As considerations grew on the rising crime ranges in Dhaka, an outdated clip was mispresented as locals battling criminals within the Bangladeshi capital. Whereas native police mentioned the variety of robberies doubled previously yr, it was really filmed within the Bihar state in jap India in July 2024.
“Began once more in Gazipur. Battle between frequent individuals and robbers. Rise up Bangladesh. Everybody, please pray,” reads the Bengali-language Facebook post revealed on February 8, 2025.
It shares a video exhibiting two teams of individuals preventing with sticks, which has racked up greater than 22,000 views.
Screenshot of the false publish taken on March 11, 2025
Bangladesh has struggled to control crime since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was compelled from energy in August 2024 by a mass rebellion towards her iron-fisted rule (archived link).
It has extended the power of commissioned military officers to implement regulation and order amid the absence of police forces (archived link).
The clip was shared elsewhere on Fb with similar claims.
However reverse image searches on a keyframe from the footage discovered it was uploaded to YouTube on July 18, 2024 — weeks earlier than Hasina was ousted (archived link).
The clip — rotated 90 levels — incorporates a caption saying it was filmed in Bastwara, a village within the jap Bihar state of India, throughout the Islamic month of Muharram.
Screenshot comparability of the false video (L) and the clip uploaded on July 18, 2024
The YouTube person additionally uploaded a clip on yesterday exhibiting the identical scene from a unique angle (archived link).
Photos on Google Street View additionally affirm the video’s location (archived link).
Screenshot comparability of the clip shared within the false posts (L) and Google Road View imagery of the world with similarities marked by AFP
AFP beforehand debunked one other video falsely linked to crimes in Bangladesh.
