Declare: Video exhibits a Hindu temple being attacked in Bangladesh
Truth Test: BOOM discovered that the incident within the viral video is from an assault on a Sufi shrine in Kazipur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh in August 2024. BOOM Bangladesh reached out to an area reporters who confirmed the placement and said that it’s a Sufi shrine and never a Hindu temple.
A video of a mob vandalising a Sufi shrine in Bangladesh in August this 12 months is being shared as an assault on a Hindu temple within the nation.
The incident within the video is from August 2024 when the Sufi shrine of Ali Pagla in Kazipur, Sirajganj in Bangladesh was vandalised.
BOOM Bangladesh reached out to an area reporters who confirmed the placement and said that it’s a Sufi shrine and never a Hindu temple. Bangladesh has been in a state of flux since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was pressured to flee the nation in early August following widespread protests.
Viral video from Bangladesh shared with false declare
The 2 minutes-long video is being shared on X with the caption, “Hindu temple standing in Bangladesh yesterday.”
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FACT-CHECK: Construction in viral video attacked is a Sufi shrine
BOOM discovered that the viral video is from August 2024 when Sufi shrine of Ali Pagla in Kazipur, Sirajganj in Bangladesh, was attacked and vandalised.
Taking a touch from replies stating that the placement within the viral video will not be a temple however a Sufi shrine named Ali Pagla in Sirajganj, Bangladesh, we discovered a number of Bangladeshi information experiences on the incident. The experiences said that Ali Pagla mazhar was vandalised on August 29, 2024.
We discovered a information report by Kalbela which had reported that the incident within the viral video is from August 31, 2024. The report additionally has a screengrab that matches the visuals within the video.
The report talked about that in Kazipur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh, villagers had sacked the imam of a mosque within the space after the shrine was attacked allegedly by his males. The report states that a number of folks within the space had claimed that Imam Golam Rabbani and his males had vandalised the shrine of Ali Pagla on August 29.
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Native journalists affirm to BOOM Bangladesh the placement of the video
BOOM Bangladesh reached out to Abdul Jaleel, an area journalist from Sirajganj, Kazipur, who confirmed that the viral video is from Ali Paglar Mazhar, Sirajganj. Each day Star correspondent Shahidul Islam Nirob, additionally confirmed to BOOM Bangladesh that the video is from Ali Paglar Mazhar and said that it isn’t a Hindu temple as being falsely claimed. The visuals within the beneath information report on the shrine being vandalised additionally match the visuals viral video. From the two.50 minutes timestamp we are able to see the shrine being attacked with the metal rods.
(This story was initially printed by Growth, and republished by NDTV as a part of the Shakti Collective)