A video is being shared online where a few people can be seen protesting against a politician and then beating a few people who were accompanying him.
Claims are being made that the politician is Dilip Ghosh and the video is from Assam when he went there asking for votes.
“Assam m BJP ka vote mangte huye jordar swagat😂😂😂🤣
#Dilip_Ghosh..🤭😳👇” the text read.
At the time of filing the report, the above post had 19,000 shares on Facebook.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the video and found the claim to be false.
We ran a search on Google using keywords ‘Dilip Ghosh attacked’ and we came across reports by several media organizations dated 2017.
The minister in the video is West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh and the video is from Darjeeling. He was allegedly attacked by the activists of anti-Bimal Gurung faction of Gorkhaland Janmukti Morcha.
The title of the news bulletin uploaded by ABP News on October 6, 2017, read “Attack on BJP President Dilip Ghosh in Darjeeling.”
The same incident was also covered by Republic TV.
The above information proves that the video is old and is not from Assam.
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