Amid the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal, violence was reported from Hoogly where Bharatiya Janata Party MP Locket Chatterjee's car was attacked by a mob of angry locals near a polling booth. Now, a video of the incident that also shows her car's window shattering is being widely shared on social media claiming that the window of her car was broken by someone seated inside the car.

Following the incident, several users have started sharing the video with captions suggesting that the window was broken because of the pressure from inside. A user named Ravi Nair shared the video saying, "Who broke the window of BJP leader Locket Chatterjee's car from inside?"

Umashankar Singh, senior editor, political and foreign affairs at NDTV also shared the video from a different angle was tweeted with a caption in Hindi that can be translated to, "Magic! People's protest from outside, 'public places glass broken from inside! This is Bengal and the BJP leader's car."

Freelance journalist Abhisar Sharma wrote, "Act captured in Slo Mo. An object used to break open the window pane from inside the car . Why ?Did the people in the car panic and break the glass to save themselves from the mob outside ?"

The truth behind the claim 

In our investigation, we found this claim to be false. The claim that Loket's car window was broken by inside pressure is false. A stone had hit the glass window of BJP MP Locket Chatterjee's car which led to the window glass breaking.

On observing the slow-motion video shared by Ravi Nair, one can clearly notice a stone at the 29 seconds timestamp in the backdrop of the wall behind which hits the car from outside breaking the window.

You can watch the video here:

Moreover, Payal Metha CNN News18 journalist, at the 31 seconds timestamp one can also spot the stone coming in on slowing down the clip and pausing.

In conclusion, the claim that BJP MP Locket Chatterjee's car window was broken from inside pressure is false. A stone had hit the glass window.