @girirajsinghbjp @HKupdate”

A seen in your neighbourhood sooner than you imagined…..
Think before you vote!
Your one wrong vote can turn this country into Islamic nation very soon @Swamy39 @ippatel @KapilMishra_IND @narendramodi @ShefVaidya @girirajsinghbjp @HKupdate pic.twitter.com/PTXNhZpMWB

— Gopal Goswami (@gopugoswami) January 9, 2019

In the comments section of the tweet, the user claims that this video is from Bengal.

It’s Bengal

— Gopal Goswami (@gopugoswami) January 9, 2019

Another user with the handle @jcsethi also posted the video, also calming it to be from Bengal.

2019 में जिसे कमल चुनने में परेशानी हो
वो भविष्य चुनने के लिये तैयार रहें। भविष्य का भारत आप देख सकते है । बंगाल में इस्लामिक टेररिजम की एक छोटी सी झलक पेश की है।

देखने के बाद आगे जरूर भेजना । ताकि लोग जागरूक हो सके।।👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/o5oWeKp8I5

— 🇮🇳Jagdish Sethi🇮🇳 (@jcsethi) January 6, 2019

Translation: Those who find it difficult to choose the Lotus (BJP election symbol) in 2019, are ready to choose their future. You can see the future of India. A glimpse of Bengal Islamic terrorism. Please forward after watching. So that people are aware of the situation.

The Truth

Both the claims are false. Neither it’s from India, nor did this happen after the last election result declarations.

This happened in Bangladesh, 1st Dec 2018.

This video is not even from India. It is from Tongi township of Gazipur, Bangladesh. It was posted to YouTube on December 1, 2018 by a channel named ‘News Network.’

The video has been cropped from timing 3:49 to 6:09 in the twitter post.

Here’s the original video:

The post is indeed fake and this is an old video from Tongi, Bangladesh. The video was taken during a Tabligh-Jamaat clash in the area.

Contrary to the claims that the violence happened post elections, the truth is that this video was posted before elections of Bangladesh. This was not related to election results in any way. This video was posted on December 1, 2018 whereas the elections were held on December 30, 2018.