Propaganda outlet Sudarshan News, which often shares and amplifies misinformation<\/a>, posted the above-mentioned video on August 7 with a caption in Hindi that can be translated as: “Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh…\u00a0In Laxmipur, the shop of a Hindu shopkeeper, Rajan Chandra, has been burnt to ashes…\u00a0Rajan Chandra and his family are in agony and wailing as their shop, their only source of livelihood, burns to ashes…” The tweet has received more than 50,000 views and has been retweeted over 1,200 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u092c\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u092e\u0932\u0947…<\/p>\n \u0932\u0915\u094d\u0937\u094d\u092e\u0940\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0926\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0928\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0928 \u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u0932\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u0916 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948…<\/p>\n \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0928 \u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0924\u0921\u093c\u092a \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u092c\u093f\u0932\u0916 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u0930\u094b\u091f\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915\u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0928 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0941\u0915\u093e\u0928 \u0927\u0942-\u0927\u0942\u0915\u0930 \u091c\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948…#bangladeshnews<\/a> #dhaka<\/a> #BangladeshCrisis<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/qNwN1nTC0O<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sudarshan News (@SudarshanNewsTV) August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Executive editor TV9 Network Aditya Raj Kaul, who often reports on national security and strategic affairs, tweeted the video saying, “Is this what Islamists call Democratic takeover in Bangladesh?” (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n Is this what Islamists call Democratic takeover in Bangladesh? pic.twitter.com\/iNii2Bufb3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Another X page called Voice of Bangladeshi Hindus \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9 (@VoiceofHindu71) also shared the same video with the claim that the shop on fire belonged to a Bangladeshi Hindu named Rajan Chandra. The tweet has received over 1.63 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 4,600 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n Shop of a Hindu owner (Rajan Chandra) in Lakshmipur.#SaveBangladeshiHindus<\/a> #AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus<\/a> #HinduAreNotSafeInBangladesh<\/a> #HinduGenocideInBangladesh<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UeLOVVnbjM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Voice of Bangladeshi Hindus \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9 (@VoiceofHindu71) August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Several other users such as @SaffronSunanda<\/a>, @visegrad24<\/a>, @ManishKasyapsob<\/a>, @RealBababanaras<\/a>,\u00a0 shared the viral video with the same claim, amplifying it further.<\/p>\n News outlet ETV Bharat<\/a> also carried the viral video in their report with the same claim.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To verify this claim we ran a relevant keyword search<\/a> in Bengali which led us to several news reports from July that covered a fire in Lakshmipur that had burnt down around 15 shops. We came across a news report<\/a> by Bangladesh Bulletin from July 11, 2024, titled: “15 shops were gutted by fire at Majuchaudhuri market in Lakshmipur” which carried an image with visuals similar to those in the viral video. Lakhsmipur is a district in Chittagong division of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n Below is a comparison:<\/p>\n This proves that the incident had taken place before the anti-government protests in Bangladesh turned violent<\/a> on July 16.<\/p>\n As per the news report<\/a>, locals noticed the fire in the Moju Chowdhury Hat after the Fajr prayers (Islamic prayers offered in the early morning) were over. The report also quoted Abdul Mannan, the assistant deputy director of Lakshmipur fire service, saying that they had received a call about the fire at 6:20 am. Since the area had several garment shops the flames spread quickly. The report did not mention anything about the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n Another news report<\/a> by Shomoy Sangbad said that the fire department initially believed the cause of the fire was an electrical short-circuit. The report also mentioned the names and nature of the shops damaged in the fire \u2014 Abdul Mannan Motor Parts, Rakib Tyres, Sourav Store, Gas Cylinders, Electronics, etc.<\/p>\n Further, we ran a relevant keyword search (both in English<\/a> and Bangla<\/a>) with the name ‘Rajan Chandra’ to check if there were any news reports about the individual’s shop being burnt but we could not find anything.<\/p>\n Therefore, from the above findings, it is clear that the viral video is not related to the ongoing protests in Bangladesh. Nor does it show one particular Hindu-owned shop set afire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 37-second clip depicting smoke billowing out of some makeshift shops engulfed in flames is viral on social media. In the video, some individuals are seen trying to salvage some articles and rushing to take them out of the reach of the fire. Social media users claim that the clip is from Bangladesh’s Laximpur and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":237636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[722],"class_list":["post-237608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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