Fact Check: Viral video of Army catching vandals is from Bangladesh, not India
The video is from Faridpur in Bangladesh involving the Bangladeshi Army.
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 26 Aug 2024 11:31 AM GMT
Claim: The video shows the Indian Army stopping thieves during an attempt at vandalism.
Fact: The claim is false. The video is from Bangladesh, not India.
Hyderabad: A video claiming to show the Indian Army detaining thieves has gone viral on social media.
An X user shared the video with the caption, “We are proud of the Indian Army. Two people came here with the intention of stealing and started vandalising. But the Indian Army was passing by at the time and you can see what happened after that in the video. What do you think? If there were policemen instead of the Army, would these people have surrendered?” (Translated from Hindi) (Archive)
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Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video is from Bangladesh.
A reverse image search led us to the same video on YouTube uploaded by Channel 24, a Bangladeshi news channel, on August 17, 2024. The caption read: “Caught by the army while vandalising and looting shops Faridpur News | Bangladesh Army | Channel 24” (Translated from Bangla).
This hinted that the video is from Faridpur in Bangladesh involving the Bangladeshi Army.
Further investigation through a keyword search led us to a report by Durniti Barta, an online Bangla news website, published on August 18, 2024. The report, titled ‘Caught by the army during shop vandalism, the identity of the two has been found’ (translated from Bangla), included screenshots from the same video.
The report stated that the vandalism attempt, which occurred on August 14 was the result of a clash between two factions of the BNP in Boalmari, Faridpur. The two persons in the video were identified as Youth Dal workers from Boalmari. Md. Tutul Hossain (28) and Dukhu Mia (30) were subsequently arrested and sent to prison.
The incident was also reported by RTV News on August 18.
The report cited Shahidul Islam, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Boalmari police station, stating that the two individuals in the viral video were arrested by the Army and handed over to the police. They were later sent to jail by the court on Thursday (August 15) after their arrest was processed.
Hence, the claim that the video shows the Indian Army capturing thieves is false. The incident occurred in Bangladesh, not India.
