The Sandeshkhali incident in West Bengal had sparked controversy, with conflicting narratives from political parties. There have been claims of widespread allegations of violence and sexual assault meted out to women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali allegedly by local Trinamool Congress leaders Sheikh Shah Jahan, Shib Prasad Hajra and Uttam Sardar. Sheikh Shahjahan, who had been evading arrest for nearly two months, was apprehended by the West Bengal police on February 29, 2023

A video was circulating on social media, purportedly claiming to show police assaulting a woman in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. The incident was actually from an incident in Baduria, West Bengal, in 2020. The video captures clashes between locals and police over ration distribution during the COVID-19 lockdown. BOOM found the original video and debunked the false claim.