Fact Check: Viral Video of Children Vandalising Train Is from Bangladesh, Not India

A video showing children damaging a stationary train by throwing stones has gone viral on social media. In the visuals, a child can be seen smashing stones at the section where the engine and the coach are connected, while other children are seen standing on the engine. The video is being widely circulated with the claim that the incident took place in India and that “jihadi children” were involved in vandalising a train. 

The video is shared with an inflammatory caption that reads: “We need not fear Pakistan beyond the border. But we must fear the thousands of mini-Pakistans within India. Look at what this jihadi child is doing. This is what his religion teaches him — terrorism, rape, explosions, despicable births. 😡😡😡”

The post and link are given below.

The archive of the viral video is here.

Fact Check:

The viral video of children throwing stones at a train is not from India. The footage was recorded in Bangladesh.  

To verify the origin of the video, a reverse image search was conducted using keyframes from the viral clip. This led to a similar video uploaded on December 28, 2025, on a Facebook page named AL Amin Babukhali. The description of the post clearly states that the video was filmed in Kamalapur. Kamalapur is a major railway station located in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. This strongly indicates that the video originated in Bangladesh and not in India, as claimed in the viral posts. 

A closer examination of the train seen in the video further supports this conclusion. The carriage bears the letters “BR,” which stands for Bangladesh Railway and is commonly displayed on trains operated by the national rail service. In addition, Bengali text is visible on the train, including the word “Shovan” and partial lettering reading “…ter-City,” suggesting that the train may be part of an inter-city service. 

To cross-verify, we compared images of Bangladeshi trains with the one shown in the viral video. The design, structure, and markings, including the “BR” logo and “inter city” text, match closely, confirming that the train belongs to Bangladesh Railway. 

Further inquiry into the term “Shovan” reveals that it refers to a specific type of coach used in Bangladeshi trains. These coaches typically have bench-style seating arranged face-to-face and are commonly used in mail and inter-city trains.

The viral video of children damaging a train is not from India. It is from Bangladesh, and the communal claims made alongside the video are false.