Fact Check: Old Assam protest video surfaces with false claim that ‘Bangladeshi Muslims’ demanding separate country

A video of protesters being thrashed by the police has gone viral on social media with the claim that the demonstrators are 'Bangladeshi Muslims' in Assam demanding a separate country. It is actually an old video from 2017.

A video of a group of protesters getting thrashed by the police is going viral on social media with the claim that the demonstrators are 'Bangladeshi Muslims' in Assam who are demanding a separate country. The claim further says that Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken action against them by getting them beaten up by the police. Multiple Facebook users have posted this one minute and 30 seconds-long video with a graphic in Hindi superimposed that says, “In Assam, Bangladeshi Muslims have demanded a separate country” with an angry emoji. The caption reads out that “Himanta Biswa Sarma has given a perfect beating to these protesters.”