Old Video of Convoy Shared as Sheikh Hasina’s High-Security Escort in India

An old video of a convoy is going viral to falsely claim that it shows Sheikh Hasina being escorted from Delhi to Prayagraj.

(Photo: The Quint)

A video shwoing a convoy of several cars and two-wheelers is going viral on social media to claim that it shows the Indian government safely escorting Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, from Delhi to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

• Hasina fled from Bangladesh to India on 5 August 2024 following the anti-government protests in the country.

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(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

What's the truth?: This video predates Hasina's ouster and shows Chhattisgarh's SDM's convoy.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video on Google which led us to an old video shared on YouTube.

• This was shared by a channel called 'NEWS AGRADOOT' on 7 March 2023.

• We could not find the exact date and time when this viral video was recorded.

• However, the oldest version is from 2023, which predates the Bangladesh protests that started in June 2024 and also predates Hasnia fleeing to India in August 2024.  

• In this clearer version of the same video, we noticed that number plates on all the cars where registered in Chhattisgarh (CG).

• At the 0:27 timestamp, we saw a white Toyota Innova Crysta with a registration number and a board saying, "S.D.M. CG12BA7711". 

(source: altered by The Quint)

• We checked the number plate registration on Parivahan Sewa, the official website of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.

• Here we found out that the car was registered in Korba City, District Transport Office (DTO) in Chhattisgarh.

(Source: Parivahan Sewa/Screenshot)

Moreover, we did not find any credible reports of Hasina being escorted to Prayagraj recently.

Conclusion: An old video of a convoy is going viral to falsely claim that it shows Sheikh Hasina being escorted from Delhi to Prayagraj recently.

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