A video showing a man with two women with one’s face covered is being shared on social media platforms.
In the video, the man is hitting on the stomach of one of the women.
What are users saying?: Those sharing wrote that a new ‘Muslim man’ has come into the market to provide treatment to girls by touching their stomach.
The video was shared by an X user called @MrSinha, who has previously been called out for spreading misinformation.
This video gathered 4.2 Million views at the time of writing this story. (Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)
Is this true?: No, the video is scripted.
The video originates from Bangladesh and was uploaded on a YouTube channel called Peace TV BD in January.
The channel's bio reads, "We also present the basis on the viral topic in this channel !!"
How did we find out?: We divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on a few of them.
We came across the same clip uploaded on a YouTube channel called ‘Peace TV BD’ in January.
It was uploaded with the title, “Lewanbagi Pir's secret treatment video is viral!"
We looked at the full video and found a message in the end which read, "It is your responsibility and duty to protect yourself from such a father!" (translated from Bangla to English). This hinted that the video could be one made for "awareness" and possibly scripted.
We went through the YouTube channel, which noted that it was from Bangladesh.
It's bio read, "We also present the basis on the viral topic in this channel !!"
Same people in different videos: Upon browsing through more videos on their YouTube page, we noticed that the same people were featured in different videos.
The purported healer in the viral video could also be seen in another video of the channel in a different character. You can see that video here.
Replying to the viral claim, an X user, "@FirdausLaibah" also posted on their page saying that the incident was not real and those in the video were actors of Peace TV from Bangladesh who were busting 'myths of such Babas'
The Quint has reached out to the YouTube channel for their inputs and the story will be updated once the response comes.
Conclusion: A scripted video showing a Muslim man healing girls has been given a false communal spin.
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