Old Pic from Bangladesh Falsely Linked to Post-Poll Violence in WB

An old image of a woman who was injured in an incident that took place in Bangladesh was falsely claimed to be from West Bengal.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

An old image of an injured woman has been revived by several social media users and is being falsely linked to the post-poll violence in West Bengal. However, we found that the incident took place in Bangladesh’s Chittagong in November 2020.

CLAIM

The claim shared along with the image reads: “आबरू लूट गयीं बंगाल की...क्या ये महिला नहीं, क्या बंगाल की बेटी नहीं, क्या बंगाली और महिला केवल ममता ही है । धिक्कार उन को जो महिला है और ममता का अब भी बेशर्मी से समर्थन कर रही है”

(Translated: Bengal’s reputation has been tarnished... Is she not a woman, is she not Bengal’s daughter, is Mamata the only Bengali and a woman. Damn those who are women and still supporting Mamata shamelessly)

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You can view the archived version here.(Source: Twitter/ Screenshot)

Several social media users shared the image on Facebook and Twitter with a similar claim and the archived posts can be viewed here, here and here.

The Quint received a query on the claim being made in the viral image on its WhatsApp tipline as well.

WHAT WE FOUND OUT

We performed a reverse image search and came across an article published on a website called ‘Bharat Samachar 24X7’ that carried the viral image in November 2020.

(Source: Website/ Screenshot)

The reverse search results also helped with social media posts on Facebook and Twitter that carried the viral image and were shared on 4 November 2020. The posts mentioned that the incident took place in Bangladesh’s Chittagong and that a Hindu family was allegedly attacked.

Another Twitter user claimed that the incident took place on 3 November 2020 and was a case of “land robbery”. The user alleged that one Rubel had attacked the family.

The posts identified one of the victims as Ratan.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

We then searched for news articles on the incident using keywords in Bengali and came across a report published by Chattogram Pratidin that stated as many as three members of the family namely Ratan Kumar Nath, his daughter-in-law Putul Nath and niece Mukta Rani Nath were left injured in Hathazari area.

On 1 November 2020, one Rubel, Shakib, Arman, Osman, Morshed and nearly seven other people began demolishing some parts of the house, the report added.

Evidently, an old image of a woman who was injured in an incident that took place in Bangladesh was falsely claimed to be from West Bengal.

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