CLAIM: A youth named Akram murdered a Hindu girl in West Bengal.
FACT CHECK: SHO Satinath Chattoraj, who is investigating the case, told BOOM that the accused in the murder case is a woman named Falguni Ghosh. The police have denied any communal angle to the incident
Disturbing visuals of a body found in a suitcase have surfaced on social media with a false communal claim that the accused is a Muslim named Akram who killed a Hindu girl in West Bengal by luring her with the promise of marriage.
BOOM found that the viral claim is false. The station in-charge Satinath Chattoraj investigating the case told BOOM that the accused in this incident is a woman named Falguni Ghosh.
The police further confirmed that they have not found any communal angle in the investigation. The video shows a crowd intercepting two women with a trolley bag. Once opened, body parts can be seen.
A Facebook page shared the video with a Hindi caption that translates to, "In Bengal, Akram killed a Hindu girl by luring her with the promise of marriage".
(Original Text in Hindi: बंगाल में अकरम ने शादी का झांसा देकर हिंदू लड़की को उतारा मौत के घाट). BOOM has not included the video because of its graphic nature.
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The video has also been shared on X with a similar false claim.
Fact Check BOOM ran a reverse image search of key frames from the video on Google to verify the viral claim. This led to a YouTube video report by The Indian Express related to the incident.
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