Attack over alleged drug trafficking falsely portrayed as communal violence
A video showing several people vandalizing a house has recently circulated on the social media platform X. Some posts claim that Islamists are attacking the home of a Hindu resident, while others claim the footage shows an attack on a poor Christian family because devotional hymns were being played in their home. However, a fact-check by Dismislab found that the video actually depicts an attack on the houses of two men accused of drug trafficking, neither of whom was a member of a non-Muslim community.
A 2-minute and 52-second video was posted by an X account named Hindu Voice at 11:22am Bangladesh time on June 28. The video shows several individuals jointly vandalizing a number of houses. Translated into English, the post’s caption reads: “##Pogrom is going on in #Bangladesh. Islamists are breaking a Hindu home in broad daylight. The administration and the Bangladesh government are silent.” The account, which describes itself as a media outlet, states in its “About” section that it is operated from India.
At the time of writing this report, the post had been shared more than 1,100 times and viewed approximately 27,000 times. One commenter wrote, “This is a cult and should be eradicated worldwide.” Several users tagged the X account of India’s Ministry of External Affairs and asked, “Why is India issuing visas to such Bangladeshis?”
About two and a half hours later, the same 2-minute and 52-second video was posted by another India-based X account named SMaRT (Samachar Manyata Association for Research and Training). The platform, which describes itself as a research and coordination initiative focused on national-interest-based media, shared the video with the same caption.
The same video was also posted by an X account named Voice of BD Hindus, which states that it is operated from the United States. Referring to the security of Bangladesh’s Hindu community, the post included the hashtag #AllEyesOnBDHindus. That post had been shared 130 times.
One commenter wrote, “Bangladeshi Muslims have become dangerously radicalized in their beliefs, religion, and ideology, turning them into hate zombies. Their legitimized hatred enables violence, justifies attacks, and fuels the ongoing genocide against Hindus. Persecuting and victimizing Hindus satisfies their hateful religious beliefs. These teachings come from their scripture.” Another commenter wrote: “The only solution to this problem is for the Indian government to arm the people of the Hill Tracts and reclaim the lost territories.”
Later the same day, at 7:14pm Bangladesh time, a 3-minute and 11-second video of the same incident was posted by an X account named Baba Banaras, which is also operated from India. The English-language caption falsely described the incident as an attack on a Christian family. It stated, “The life of non-muslims in a Muslim country is not like the life of a Muslims in a non-muslim country. A poor Christian family attacked, house vandalised by the crowd of Islamists in Bangladesh because they were playing Hymns at home. Why leftist media & Gaza Gang is silent?”
At the time of writing, the post had been shared more than 200 times, and the video had been viewed over 13,000 times. One commenter wrote, “Muslims are nothing but cavemen. The Quran teaches them to be evil. It tells them to kill all Christians and cut off their heads for Allah.”
Using key frames from the video and relevant keyword searches, Dismislab found a report published by the Bangladeshi newspaper Daily Samakal. The individuals, their clothing, the design and color of the houses, and the overall setting shown in the report exactly match the scenes in the recently circulated video. According to the report, published on June 24, 2026, the footage depicts an incident in Kishoreganj in which the homes of two men were vandalized following allegations of drug trafficking.
Further keyword searches led to a video report published on June 24 by the news outlet Kishoreganj Press. According to that report, residents of Chouganga Union in Itna Upazila, Kishoreganj, vandalized the homes of alleged drug traffickers and detained a suspected thief. DismissLab also found a report by ST Bangla TV BD, whose caption read, “Residents vandalize the homes of Sumon and Ain Uddin in Itna over allegations of drug trafficking.”
For additional verification, Dismislab contacted Bijoy Kar Ratan, the Kishoreganj correspondent for Daily Samakal. He confirmed that the incident involved the vandalism of the homes of two individuals, Sumon Mia, 35, and Ain Uddin, 45, in Chouganga Union of Itna Upazila, Kishoreganj, following allegations of drug trafficking. He further confirmed to Dismislab that the vandalized houses did not belong to Hindus or Christians.
Therefore, the video showing villagers attacking homes over allegations of drug trafficking is being falsely portrayed as communal violence by X accounts operated from multiple countries. The incident was not an act of communal violence, and none of the individuals whose homes were vandalized belonged to a non-Muslim community.
