Three of eight phases of West Bengal’s assembly elections are now over and the electorates in 91 constituencies have already cast their votes. For the fourth phase, 44 seats will go to polls on April 10.
Amid the high pitched assembly elections in West Bengal, a still from Bhojpuri film ‘Aurat Khilona Nahi’ which was released in 2014 is doing the rounds on social media with a claim that it shows Hindus being “tortured” in the state.
A claim is making rounds of the internet, “In Bengal, the houses of Hindus are burnt, temples are being demolished. Nevertheless the UN shanti duniya silent world only speaks for the Rohingyos. Gaddar will now fight for our brothers. #StandWithBengalHindus”
Netizens are circulating this image widely on twitter. The same image went viral earlier in 2018 with a claim that it shows BSP leader Bakruddin Ansari molesting a Dalit woman.
The said image is a still from a Bhojpuri film titled ‘Aurat Khilona Nahi’ which released in 2014 and highlights the atrocities on women. Among others, Bhojpuri star and BJP leader Manoj Tiwari and Monalisa Biswas featured in the movie. The same news was debunked previously when it was shared in July 2017, by Vijeta Malik, a BJP Haryana State Executive member falsely claiming that it was from West Bengal where Hindu women were being assaulted by Muslims in public.
The viral image is from a 2014 Bhojpuri movie, ‘Aurat Khilona Nahi’ which can be found on YouTube, the viral image can be seen at 2 hours and 11 minutes of the movie.
Thus, clearly, a still from a feature film has resurfaced on the internet amid the West Bengal Assembly elections with false claims.
