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The claim

CCTV footage of a Muslim man attacking a Hindu man with a sword in West Bengal.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

FACTLY reports that the video shows an incident in Samrala, Punjab, on 11 August 2025, not West Bengal. It identifies the attacker as Surinder Singh and the victim as Kultar Singh, and says local police confirmed there was no communal angle.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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