Sunday, February 16th, 2025

Fact Check: Were Hindu women beaten with sticks in Bangladesh? Know the truth of viral video


New Delhi: A video is being shared widely on social media. In which three men are seen assaulting women. Three men first make the women listen and then beat them with sticks. This video is being shared on social media as atrocities on Hindu women in Bangladesh. However, during investigation by the alert team, this video proved to be old.

Users made these claims

While posting this video on X, a user named @RamLalan61695 wrote – Violent attack on Hindu families in Bangladesh, why is the Indian government so silent? After all, the Modi government is leaving the minority Hindus in Bangladesh to die. Isn’t it the duty of the Indians to protect the minority Hindus?

Apart from this, a user named @mainRiniti also shared this video and wrote – These religious people have committed the most atrocities on women in history. Same thing is happening in Bangladesh too, women and children are their target.

The truth came out in the investigation

However, when Sajjag’s team investigated this video, the truth came to light. Actually this video has nothing to do with atrocities on Hindu women and this incident did not happen recently but in 2022. When the reverse image was checked by extracting keyframes of a video going viral on social media, this video was posted two years ago on a YouTube channel named Prothom Alo. In which it was told that there was a fight between two groups over plucking blackberries in Sitakund, Chattogram, Bangladesh. A woman was injured in this fight and was admitted to the hospital.

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There was an article regarding this incident on a news portal named Dhaka Tribune. Report Found. In which it was told that three women were allegedly attacked for plucking blackberries in Jorbot Tola area of ​​Bashbaria Union in Sitakund, Chattogram. A video of this incident went viral on social media at that time. Now the same video is being shared on various social media platforms in the context of the recent situation in Bangladesh.

Dhaka Tribune Report

conclusion: Claim of attack on Hindu women in Bangladesh on social media turned out to be false. Users have shared a two-year old video with false claims. In which it was told that Hindu women are being attacked in Bangladesh.

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