In April 2025, violence erupted in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal due to a protest over the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. The violence led to tragic deaths and rising tensions, with reports of a Hindu family allegedly killed, intensifying fears and deepening communal divides.
In the above context, a video, purportedly a news clip, has went viral on the social media in which people are seen catching two men near a railway track. The text embeded in the video suggests that two RSS workers, Madan Kundu and Sagar Das, were caught trying to plant a bomb near the railway line near Murshidabad.
The video is shared with a caption claiming that the incident is associated with the ongoing violence in Murshidabad.
A social media user shared the video with a caption that reads, “This is proof that RSS is a terrorist organisation. Two RSS workers, Madan Kundu and Sagar Das, were caught red-handed while planting a bomb near the railway line in Nimtita, Murshidabad. BJP is ready to commit a massacre to defame the Mamata Banerjee government!” (Translated from Hindi)
SouthCheck found that the claim is misleading. The viral video is old and unrelated to the recent Murshidabad violence.
On searching with appropriate keywords, we found that a Twitter handle called The Reporter Hindi shared the incident details in a newscard on December 28, 2024. The image shared a screengrab of the video with showed both men. It can be seen in the viral video at around 0:24 seconds. The caption with the image read, “West Bengal: Madan Kundu and Sagar Das arrested while planting a bomb near the railway line in Murshidabad. Bomb also recovered.”
A Facebook user shared the same image with a caption which translates in English as ‘two terrorists arrested while fleeing with bombs on the Nimtita railway line of Murshidabad. Their name is Sagar Biswas and Madan Kundu.’
We further found that the incident was reported by a website, The Wall, on December 26, 2024. The report suggested that two live bombs were discovered on the railway tracks near Nimtita station in Suti, Murshidabad. Local residents observed two individuals placing the bombs and promptly alerted the police. The suspects, identified as Madan Kundu and Sagar Das, were apprehended by the locals and handed over to the authorities. The incident led to a temporary suspension of train services in the Azimganj-Malda division until the bombs were safely removed and the tracks were cleared.
The incident was also reported by News 18 Bangla on December 26, 2024.
While we were not able to find the original source of the video, we could ascertain that the viral incident is old and unrelated to the ongoing Murshidabad violence.
