Several users have been sharing a video across social media platforms since September 22, 2026, claiming it shows Hindutva supporters demolishing a 136-year-old mosque in Kolkata. However, the video is from Bangladesh's Pabna district, showing the public vandalising the home of a man accused in the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl.
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