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*Another translation to [https://bn.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8&action=history this], created by BadhonCR from the [[Onko Ki Kothin|English version]] created by BengalMC.

*Just found [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=BengalMC&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=&end=&limit=50 two edits] by BengalMC on Wikimedia Commons. Both are for the logo for company [[Adarsh Telemedia]] which was moved to draftspace in 2024. It was originally created by user:Tomnjerry111 who also created the page [[Amit Agarwal]]. The comment left in Wikimedia Commons by BengalMC is “uploaded a work by Amit Agarwal” which indicates these two users were attempting to accomplish the same, likely, COI edits on behalf of that person and the film company. –[[User:CNMall41|CNMall41]] ([[User talk:CNMall41|talk]]) 08:01, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Just added user:Sahajitbro. They are cross editing with the bunch, including on the newly created [[Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey]], but what was telling is their Wikidata contributions. BengalMC [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=BengalMC&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=&end=&limit=50 has few edits] but [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q137265415&diff=2441618120&oldid=2439103714 added] the English language Wikipedia page to the Wikidata item. Sahajitbro, who has a total of [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Sahajitbro four Wikidata] edits, then [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q137265415&diff=2441821105&oldid=2441618120 updates] the Wikidata entry for the show a short time later. Too coincidental that these accounts knows what the others are doing on other projects, especially with some having so few edits where they cross edit (e.g., Wikidata). –[[User:CNMall41|CNMall41]] ([[User talk:CNMall41|talk]]) 08:09, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

*More Wikidata information – Wikipedia page [[Avijit Sen]] created by BhikhariInformer on April 2025. BadhonCR [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q134381071&diff=2438729525&oldid=2429852072 begins updating Wikidata] information in December for their creation of the [https://bn.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%8E_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%28%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%29&diff=8615441&oldid=8615428 same page] in Bengali in December.–[[User:CNMall41|CNMall41]] ([[User talk:CNMall41|talk]]) 08:19, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

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New evidence for this user. Just created Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey from translation here. That page was created by user:BadhonCR on December 7, 2025. Note that BengalMC only has two edits on Bengali Wikipedia so not sure how they would know that page existed. But, here is where it gets interesting. Of their two edits, one is the creation of this which is from the English version Nilayan Chatterjee which they also created. The other is this which is from the English version Puratawn which they also created (note that it was then edited by BadhonCR a short time later – This was on Bengali Wikipedia so not sure how both know the other is editing on English and Bengali so close to the same times). BengalMC also creates Grihapravesh (2025 film) from the Bengali version which was created by none other than BadhonCR. Editing is then taken up on that page by BhikhariInformer (more on that user below) and several IPs.

Also notice the name similarities (name with Two caps at the end).

Other evidence shows them editing at almost the exact time, but one day apart on Bramhaarjun. Shows them editing around the same times, just different days.

The following is the information I had originally emailed as part of the original filing for BengalMC back in May. Adding it here for behavioral evidence. This includes the information on BhikhariInformer who was found “possible” based on an unblocked user in ticket:2025052010011797. I have also added more below than I originally emails since there has been a lot of editing since then.

Account Moonrisey created April 4, 2023 – blocked May 1, 2023 as a sock of Jomontgeorge. They edited Arijit Singh on April 30, 2023 prior to block. Bhikharilnformer was their first edit to the page on May 4, 2023. Moonrisey [1] the song page Kesariya (song) to the page. Note that Bhikharlinformer then began editing Kesariya on June 2, 2023 (note there was only one intermittent edit to that page from an IP between the edits of Moonrisey and Kesariya.
Next page edited by Bhikharlinformer was Mirchi Music Award for Male Vocalist of The Year on May 9, 2023. They did three edits adding to the list of winners. Note that the edits prior to theirs was the revert of SOCK MorningDawning who was blocked March 7, 2023 as a sock of Dj1508. They also edited the related pages such as Mirchi Music Award for Lyricist of The Year and Mirchi Music Award for Music Composer of The Year which were created by and edited up to the time of Bhikharlinformer’s edits by blocked socks of Dj1508.
Editing Disha Patani in May 2023. Note there was disruptive editing from a few now blocked accounts but just before that in April 2023, it was edited by Moonrisey who added awards.
Recreated page Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Film on March 12, 2025. Previously deleted G5 on March 7, 2023 (two months before Bhikharlinformer created their account). Also editing Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Male Playback Singer, a page created by Dj1508 and MorningDawning, as well as other Filmfare Award Bangla pages.
User BengalMC created page The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika on May 17, 2025. Bhikharilnformer begins editing the next day.
User BengalMC also creates Aarii on May 1, 2025. Bhikharlinformer tags for proposed deletion the next day and the page is then edited back and forth by both editors to give impression they are different accounts until the deletion issue is “solved by the editor who created the article” (BengalMC) within an hour of the tag being placed.
User BegnalMC creates Nilayan Chatterjee on April 30, 2025 and its then edited by Bhikharlinformer within 8 hours. They have a few edits within minutes of each other the same day.
These back and forths go back to June 10, 2024 when User BengalMC created Kaliachak Chapter 1. They continue editing until August 3, 2024 when Bhikharlinformer jumps in and they then have back and forth edits. Page is tagged by Bhikharlinformer for needing more citations and they then remove the tag a couple days later when the issue is “fixed” by BengalMC
User BhikhariInformer edits newly created Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey one day after it was created by BengalMC, but note that it was approximately the same time, similar to BadhonCR editing Bramhaarjun one day (approximately same time) after creation by BengalMC. CNMall41 (talk) 07:39, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Another translation to this, created by BadhonCR from the English version created by BengalMC.
Just found two edits by BengalMC on Wikimedia Commons. Both are for the logo for company Adarsh Telemedia which was moved to draftspace in 2024. It was originally created by user:Tomnjerry111 who also created the page Amit Agarwal. The comment left in Wikimedia Commons by BengalMC is “uploaded a work by Amit Agarwal” which indicates these two users were attempting to accomplish the same, likely, COI edits on behalf of that person and the film company. —CNMall41 (talk) 08:01, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just added user:Sahajitbro. They are cross editing with the bunch, including on the newly created Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey, but what was telling is their Wikidata contributions. BengalMC has few edits but added the English language Wikipedia page to the Wikidata item. Sahajitbro, who has a total of four Wikidata edits, then updates the Wikidata entry for the show a short time later. Too coincidental that these accounts knows what the others are doing on other projects, especially with some having so few edits where they cross edit (e.g., Wikidata). —CNMall41 (talk) 08:09, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
More Wikidata information – Wikipedia page Avijit Sen created by BhikhariInformer on April 2025. BadhonCR begins updating Wikidata information in December for their creation of the same page in Bengali in December.–CNMall41 (talk) 08:19, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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