India’s influencers spread terrible false information about Bangladesh: BBC
The UK-based international media BBC has claimed that most of the videos and information that have been spread about the attack on religious minorities in Bangladesh in the background of the fall of the government are fake.
According to the BBC report published on Sunday (August 18), India’s extreme right-wing influencers have spread these videos and information. The BBC also noted that this has led to confusion about the true story.
According to the report, the BBC has verified the authenticity of several videos and information. Almost all of which have been proven to be false.
Among these, the most shared video is of Chittagong’s Navagraha temple. The caption of the viral video said, “Islamists set fire to Navagraha temple.” But the BBC has verified that not at the temple; The incident of setting fire happened in an office of Awami League located next to it.
Swapan Das, a person in charge of the temple, told BBC, “On the afternoon of August 5, the Awami League office behind the temple was set on fire. They took out the office furniture and set it on fire.
In addition, there was also a rumor that the house of Liton Das, a Hindu cricketer of the Bangladesh national team, was set on fire, BBC reported. The burning incident at the house of Muslim cricketer and Awami League-backed MP Mashrafe Bin Mortuza has been called the house of Liton Das in India.
According to the report, the BBC also investigated the burning of a school. It has been seen that there is no religious connection with the issue of setting fire to the school. It is all political.
Most of these videos are shared on multiple accounts. Many of these accounts support Hindu-nationalism, the report said.
These misinformation has spread worldwide
Far-right British national Tommy Robinson shared a video of a Hindu woman asking for help. He also spread anti-Muslim fake news about the riots in his home country, the UK, a few days ago.
In the caption of the video, the extremist wrote, ‘Raise your voice for Hindus. When Islam takes root it becomes a reality for other communities. I will not apologize for wanting to stop this in my country. Let them tell me what they want.
However, the BBC checked and found that the woman’s house and a temple there were completely intact. And the video that has been made and spread is basically a land dispute.
Some local students also showed the BBC evidence that the woman’s house and temple were intact.
Quaderuddin Shishir, a Bangladeshi fact-checker of news agency AFP, told the BBC, “There was an attack on Hindu-owned property.” But the Indian right-wing account is spreading these political attacks as religious attacks.
The Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Parishad, a non-profit organization, said five Hindus were killed in the recent violence. Out of which two were directly involved in Awami League politics.
Meanwhile, in the midst of political instability, the Muslims who have put up a pahar to ensure that no one can attack temples and Hindu properties have also been mentioned in this BBC report.
