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Nazir Ahemd, a Pakistan-origin British Member of Parliament, tweeted a disturbing video showing a woman and child being exhumed saying it is a horrific video of a mother and child buried alive in India by 'fascists'. The tweet said, "Warring: horrific video of a mother and Child buried alive in India by Facist. Thank God they are recovered (sic)."The tweet, now deleted, was retweeted more than 3,500 times and the video was viewed more than 70,000 times.The same video was tweeted by retired Pakistan Army Major Muhammad Arif saying, "Muslims are being buried alive in India."This tweet, still intact, has been retweeted over 3,100 times and the video has already been viewed over 84,000 times.Times Fact Check is not sharing the video because of its disturbing visuals.The video is of an incident from a village in West Bengal 's North Dinajpur , from January, 2020.A man -- Akbar Ali -- was accused of murdering his wife and child and burying the bodies. As per an Ei Samay report, the locals vandalised Ali's house and set it on fire. Ali is said to have fled the village.There is no communal angle to the incident.Times Fact Check noticed people seen in the video talking in Bengali. We contacted Ei Samay digital editor Rajat Mondal and shared the video with him.Mondal directed us to a report published in Ei Samay on January 31, 2020, titled 'The young man murdered his wife and children', when translated using Google Translator.The image used in the report is a screenshot from the video that is now being shared with a claim that 'fascists buried woman and child alive in India'.The report said a man -- Akbar Ali -- was accused of murdering his wife and their child, and burying the bodies. The bodies were exhumed in the presence of a magistrate. The locals, enraged, vandalised Ali's house and set it on fire. Ali, as per the report, fled the village.Times Fact Check has found that a disturbing video of an incident from West Bengal's North Dinajpur is being shared by Twitter users, mostly Pakistani, with claims like 'fascists buried woman and child alive in India' and 'Muslims are being buried alive in India', suggesting communal angle to the incident.There is no communal angle to the incident. The claims are hence false.