Fact Check: Video showing a woman 'punished' is not an atrocity against Hindus in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, hundreds of student protestors took to streets near the Supreme Court, demanding the resignation of all judges including the Chief Justice. Hundreds of Hindus in the country have also hit the streets to protest against the targeted attacks against them
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In Bangladesh, hundreds of student protestors took to streets near the Supreme Court, demanding the resignation of all judges including the Chief Justice. Hundreds of Hindus in the country have also hit the streets to protest against the targeted attacks against them and vandalization of temples following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.
Meanwhile, a video of a woman being punished in the middle of a street is going viral on social media with the claim that the video shows Hindu humanitarian Jyotika Basu-Chatterjee.
The caption shared along with the video claims ‘#AHorrorStory This is Jyotika Basu-Chatterjee from Bangladesh. "A woman who ran a humanitarian organization. She worked tirelessly on education and health for Muslims with Hindu funds. She helped all the women nearby, be it small or big; whenever anyone needed help. Jyotika's number was on everyone's lips. But as soon as the riots started, Islamic men and women forgot everything – Madam Jyotika got a sit-up meeting. - After that, twenty people stripped her naked and raped her. – Then they burned her alive by raising religious slogans. Men, women, and children were all laughing. Jyotika's brother made a video asking for help from the Indian government and told the story of sister, Jyotika. Later, he was also burned alive!"
Fact Check:
The claim is False. THe woman seen in the video is not Jyotika Basu- Chatterjee.
When we extracted the keyframes from the video and searched them using reverse image search, we found a few social media posts stating that she is Sagarika Akhter.
Commenting on the viral post, an X user, who is a Bangaldeshi Fact checker, shared screenshots from another X post stating that ‘She is Sagarika Akhter, a Muslim and a female Chhatra League leader from Eden Women's College. This video and incident is from July 17. She is not Jyotika Basu, as mentioned in your fabricated story. She was punished for standing against students and torturing them using political power. RW propaganda handles are continuing to spread anti-Bangladesh communal propaganda.’
Another X user posted ‘Fake News Alert. She is Sagarika Akhter, a Muslim and a female Chhatra League leader from Eden Women's College. This video and incident is from July 17. She is not Jyotika Basu, as mentioned in your fabricated story. She was punished for standing against students
Taking cue from these posts, we searched for the original Facebook post, we found a post by Mahdy Hasan Talha shared on July 17, 2024, which states that Sagarika Akhter, leader of Eden Women's College Chhatra League, wanted to escape, but ordinary students caught her and made her do sit ups by holding ear.
Hence, the viral video is not of Hindu leader hailing from Bangladesh Jyotika Basu- Chatterjee, it shows a Muslim student leader Sagarika Akhter. The claim is False .