A video purporting to show the violence in Sandeshkhali features policemen beating a woman.

Verified accounts on twitter, including @sanjoychakra spread the misleading news by tweeting “#West Bengal- A state where the Chief Minister is a woman, the police resorts to this kind of atrocity. The police were no where to be seen when #SheikhSahjahan was ra*ing women everynight and poor people’s land was being illegally confiscated. So shameful. #SandeshkhaliHorror #TMC #BJP” on March 1, 2024. The tweet has received an about 74.6k views on X.

#West Bengal- A state where the Chief Minister is a woman, the police resorts to this kind of atrocity.
The police were no where to be seen when #SheikhSahjahan was ra*ing women everynight and poor people's land was being illegally confiscated.
So shameful.#SandeshkhaliHorror… pic.twitter.com/FGf0DFqJOi

— SK Chakraborty (@sanjoychakra) March 1, 2024

Several other accounts, including @asliarpita made the same claim that the policemen beating a woman is from the violence in Sandeshkhali. The user added “Bengali sherni from Sandeshkhali is standing strong against TMC’s police. Bengal h@te$ TMC and wants BJP.” . The archive can be read from above.

Many other accounts have also shared the same video with distorted claims. Verified accounts on twitter, imcluding @abhijitmajumder tweeted “West Bengal police under Mamata Banerjee. Protectors of women. Picture of bravery.” on March 1, 2024.

West Bengal police under Mamata Banerjee. Protectors of women. Picture of bravery. pic.twitter.com/tL9nL8qb2I

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) March 1, 2024

Other accounts have also shared the video with distorted claims, including @MithilaWaala, @AmitLeliSlayer, @ShefVaidya, @FeluMittirr also claimed that the woman was standing strong and fighting against the policemen from TMC. The archive can be read from above.

What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact

This is actually an old video from Baduria, West Bengal, when in April 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, a fight broke out between the locals and police over the incorrect distribution of rations. Many people spread the video without stating the place or time. The violent incidents in Sandeshkhali are unrelated to the video, which is not recent.

@ANI tweeted “#WATCH: Locals clash with Police personnel after they (locals) had blocked the road alleging improper distribution of ration material amid #CoronavirusLockdown in Baduria, North 24 Parganas. #WestBengal” on April 22, 2020.

#WATCH: Locals clash with Police personnel after they (locals) had blocked the road alleging improper distribution of ration material amid #CoronavirusLockdown in Baduria, North 24 Parganas. #WestBengal pic.twitter.com/ceuxq6mcEl

— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2020

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D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Misleading

FACT: A video that shows policemen beating a woman is being circulated, claiming to be from the violence in #Sandeshkhali . The fact is that this is an old video from West Bengal's Baduria, where a scuffle erupted between police and locals (1/3) pic.twitter.com/coJnVT0beI

— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) March 1, 2024

Intent:

Political influencers are circulating old videos from a different incident claiming to be from the violence in Sandeshkhali to set their propaganda and create panic. A video that shows policemen beating a woman is being circulated, claiming to be from the violence in Sandeshkhali. This old video actually shows a brawl between police and residents in Baduria, West Bengal, in April 2020 during the COVID-19 shutdown, over rations being distributed improperly. Many people distributed the video without stating the time or place. The violence in Sandeshkhali has nothing to do with the video.

Conclusion:

Claim : There is a video circulating that purports to show police beating a woman; it appears to be from Sandeshkhali violence.

Fact : The fact is that this is an old video from West Bengal’s Baduria, where a scuffle erupted between police and locals over the improper distribution of rations in April 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown. Few users circulate it without mentioning the location or date. The video is not recent and has nothing to do with the Sandeshkhali violence.

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