2020 Covid-era video of Nagaland students harassed in Kolkata shared as a fresh incident
2020 Covid-era video of Nagaland students harassed in Kolkata shared as a fresh incident
Executive Summaryसारांश
A viral post claims students from Nagaland are being forced out of their homes in Kolkata and mocked as “Corona Virus”, presenting it as a current incident. Fact-checkers have marked the post distorted. The video is from March 2020, during the early Covid-19 outbreak.A viral post claims students from Nagaland are being forced out of their homes in Kolkata and mocked as “Corona Virus”, presenting it as a current incident. Fact-checkers have marked the post distorted. The video is from March 2020, during the early Covid-19 outbreak.
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On October 20, 2026, the verified X handle “Nilakshi Rabhaa” (@NilakshiRabhaIN) shared two clips of people from the Northeast being confronted by locals on a Kolkata street at night. The caption said Nagaland students were being forced to leave their houses and called “Corona Virus”, and the post tagged the Home Ministry, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi. It drew about 9,800 views. Fact-checkers have marked the post distorted, because the incident is real but more than six years old. Inside Northeast and India Today NE reported the same footage on March 24, 2020, when students from Nagaland were harassed in Kolkata over their appearance during the first weeks of the pandemic. Several such racist incidents against people from the Northeast were reported across India at the time. Posting the old video now, with no date and with tags to top leaders, falsely suggests a new wave of harassment and can stir regional tension. A clip’s original date should be checked before it is shared.
On October 20, 2026, the verified X handle “Nilakshi Rabhaa” (@NilakshiRabhaIN) shared two clips of people from the Northeast being confronted by locals on a Kolkata street at night. The caption said Nagaland students were being forced to leave their houses and called “Corona Virus”, and the post tagged the Home Ministry, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi. It drew about 9,800 views. Fact-checkers have marked the post distorted, because the incident is real but more than six years old. Inside Northeast and India Today NE reported the same footage on March 24, 2020, when students from Nagaland were harassed in Kolkata over their appearance during the first weeks of the pandemic. Several such racist incidents against people from the Northeast were reported across India at the time. Posting the old video now, with no date and with tags to top leaders, falsely suggests a new wave of harassment and can stir regional tension. A clip’s original date should be checked before it is shared.