Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
Claim
Muslims are openly assaulting Hindu women in Bangladesh.
The archived version of the post can be seen here, which has clocked 51.6K views so far.
Fact
Newschecker ran a reverse image search of keyframes, which led us to this report by Prothom Alo, a leading Bangla daily based out of Dhaka, uploaded on Youtube on June 3, 2022, stating that two women were assaulted in Banshbaria, Sitakunda, in Bangladesh’s Chittagong district, and are undergoing treatment in hospital.
A relevant keyword search led us to this Bangla news report, dated June 3, 2022, stating that the accused were Touhidul Islam and Alamgir Hossain, who attacked the three housewives — Rani Das (30), wife of Yogendra Das, Anjana Rani Das (32), wife of Milan Chandra Das and Reema Rani Das (27), wife of Krishna Chandra Das, following which Reema Rani Das filed a complaint and one person was arrested. According to the report, the accused, who were the sons of an influential man in the area, Aminul Haque, assaulted the women over a plot of land they were looking to grab.
We also came across this June 3, 2022 news report by Khoborbangla24.net, stating that it was a land dispute, while sharing a copy of a cross-complaint filed by Touhidul against the Das family, alleging they had forcibly occupied his property and also threatened his family. These reports further confirmed that the video was not from the recent unrest and violence against minorities in the country and even predated the student-led movement that ousted former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
Result: Missing Context
Sources
Youtube video, Prothom Alo, June 3, 2022
News report, June 3, 2022
Khoborbangla24.net, June 3, 2022
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Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
