Video of Bangladesh Tiktoker Surrounded by Mob Shared With False Communal Claim

According to social media posts, the woman was a Tik Toker who was caught with theft.

Fact-Check: Video of Bangladesh TikToker shared with false communal claim.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video showing a girl crying and surrounded by a crowd is being shared on social media platforms.

Those sharing have claimed that Hindu women cannot walk around Bangladesh without a hijab.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot)

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is this true?: The claim is false.

• According to several social media posts, the woman in the video is a TikToker named Kohinoor, who was allegedly caught for theft.

What we found: We divided the video into multiple keyframes and ran a Google reverse image on some of them.

• We came across several social media posts which stated that the girl was a TikToker with the name 'Kohinoor,' who was caught for theft publicly.

• These two Facebook posts stated that the girl was caught stealing money. Both posts mentioned her name.

• Another post on Instagram added the username of the TikToker. It said, "Today, TikToker Kohinoor was caught by hand while stealing 1.5 lakh rupees and gold from a woman in Teknaf Lamar Bazar,,, house in Cox's Bazar. https://www.tiktok.com/@cr_kohinoor_cox?_t=8mt7Dg8utOb&_r=1"

Using a virtual private network (VPN), we accessed the TikTok link and came across the profile. We saw several videos of the girl in the viral video.

Here is a snapshot from one of the TikTok videos.

(Source: TikTok/Screenshot) 

• We also saw a comment under a viral video by a Bangladeshi journalist and fact-checker Shohanur Rahman. He added that the girl was not Hindu and was not assaulted for not wearing hijab.

• The journalist mentioned about being a TikToker and theft.ir

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

• We reached out to Tanvir Mahatab of the Rumour Scanner, a fact-checking organisation based in Bangladesh. He confirmed to us that the claim was false and the girl in the video was not a Hindu. He also mentioned that she was a TikTok artist.

• He also shared the link of the girl's TikTok page. Using a VPN, we accessed the page and found her account.

Here is Kohinoor's TikTok page.

(Source: TikTok/Screenshot) 

Conclusion: The video is being shared with a false communal claim.

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