"The video is from West Bengal. Intruders have started leaving for Bangladesh," reads a Hindi-language X post shared on May 5.
The attached video shows a massive crowd of people walking along a road, many carrying bags. A man says to the camera: "Have you ever seen so many people? The entire area is on high alert. This has been going on for the past three days."
"People are arriving in huge numbers. The 2026 Biswa Ijtema is being held in our area, and Muslims from across the country are coming here. My home is also right here, in Puinan, Hooghly," he goes on to say, referring to one of the world's largest annual Muslim gatherings.
Despite the man's remarks that the crowd are attending a festival, comments show some users still believe they are fleeing West Bengal after the election.
"West Bengal is now being liberated from Islamic jihadists," one user wrote, while another said: "It's a good thing these infiltrators from other countries had to leave."
Another video posted on Facebook on the same day -- showing a large crowd of people boarding a ship -- similarly claims it depicted people leaving the state.
"Following the announcement of the election results, Rohingyas and Bangladeshi Muslims began fleeing (West Bengal state)," its caption reads.
The videos circulated widely on Facebook and X and were shared after Modi's Hindu-nationalist BJP swept key elections in West Bengal, where the issue of illegal migration from Bangladesh was a major campaign focus (archived here...
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