Indian accounts circulating video of schoolgirl stabbing in Kushtia with communal angle

A video was circulated on X by an account operated from India, claiming that a Hindu schoolgirl was stabbed on a street in Dhaka after rejecting the proposal of a Jamaat youth leader. However, Dismislab’s fact-check has found that the student who was attacked is not a follower of the Hindu religion.

The video was posted on November 10 from an X account named “India First Post,” which identifies itself as a news media outlet. The video shows a teenage boy stabbing a female student wearing a uniform. The post’s caption reads, “Hindu School Girl Stabbed on Streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, after rejecting advances from local Jamat youth leader.”

As of the publication of this report, the video had been viewed more than 35,000 times and shared more than 650 times. In the comments, one person wrote, “Bangladesh is not a country but a shthole.” Another wrote, “Jihaadis only understand gaza treatment !”

Another person wrote, “Modi should form a Sanatani Mukti Bahini of Hindu Bangladeshi men trained in unarmed martial arts and living in Bangladesh incognito. They should quietly and quickly eradicate such threats preferably before they happen but also after, which is probably more likely. ”

The same video was posted from another X account named “Dhami Meme Force.” This video has been viewed nearly 1,000 times. The post’s caption reads, “Imagine being a Hindu girl in Bangladesh, where even rejecting unwanted advances from Muslim boy can reportedly put your life at risk. And where are the human rights warriors? Where are the feminist voices? Where is the outrage from those who lecture India on minority rights every single day?”

Through a key-frame search, Dismislab found video reports on the original incident published by multiple news media outlets (1, 2, 3, 4). The videos in these reports match exactly with the recently circulated video. The headline of Star News’s report read, “Schoolgirl stab’bed in Kushtia, accused teenager arrested” (translated from Bangla). 

A relevant keyword search found multiple news reports, including those by Samakal, Ajker Patrika and Daily Ittefaq. These reports reveal that on November 9, a tenth-grade schoolgirl was stabbed in front of her home in Kushtia town. The victim’s father filed a case at Kushtia Model Police Station. Following that case, police conducted an operation and arrested the accused. The girl’s mother said the teenager had been harassing the victim in various ways for a long time. The names and identities of the victim and her guardian were disclosed on social media. Some news media outlets also did not withhold the names. From the obtained information, it is evident that they are Muslim. However, for the sake of privacy, we are not disclosing the name or identity of the victim.

So, it can be said that the stabbing of a Muslim schoolgirl in Kushtia is being circulated with a communal angle, with the claim that it was an attack on a Hindu student.

All social media captions, quotations, and news excerpts in this article have been translated into English from the languages in which they were originally posted or published.