Video From Bangladesh Falsely Shared as ‘Hindu Boy Killed in West Bengal'

The claim and the communal angle given to the incident are false. The video shows visuals from Bangladesh.

A graphic video from Bangladesh has gone viral with the false communal claim that it shows a Hindu boy being killed by a Muslim mob in West Bengal.

(Source: Facebook/Altered by The Quint)

A graphic video showing a mob brutally thrashing a boy with kicks and sticks has gone viral on social media, where users have claimed that it shows "Hindu children being murdered in West Bengal by Jihadi mob."

(Note: We have refrained from adding links to the post due to the graphic nature of the visuals.)

The graphic video has gone viral with a communal claim.

(Source: Facebook/Altered by The Quint)

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

• The video is from Bangladesh's Dhaka and shows a mob lynching a rape accused teenager.

How did we find out the truth?: We carried out a reverse image search using Google Lens, which led us to a Facebook post with the same video.

• Its caption mentioned that it showed a boy being tortured in Bangladesh.

The post mentioned that the incident happened in Bangladesh.

(Source: Facebook/Altered by The Quint)

• Taking a cue from this, we used Bangla keywords such as 'বাংলাদেশের জনতা' (Bangladesh mob) to supplement the reverse image search to look for more information.

• The search returned several results, including a report by Bangladeshi news outlet Somoy News, which carried a screenshot of the graphic video.

The report carried a screenshot of the viral video.

(Source: Somoy News/Altered by The Quint_

• Published on 19 March, the report said that a mob had broken into a police car which was transporting a man accused of raping a five-year-old, brutally thrashing him.

• The "angry mob vandalised and robbed a police vehicle," the report said, leaving some policemen injured.

• The accused, a teenager, was arrested from Dhaka's Khilkhet neighbourhood, after which he was snatched and lynched by the mob.

• We also found similar visuals in another report by news organisation Ekushey Television.

• After the attack, the teen was taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, as per The Business Standard.

• The attack left the accused in a critical condition, reported Dhaka Tribune.

Conclusion: A video of a mob lynching a person accused of rape in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is being shared as one from West Bengal with a false communal claim.

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