Kolkata: Local women in Sandeshkhali, a village in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, are holding a demonstration. They allege that local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders have sexually harassed them. Several women have come forward claiming that the absconding TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh and his two associates molested them on multiple occasions. This incident has led to an ongoing political tussle between the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC and BJP.
Against this background, an image of a man and a woman has circulated on social media, claiming that the woman has been kidnapped by a TMC worker in Sandeshkhali. The photo is being shared with communal claims.
The image is shared on Facebook with a caption: “सन्देशखाली,पश्चिम बंगाल- टीएमसी के गुण्डों द्वारा उठाई गई एक हिन्दू महिला,यह गुण्डा जेहादी, विक्ट्री का चिह्न दिखा रहा है,ममता बनर्जी ने पश्चिम बंगाल को पाकिस्तान बनाने में कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ी है, पश्चिम बंगाल में मुस्लिम हिन्दुओं पर अमानवीय अत्याचार कर रहे हैं किसी कि बहन,बेटी और बहु सुरक्षित नहीं है, ऊपर से बंगाल पुलिस ने ट्वीट करके चेतावनी दी है कि सन्देशखाली पर पोस्ट करनेवालों पर मुकदमा पंजीकृत किया जायेगा,अत्याचार पर आवाज उठाने कि भी मनाही है!!” (English version: See below.)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Running the viral image keyframes through Reverse Image Search, the NM team found a GIF video on the Make A GIF website. The GIF features a scene similar to the viral photo, and its title indicates that it is from the Telugu film Vikramarkudu.
We then searched for scenes from the film Vikramarkudu on the YouTube channel of the production house Sri Balaji Movies. At 2 minutes 17 seconds into the scene, the same frame appeared as in the viral photo.
Thus, it is evident from the above information that the viral claim is false.
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