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Bangladesh clip falsely depicted as protest in India over controversial bill

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India 's West Bengal state saw deadly protests in April over a controversial Muslim land bill.

The footage purportedly shows Muslims looting Hindu properties amid the violence is from neighbouring Bangladesh .

The misrepresented video, shared April 16, 2025 on Facebook, contains several clips of people vandalising a building before setting it on fire.

AFP traced it to a February news report about rallyists vandalising an office of Sheikh Hasina 's party.

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