A three-minute video that appears to be CCTV footage of a bleeding man has gone viral. In the footage, two men can be seen opening a collapsible gate, after which another man walks out, howling as he bleeds and eventually walks away. Social media users have claimed that the man from Kerala seen in the video raped his own daughters, and the daughters retaliated and severed his genitals.
An X user, Boiled Anda (@AmitLeliSlayer) shared the video on June 30 with the same claim. (Archive)
This post received 6.2 million views. It is to be noted that this user has been found sharing communal propaganda and disinformation several times in the past.
Another X user, Harman Singh Kapoor, shared the same video, making similar allegations and asserting that the incident took place in Kerala, India. (Archive)
This post garnered nearly 100,000 voews.
Several other users have shared the same video across various social media platforms with similar claims. A few of these posts are shown in the gallery below:
Fact Check
A reverse image search of a few keyframes from the video led us to the Facebook page of News21, whose logo appears in the footage. News21, a Bangladesh-based news outlet, published the video on June 29, 2026.
The Bangla caption can be translated as “In Bhanga, Faridpur, a wife allegedly cut off her husband’s genitalia while he was asleep. Later, local residents called the emergency number 999, and the woman was handed over to the police. | NEWS 21”
We also found several video reports on the incident by Bangladeshi media outlets, including ADP Bangla, Cumilla News, and SuryaUday Khulna.
Following a keyword search, we found reports confirming that the incident took place in Hogladangi Sadardi village in Bhanga Upazila of Faridpur district in Bangladesh.
The victim, Hanif Sheikh, had his genitals allegedly severed by his second wife, Sumaya Aktar Sumi, following an argument the night before. This act reportedly occurred while Hanif was asleep on June 29. According to one report, Hanif had relationships with multiple women and that disputes over these alleged affairs frequently caused tension in the family.
According to Aajker Patrik, the officer-in-charge of Bhanga police station, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, stated, “We arrested the woman at the scene after receiving information via the emergency number 999. No written complaint has been received regarding this incident so far, but legal action will be taken if a written complaint is submitted.”
To sum up, the video depicts an incident from Bangladesh, which has no connection to Kerala or India. In the video, the man’s genitals were severed by his wife. The claims circulating online are false and misleading.
