Violent incidents broke out in Murshidabad district in West Bengal following the protests against the Waqf Act, 2025. Lighthouse Journalism found a video being widely shared on social media platforms, which is being claimed to be from Murshidabad.
During the investigation we found that the video is old and from Rajasthan. The viral claim is misleading.
Claim:
X user Muthukumar Subbaiah shared the video on his profile.
Other users are also sharing the video with a similar claim.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by running a reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from the video, after uploading it to the InVid tool.
We found a Facebook video uploaded on 10th April 2024 to the profile of AAP Rajasthan.
The caption said: मुख्यमंत्री Bhajanlal Sharma जी के विधानसभा क्षेत्र सांगानेर में जमीन पर कब्जा करने के लिए बदमाशों की दिनदहाड़े गुंडागर्दी! भाजपा के आने से अपराध का गढ़ बना राजस्थान। हर भाजपा शासित राज्य में यही हो रहा है
Translation: In broad daylight hooliganism by miscreants to capture land in Sanganer, the constituency of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma! With the coming of BJP, Rajasthan has become a stronghold of crime. This is happening in every BJP ruled state
We found a news report about the incident on the website of oneindia.com.
We also found a report about it on etvbharat.com and indiatv.in.
The reports said: The terror of miscreants was seen in the Malpura Gate police station area of the capital Jaipur. About 50 to 60 miscreants arrived in vehicles to capture the plot land and pelted stones on the family members. The miscreants tried to capture the plot. All the miscreants are said to be from Bharatpur. The stone pelting created an atmosphere of terror in the area. On receiving the information, the Malpura Gate police station reached the spot. The police arrested two accused. A live video of the incident has also surfaced, in which the miscreants are seen pelting stones.
Conclusion: Old video from Jaipur of a land dispute now being shared as recent from Murshidabad violence. The viral claim is misleading.
