Fact Check: Viral video from West Bengal falsely linked to Haryana communal violence
Social media has been flooded with a video allegedly showing a group of youths and children wielding swords and waving Islamic flags as they march through a street, with claims linking it to the recent communal violence that erupted in Haryana's Nuh district on July 31, resulting in the deaths of at least six people.
To verify the authenticity of the video, a fact check was conducted, including a reverse image search of keyframes from the video. This led to a tweet and a Reddit post where users in the comment sections pointed out that the video was actually from a Muharram procession in West Bengal.
Further investigations led to a clearer version of the video, dated July 29, 2023, posted by a social worker named Shaikh Aptaj Bharatiya from Dhuliyan, West Bengal. He confirmed that the video depicted a Muharram procession in Dhuliyan, which took place on the tenth day of Muharram, known as Ashura.
Additionally, a Google Earth search of CJ Patel More Road in Dhuliyan, dated May 2023, was compared with the video's content, and it was verified that the viral video was indeed from Dhuliyan, West Bengal.
Despite the false claims circulating on social media, there is no connection between the Muharram procession in West Bengal and the communal violence that occurred in Haryana's Nuh district. The misleading information has caused confusion and spread false narratives.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
