India’s West Bengal state has stepped-up <\/span>an anti-immigration drive at its border with Bangladesh since the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to power in recent local elections, but a video of troops in a field pointing weapons at a crowd is unrelated to the crackdown. It in fact shows a mock drill by the Nepal army in February 2026, ahead of the country’s first elections since youth-led protests led to the dissolution of its government the previous year.<\/p>\n “On the Bangladesh border, those attempting to disrupt fencing work received a clear warning from the Border Security Force (BSF): The first bullet will hit below the knee. The next one might pierce the chest,” says a Hindi-language\u00a0X post<\/a> shared on June 3, 2026.<\/p>\n The attached video, which was shared more than 2,500 times, appears to show troops pointing their weapons at a rowdy crowd in a dusty field.<\/p>\n “If Bangladesh cannot control its people, then India knows how to protect its borders and maintain order,” the post continues.<\/p>\n The West Bengal government, under its new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has begun transferring land<\/a> over to the BSF to set up outposts and fencing along its border with Bangladesh (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The new BJP-led administration swept to power in the eastern state in May, the first time since the country’s independence in 1947, and has since started a crackdown<\/a> on undocumented Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in the state (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The state called for local authorities to set up “holding centres” for “apprehended foreigners” awaiting deportation, and the order prompted hundreds of Bangladeshis to gather at an India-Bangladesh border post<\/a> hoping to cross back (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n Screenshot of the false post captured on June 5, 2026, with a red X added by AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The clip also appeared in similar\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, Threads<\/a> and X posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n “We are moving in the right direction. This became possible because of Modi,” reads a comment on one of the posts.<\/p>\n Another says: “Elimination is the only solution. I love the armed forces, thank you BSF.”<\/p>\n But the video is unrelated to the recent crackdown in West Bengal.<\/p>\n A reverse image search<\/a> on Google using keyframes<\/a> from the falsely shared video led to\u00a0footage<\/a> published on Facebook on February 11 — months before the BJP won power in the eastern state (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Nepali-language caption says, “The Nepal Army is ready to go to any extent to protect polling stations and ballot boxes in the upcoming House of Representatives elections.”<\/span><\/p>\n