A video circulating online shows individuals attacking a shop and its workers, with claims that it portrays a recent incident of extremists targeting Hindus in Bangladesh. However, the video is actually from December 2023 and depicts a conflict between two Muslim groups in Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali Bangladesh stemming from a personal dispute. The footage is neither recent nor connected to religious hate crimes.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) @NLights21 wrote, “Noakhali Companigonj No. 8 Char Elahi Union South Gangchil Bazar vandalized. #AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus” (Translated from Bengali).
নোয়াখালী কোম্পানিগঞ্জ ৮নং চর এলাহী ইউনিয়ন দক্ষিণ গাংচিল বাজার ভাংচুর…#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus pic.twitter.com/nlAr9ykqrY
— প্রতিবাদী কণ্ঠ 🇮🇳(Modi ka parivar) (@NLights21) December 25, 2024
Several other users and Influencers have also disseminated the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @k_shayera, @MDASHAD66199990.
The truth about the video from Noakhali Bangladesh, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the incident. We found that the incident was old and unrelated to religious hate crimes.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video using Google Lens. This led us to media reports containing the same visuals published in December 2023. According to the reports (1, 2, 3), two groups of the Muslim community got involved in a clash over a personal dispute in Noakhali’s Companiganj Upazila.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the video was old and unrelated to religious hate crime.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 25, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing individuals attacking a shop and its workers is being circulated with the claim that it depicts a recent incident of extremists targeting Hindus in Bangladesh.However,the truth is that this is an old video from December 2023,(1/3) pic.twitter.com/rT0WUIjiSm
Conclusion
Claim– The video depicts extremists targeting Hindus in Bangladesh.
Fact– The video depicts a clash between two groups of the Muslim community over a personal dispute in December 2023.
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