Viral Video Does Not Show Hindu Family That Was Attacked in Bangladesh

This incident is from Purnea, Bihar and not from Bangladesh, as claimed.

Fact-Check: The video is from Purnea, Bihar and not Bangladesh. 

(Source: The Quint) 

Following the reports about the assault on minorities in Bangladesh, a troubling video is being shared on social media, depicting three deceased children and a woman.

• Those sharing have claimed that a Hindu family was assaulted by Muslims in Giripur, Bangladesh.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Facebook) 

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

Is this claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• The viral clip is from Purnea in Bihar, where a woman took the lives of her three children before taking her own life. This happened in November 2024.

What we found: We divided the video into multiple keyframes and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• We came across a video on a YouTube channel called 'City News' from 7 November. It had frames similar to those of the viral video.

• The title read, "Four dead bodies, including a mother and daughter, were found in a house during Chhath Kharna" (translated from Hindi to English)

• We then ran a relevant keyword search which showed us reports from several news outlets like the Times of India and Dainik Jagran from November.

• TOI reported that the bodies of a woman and her three kids were discovered hanging at their residence in Kilpara, Rauta in Purnea, Bihar.

• The police alleged that the woman reportedly had mental health problems and at first glance, the event seems to be a suicide.

• Jagran noted that the event took place when the woman's spouse was at a temple. She locked the home's door from the inside, then hanged her children from nooses before taking her own life.

Police comments: We reached out to Superintendent of Police Gyan Ranjan who confirmed to The Quint that the incident took place in Rauta in November.

• He told us that the deceased woman's neighbours claimed that she was mentally unwell. Additionally, Ranjan said that the investigation was still underway.

Conclusion: The video has gone viral to falsely claim that a Hindu family was killed by Muslims in Bangladesh.

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