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The claim

The video shows illegal migrants raising Bangladeshi flags in Virar, Maharashtra.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the video shows participants carrying Bangladeshi flags during a Hero bike advertisement shoot in Virar on 03 October 2026, not illegal migrants. It reports that a local police inspector and the production-house owner confirmed it was an advertisement shoot and that the participants were Indian.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 15, 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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