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Original Claim

A video showing several members of student league tied up at Badrunnesa Girl’s College was used to falsely claim that Hindu women are being captured and sold in Bangladesh

4 months ago

Context by Compass

The claims made in the text are that a video showing several members of the student league tied up at Badrunnesa Girl’s College was used to falsely claim that Hindu women are being captured and sold in Bangladesh. Upon investigation, it was found that the video indeed shows members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League, being tied up by other students at Begum Badrunnessa Women’s College in Dhaka. This incident occurred on July 17, 2024, during protests against the Chhatra League's influence in educational institutions. The video was later misrepresented on social media to falsely claim that it depicted Hindu women being captured and sold by Muslims in Bangladesh. This misleading claim was debunked by multiple sources, including Alt News, which confirmed that the video had no communal angle and was related to internal student protests (Alt News). Therefore, the text contains dangerous misinformation as it misrepresents the context of the video to incite communal tensions.