A video is circulating on social media showing a man who appears to be a Hindu monk with a tilak on his forehead and a scarf bearing Mahakal’s name. He is surrounded by a group of people who are questioning him. Some in the crowd are abusing the monk and threatening to beat him up. A portion of the video shows a mob of people engaging in a scuffle with two other monks.
Right-wing propaganda outlet Sudarshan News posted this video on its social media channels covering Delhi and Bihar and claimed that a Bangladeshi terrorist disguised as a sadhu had been caught in Gopalganj, Bihar.
Sudarshan News also featured this video in a report, claiming that in Gopalganj, Bihar, Islamic fundamentalists from Bangladesh, disguised as Aghori, were apprehended by locals while eating meat. Sudarshan News described this as a case of misuse of religious identity through impersonation. (Archive link)
X user ‘Team Hindu United’ shared this video, claiming that locals in Gopalganj, Bihar, had caught some Bangladeshis disguised as Hindu sadhus begging for alms. They later deleted the post. (Archive link)
Right-wing influencer Riniti Chatterjee, who is often found spreading misinformation and communal propaganda, shared the video with a similar claim. (Archive link)
Fact Check
We noticed that a building in the background of the viral video had the words “Bhawani Clinic” and “Heart and Diabetes Center” written on it. We searched Google Maps to gather more information and found that the building belongs to Maa Bhawani Clinic and Diabetes Center in Kuchaikot, Gopalganj . This location is less than 100 meters from the Kuchaikote police station.
We contacted Kuchaikote police station and spoke with an officer there. They told us that the viral claim was misleading. “This incident occurred a few days ago. When we checked the sadhu’s bag, we found nothing suspicious; it contained only flour and rice,” the officer said, adding that the SP Gopalganj’s office had already made a statement on the matter.
Gopalganj police, in a press release issued on December 15, 2025, refuted the claim made with the viral video, stating that the viral video was verified by the station house officer of Kuchaikote. The man was identified as a sadhu, and no incriminating material was recovered from his possession. The police, in a press release, denied the claim that the sadhu was a Bangladeshi, stating that his Aadhaar card was verified and he was a resident of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.
सोशल मिडिया पर वायरल विडियो से संबंधित अपडेट@bihar_police@BiharHomeDept@IPRDBihar@DigSaran@Dist_Gopalganj#HainTaiyaarHum #BiharPolice #Bihar #GopalganjPolice pic.twitter.com/6KDqsOxYvZ
— Gopalganj Police (@GopalganjPolice) December 15, 2025
To sum up, Sudarshan News aired a video of people arguing with a monk from Uttar Pradesh and falsely claimed that Islamic fundamentalists from Bangladesh were disguised as Aghori and were apprehended by people in Gopalganj, Bihar. This claim turned out to be completely false.
Sudarshan News and its editor Suresh Chavhanke have a history of spreading disinformation and communal propaganda. Related stories can be found here.
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