“The video shows a village sarpanch being assaulted by locals in Bihar while campaigning for votes in support of an MLA who had left the AIMIM.”
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Claim dated 8 Aug 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video has no connection to Bihar. It shows an altercation between the relatives of an elected panchayat representative and a group of local residents at the Jamuna (Jamunamukh) Gram Panchayat office in Doboka, Hojai district, Assam, on 04 August 2025.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 August 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 August 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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