According to a viral video depicting communal violence, West Bengal targeted Ram Navmi Shobhayatra during the 2024 Ram Navami celebration.
@Yogi__1967 claimed in a twitter psost that Ram Navmi Shobhayatra was targeted in West Bengal during the Ram Navami celebration in 2024. The tweet was made on April 27, 2024.
*पश्चिम बंगाल में रामनवमी पर ये हाल हुआ है,,,😡😡घर से निकल कर वोट करों,,, नहीं तो हर राज्य में यही होगा,,, और हम आप कुछ नहीं कर पायेंगे,, हिंदू भागना जानता है,,, लड़ना नहीं,,,*😡😡 pic.twitter.com/N6yAiCPpZK
— योगी योगेश सिंघल धर्मसेना🚩🚩 (@Yogi__1967) April 27, 2024
Several other accounts, including @rashtrawadi_aks, @DilipKu24388061, @8swadeshi23 made the same claim that that Ram Navmi Shobhayatra was targeted in West Bengal during the Ram Navami celebrations in 2024 depicting communal viloence. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This is an old video from Sambalpur, Odisha, when a motorbike rally was conducted two days before Hanuman Jayanti in April 2023. Stones were thrown at the rally, and violence broke out. There is nothing to do with West Bengal with the video; it is not recent. So, the claim that during the Ram Navami celebration in 2024, West Bengal targeted Ram Navmi Shobhayatra in a video of communal violence is not true at all. We visited India Today, which published an article on this incident on April 13, 2023 with the heading “Internet snapped in Odisha’s Sambalpur after 10 cops injured during Hanuman Jayanti rally”. At least 10 cops were injured after violence erupted during a Hanuman Jayanti motorbike rally in Odisha’s Sambalapur. In Odisha, the festival was celebrated on April 14. In the wake of the violence, the Sambalpur district’s six police station areas implemented Section 144. Following the event, internet services also got suspended in Sambalpur.
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D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video of communal violence has been shared claiming that Ram Navmi Shobhayatra was targeted in West Bengal during the Ram Navami celebration in 2024. The fact is that this is an old video from Odisha's Sambalpur, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/6LK4nm0pHy
Intent:
Influencers are circulating sensitive old videos of Odisha claiming to be from West Bengal to set their narrative against the state government. A video of communal violence has been shared claiming that Ram Navmi Shobhayatra was targeted in West Bengal during the Ram Navami celebration in 2024. In actuality, this is an old footage from Sambalpur, Odisha, where a motorbike rally was conducted two days before Hanuman Jayanti in April 2023, and stone throwing caused chaos. The video isn’t related to West Bengal and wasn’t made recently.
Conclusion:
Claim : Some have circulated a video purporting to show communal violence on Ram Navmi Shobhayatra in West Bengal in 2024, during the celebration of Ram Navami.
Fact : The fact is that this is an old video from Odisha’s Sambalpur, where violence erupted when stones were thrown at the motorbike rally that was held two days before Hanuman Jayanti in Odisha in April 2023. The video is not recent and has nothing to do with West Bengal.
