A video that claims to show Muslims rioting on a large scale in West Bengal is in fact from Tongi township in Gazipur, Bangladesh. The video is being widely shared on social media and WhatsApp with a narrative of Islamic terrorism in Bengal. FACT CHECKThe clip shows an incident in Bangladesh and not West Bengal. BOOM analysed the video and found that there were no such incidents reported from West Bengal in the recent past. Read the Dhaka Tribune’s story here and bdnews24.com’s story here.

Source: bd News24 January 12, 2019 12:33 UTC