Unrelated Clip From Bangladesh Viral as Jyoti Malhotra Getting Attacked in India

This clip dates back to February and is from Bangladesh, not India, as claimed.

Fact-Check: Video from Bangladesh viral as one showing arrested YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra being attacked in public.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video showing a woman being assaulted in public is going viral on social media. It is being shared with the claim that the woman in the video is Jyoti Malhotra, a YouTuber, who has been recently arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan.

Those sharing have claimed that she was assaulted when she appeared for a court hearing.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot) 

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

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

• The viral clip shows a woman being attacked in Dhanmondi, Bangladesh in February, amid demonstrations against the destruction of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s home.

• The clip is unrelated to Malhotra.

What we found: At first, we ran a keyword search to find if Malhotra had been attacked after any court hearing, however, we did not find any credible reports to prove the claim.

• We, then, divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• It led us to an X post containing the same video dated 11 May, prior to YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra's arrest on 16 May, as reported by The Hindu. It claimed that the video originated from Bangladesh.

• We found various Bangladeshi media reports showcasing the same visuals.

• As per a report by Kalbela News, the event took place on 6 February in Dhanmondi, Bangladesh.

• A woman was reportedly attacked for resisting the destruction of ‘Dhanmondi 32’, the official home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. A mob angered by her protest allegedly branded her as an Awami League agent

• As per a report by Bangladeshi news outlet Prothom Alo from 6 February, after the fall of the Awami League government, angry crowds attacked, vandalised, and set fire to a house at Dhanmondi 32 since August 2024. Since then, the house has been largely abandoned.

• The Hindu reported in February that the residence was set ablaze during a live speech by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who condemned the act as unjust and symbolic.

• The attack followed Hasina's call for resistance against the new regime, installed by the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement after toppling her sixteen-year rule.

Conclusion: A video from Bangladesh of an incident in February has falsely gone viral as one showing arrested YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra being attacked in public.

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