Bangladeshi lawyer Ramendra Nath Roy was severely injured during a protest at Shahbagh, Dhaka. False claims about his role and identity circulated widely on social and mainstream media.
Religious festival of India disseminated as an attack on a temple in Bangladesh
A video from 'RT India' falsely claims an attack on a Hindu temple in Bangladesh, but actually shows a festival in India.
From social to news media: How false claims of Adviser Mahfuj Alam’s extremist ties spread
This campaign has sometimes portrayed him as a leader of the religious organization Hezbut Tawheed and, at other times, as part of the banned organization Hizb-ut-Tahrir.