{"id":295828,"date":"2025-03-10T19:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=295828"},"modified":"2025-03-10T19:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:10:53","slug":"false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh video of assault on suspected robbers viral with false Hindu-Muslim narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of its graphic nature.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 1 minute 31 second video, in which two people are hung upside down and being beaten up, is viral with claims of torture on Hindus in Bangladesh. It is also claimed that the two Hindu men were stripped of their clothes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonOfBharat7\/status\/1897235097792995519?t=36w1rxLhIzFJ9cBxuyzcAQ&amp;s=19\">X user Deepak Sharma<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Deepak+Sharma+OR+%40Sonofbharat7+site%3AAltnews.in&amp;sca_esv=25cf531ee370dd12&amp;rlz=1C1UEAD_enIN1022IN1022&amp;ei=jIXOZ9WhNZe4vr0P5vuT0QM&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjVl8Oq8P6LAxUXnK8BHeb9JDoQ4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Deepak+Sharma+OR+%40Sonofbharat7+site%3AAltnews.in&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiLkRlZXBhayBTaGFybWEgT1IgQFNvbm9mYmhhcmF0NyBzaXRlOkFsdG5ld3MuaW5IsGBQiQhYxF1wAXgAkAEAmAGoAaABmgaqAQMwLjW4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgCgAgCYAwCIBgGSBwCgB-EB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amplifies misinformation and communal propaganda<\/a> frequently on social media, shared the video with the same claim. The video garnered more than 44,000 views before it was taken down.\u00a0 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/nyR6d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161922.png\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealAtulsay\/status\/1897529935897440420\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atul Kushwaha<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also shared the video with the same claim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163146-1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other users on X also amplified the video with the same claim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-295828 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-163157\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163157.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163157.png 446w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163157-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-163136\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163136.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163136.png 453w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163136-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-163130\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163130.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163130.png 436w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163130-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-163122\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163122.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163122.png 446w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-163122-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/what-is-our-fault-that-we-are-hindus-tales-of-attacks-on-minorities-pour-in-from-bangladesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018What is our fault?\u2026 that we are Hindus?\u2019 Tales of attacks on minorities pour in from Bangladesh<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=7f0a4d0f8e025b19&amp;rlz=1C1OZZY_enIN1135IN1135&amp;q=2+people+beaten+by+mob+upside+down&amp;source=lnms&amp;fbs=ABzOT_AbO4FDF6WWO8NcWpWAXKDCrm-2ufVXtdPUV_4rwhV3Kn6BR9IvmEgaeEaM37UPV-ZJdwwZsCWT_CYfBd4hy_KNiOrQ9n9oWQlhsau8bjS0a64DgnBsnh6ZbbIypFTcI7ytMaSrujCiMvd40Udx0hwCKyjYT_8dWs_HYdB0PwZXEInibLFu2Krk-GHj9f5YQ02MNbws-bhADyQeaCOAB8DNkdAKww&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjKgsPXlPWLAxVWzjgGHWs6IvcQ0pQJegQIDhAB&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=665&amp;dpr=1.5\">keyword search<\/a> to find out more about the incident shown in the video. We found several reports from Bangladesh which carried the same visuals. An article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbsnews.net\/bangladesh\/crime\/two-suspected-muggers-beaten-hung-upside-down-footbridge-mob-uttara-1078586#lg=1&amp;slide=0\">The Business Standard<\/a> dated February 25, 2025 stated that on the night of February 25, a mob had beaten up two people in Dhaka&#8217;s Uttara, suspecting them to be robbers. They were hung upside down from a foot over bridge and assaulted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uttara East police station in-charge Shamim Ahmed told the media that a group of people had allegedly caught these two red-handed. Police identified the two as Bakul and Nazim. Upon receiving the information, the police reached the scene and admitted both of them to the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-295828 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-161521\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161521.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161521.png 517w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161521-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-161505\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161505.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161505.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161505-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161505-768x721.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The same information about the incident has been provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prothomalo.com\/bangladesh\/crime\/8jllko6zp1\">in another article<\/a>. Here as well, the two victims were identified as Mohammad Nazim and Mohammad Bakul.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-295828 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-161716\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161716.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161716.png 504w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161716-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-attoricity-on-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-shared-with-a-video\/screenshot-2025-03-06-161705\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161705.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161705.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-161705-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, a video from Dhaka of two people being beaten up on suspicions of robbery was falsely circulated on Indian social media with a false communal angle by calling it &#8216;an incident of atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-bangladesh-falsely-shared-as-a-hindu-monk-being-forcibly-converted-to-islam-by-cutting-his-hair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homeless man\u2019s video from Bangladesh falsely shared as Hindu monk forcibly converted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of its graphic nature.\u00a0 A 1 minute 31 second video, in which two people are hung upside down and being beaten up, is viral with claims of torture on Hindus in Bangladesh. 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