An old video from Assam showing a several Muslim pilgrims marching towards an ijtema is being shared as West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.
BOOM found that the video is from December 2025, when pilgrims travelled to Dhubri district in Assam to participate in an ijtema, an Islamic congregation.
The post echoes the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign in West Bengal around alleged “infiltration” by Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, often referred to as ghuspetiyas or illegal infiltrators and blaming the ruling Trinamool Congress for it.
The Claim:
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What We Found:
1) Old Video From Assam
We ran a reverse image search using Google Lens; the search results showed that the video dates back to December 2025.
The original, longer version of the video was posted by an Assam-based Instagram user, Sofikul (@sofikul_143_98), whose profile indicates he is from Assam and is a photographer and videographer. The video has the caption: “Ijtema, Dhubri, Assam,” indicating that it shows an Islamic gathering in Dhubri district.
BOOM reached out to Sofikul for a comment, the article will be updated when we get a response.
We also found other similar videos posted on Instagram with the caption stating that it is from Alamganj in Assam's Dhubri district. Vehicles with Assam registration numbers can be seen in the visuals.
We also found news reports and posts on the Islamic congregation in Dhubri in December 2025. The Sentinel reported on December 26, 2025, that a three-day North East Ijtema drew a massive gathering of lakhs of devotees from Assam, West Bengal, and Meghalaya at Boter Tola in Gauripur, in Dhubri district.