A video of tanks being transported on a train is going viral on social media platforms, with users claiming that it shows the Indian Army deploying tanks to the Bangladesh border on 7 December.

What does the post say?: Sharing the clip, a Facebook user captioned it in Bangla which loosely translated to, “India is going to the border of Bangladesh, army is ready to destroy the unreligion. Long live Indian army (sic).”

(You can view archives of similar claims here, here, and here.)

What is the truth?: The viral claim is misleading. The clip could be traced back to at least 20 November, and the visuals are from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar.

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