Fact check: this video of BJP workers attacking a house does not come from Bengal

The viral video of BJP workers throwing stones and furniture at a house comes not from Bengal but from Telangana.

Watch the viral video of BJP workers throwing stones and furniture at a house

Amid the electrifying political atmosphere in West Bengal in the run-up to the election rally, a video is circulating on social media claiming that the party is disturbing. peace in the state.

Various Facebook users who posted video with a sarcastic caption in Hindi that translates to: “If farmers riot in Delhi, then is BJP trying to maintain peace in Bengal?”

India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found that the video was not from West Bengal but from Telangana. On January 31, BJP workers attacked the home of Warangal TRS MLA Challa Dharma Reddy after he allegedly made offensive comments about the Ram Mandir donation.

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The actual incident

After watching the video closely, we found a police vehicle with ‘Warangal Police’ on it.

Using it, we searched the internet using keywords and found several videos and news articles related to the incident.

“N”Hindustan TimesReport of February 1 published a similar image of BJP workers throwing plastic chairs at a house. According to this report, 39 BJP employees were arrested for attacking the residence of TRS MLA Challa Dharma Reddy in Warangal, Telangana.

The News MinuteAlso published a similar report on the same incident.

A video of the incident was uploaded on February 2 by the YouTube channel ‘LatestLY’ entitled ‘BJP Workers Arrested For Pelting Stones, Attacking TRS MLA’s House In Warangal, Telangana’.

According to these reports, the attack took place after Reddy claimed that BJP leaders were raising large funds in the name of the construction of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya without showing any accounts and that they were cheating the money.

Therefore, it is confirmed that the video on which BJP workers rob a house is not from West Bengal but from Telangana.

ClaimThe video shows how BJP is disturbing the peace in Bengal.Closure The video is not from West Bengal but from Telangana, where BJP workers attacked the home of Warangal TRS MLA Challa Dharma Reddy on January 31 after he allegedly made offensive comments about the Ram Mandir donation.

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The number of crows determines the intensity of the lie.

  • 1 Crow: Half true
  • 2 crows: mostly lies
  • 3 crows: absolutely false

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