“Video showing an attack on a Hindu woman by Muslims in West Bengal.”
What FACTLY found
According to reports and the police, the woman victim in this incident is Muslim, and there is no communal angle to the incident. The video shows a mob attack on a woman in front of Central Modern School, Barasat, West Bengal, which took place on 19 June 2024. According to the FIR filed in this case, a woman named Meherabanu Bibi, along with a man named Khalid, was attacked by a group of people over unfounded child kidnapping rumors at that time.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 July 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 July 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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