A sensitive video showing two women’s bodies hanging from a rope inside a room is being circulated, with claims that extremists killed a Hindu mother and her minor daughter and hung them in their home in Pakerhat village, under Khansama Police Station in Dinajpur district, Bangladesh. However, this incident is unrelated to religion. Reports indicate that Sujata Rani Roy and her 6-year-old daughter died by suicide at their home in Dinajpur.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) @HinduVoice_in wrote. “Warning: Disturbing Video A Hindu family has been allegedly murdered and hanged in their own house in #Bangladesh. Mother and her minor daughter were murdered in Pakerhat village under #Khansama Police Station of #Dinajpur district. It’s clear that the #Pogrom is going on in Bangladesh. #SaveBangladeshiHindus
Propagandist account @ajaychauhan41 also shared the video and wrote, “WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO. A Hindu family in Bangladesh was murdered by fundamentalists and hanged in their own homes. The mother and her minor daughter were killed in Pakerhat village under Khansama Police Station in Dinajpur district. It is clear that a genocide of Hindus is going on in Bangladesh.”
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also shared the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @RealBababanaras, @VHindus71, @RadharamnDas, @TheTreeni, @PratimaBhoumik, @eOrganiser, @RadicalWatchOrg, @pakistan_untold
The truth behind the claims about bodies found hanging in Bangladesh, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the sensitive video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the incident and found that it was not related to religious hate crimes.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed relevant keyword searches and found reports regarding the incident. According to the media reports (1, 2), Sujata Rani Roy and her 6-year-old daughter died by suicide at their home in Dinajpur. The father and brother of the deceased have alleged it was a planned murder, the husband says it was a suicide. A suicide note was found at the scene, and its authenticity is currently being examined. Regardless of whether it was a murder or suicide, there is no credible evidence at this time to suggest that the incident was motivated by religious hate crimes against Hindus.
Therefore, it is evident from verified sources that the incident doesn’t involve religious hate crime targeting the Hindu community.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A sensitive video showing two women's bodies hanging from a rope inside a room is being circulated, with claims that extremists killed a Hindu mother & her minor daughter and hung them in their home in Pakerhat village,Dinajpur, Bangladesh. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/PZUzGlc1lC
Intent
Influencers and propagandists are circulating sensitive videos from Bangladesh with self-invented claims to set their narrative based on religion.
Conclusion
Claim– A Hindu woman and her daughter were murdered and hanged by extremists in Bangladesh’s Dinajpur.
Fact – The incident was not related to hate crimes targeting Hindus. According to reports, it was a case of suicide.
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