Claim: India’s Border Security Force constable is thrashing a Bangladeshi flag vendor in West Bengal.
Conclusion: Misrepresentation. The uniformed guard is from Bangladesh Army and the incident took place in Dhaka on June 10, 2025 when the Bangladesh Army resorted to a lathi charge to disperse a large crowd outside a stadium during a football match.
Rating: Misrepresentation — 
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A video is going viral on social media with a claim that a jawan from the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) caught a seller of Bangladesh flag in West Bengal and thrashed him. See the video:
पश्चिम बंगाल में बांग्लादेश का झंडा खुलेआम बेचा जा रहा है। pic.twitter.com/HTKnqWGJ3a
— Ranjan Pathak (@RanjanP30234734) June 16, 2025
The same video is being shared with different claims on social media. “Abdul Selling the Bangladeshi Flag in West Bengal.. BSF Constable Gave him the Best Treatment….”, wrote one user and another wrote: “Salute 🫡 to BSF soldier, But if it were the West Bengal police, they would have just watched and remained silent. They would not have taken any action.”
बांग्लादेश का झंडा बेचनेवाले व्यक्ती को…
*BSF कांस्टेबल ने धो डाला*
👩🏼🎨 pic.twitter.com/pIEQjVMATN— Shani (@Shani6496943902) June 15, 2025
The video has also been shared here and here.
FACT-CHECK
Taking keyframes of the video, Digiteye India team conducted a Google Reverse Image Search and the results showed that the video posted on the official YouTube channel of the Bangladesh-based news portal Dhaka Post was about an incident that took place in Dhaka, when Bangladesh Army personnel had to resort to lathi-charge to disperse a huge crowd that had gathered outside the Bangabandhu National Stadium during a football match.
And, the flag seller was among those hit during the crackdown. Further search on Google News revealed that the incident occurred on June 10, 2025 when the Bangladesh Army resorted to a lathi charge to disperse a large crowd.
News reports said that the Bangladesh Army had later expressed regret over the incident where the flag vendor was beaten and announced him a compensation of 1 lakh Taka. Hence, the claim that it was a BSF jawan thrashing a Bangladeshi flag vendor in West Bengal is false.
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