{"id":47742,"date":"2025-04-17T02:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/old-clip-of-assault-on-family-falsely-linked-to-indian-muslim-land-boards-overhaul-protest\/17\/04\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T02:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:55:01","slug":"old-clip-of-assault-on-family-falsely-linked-to-indian-muslim-land-boards-overhaul-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/old-clip-of-assault-on-family-falsely-linked-to-indian-muslim-land-boards-overhaul-protest\/17\/04\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Old clip of assault on family falsely linked to Indian Muslim land boards overhaul protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As deadly protests broke out in India over legislation to change how Muslim-owned properties are managed,<\/span> social media users shared an old clip falsely claiming it depicted Muslims assaulting Hindus in the eastern state of West Bengal.\u00a0 But the video was published in news reports in 2024 that said it shows a land dispute-related violence in the northern state of Rajasthan.<\/h3>\n

“In Murshidabad, West Bengal, there were protests against the Waqf board that involved arson,” says a Hindi-language Facebook post shared on April 13, 2025, which includes a clip that shows several men throwing stones at a group of people.<\/p>\n

The boards control properties gifted by Muslim charitable endowments.<\/p>\n

“Three Hindus of the same family were also beaten to death”, the post goes on to say.<\/p>\n

“Bengal has become like Bangladesh, jihadists are breaking into the houses of the poor Hindus,” it continues, referring to the turbulent religious relations<\/a> in the neighbouring country that has left many religious minorities in the Muslim-majority nation fearful of persecution (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of the false post, taken on April 15, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Similar claims were shared alongside the same video on Facebook<\/a> and X<\/a> after three people were killed in\u00a0deadly protests that\u00a0erupted<\/a> in West Bengal over the passage of a bill to reform hugely wealthy Muslim land-owning organisations (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

According to the ruling Hindu nationalist government, it will boost transparency around land management by holding accountable powerful Waqf boards.<\/p>\n

The opposition, however, has called the bill a polarising “attack” on India’s Muslim minority. They accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to win favour with its right-wing Hindu base.<\/p>\n

But the video is not related to the protests.<\/p>\n

A reverse image search<\/a> of keyframes on Google found India Today\u00a0published<\/a> the clip on April 9, 2024 in a video report (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

It said masked men tried to enter the home of the family of five in the western Indian state of Rajasthan and pelted them with stones. Police suspected the attack is related to a land dispute, and two people were arrested over the incident.<\/p>\n

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