Footage of a Woman being Hacked in India Circulated Online as Bangladeshi Incident
A video showing a man attacking a woman in broad daylight on a busy street has spread on Facebook, claiming that it is from Bangladesh. Verification shows that the incident occurred in Vijayapura district, Karnataka, India, where a man hacked his wife in public with a machete following a quarrel earlier this month.
A Facebook profile shared a 48-second video where a man is seen repeatedly hitting a woman in the middle of a street with a stick-like object. Bystanders tried to help but moved back in fear. The caption of the video read, “Even in 24’s independent Bangladesh, my sisters are not safe 😭 See what kind of rule Yunus is running.” At the time of writing this report, the video had been viewed over 42,000 times and shared at least 480 times.
Keyframe searches of the video revealed multiple news reports (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) from Indian media. The visuals in those reports completely matched the circulated video, claiming to be from Bangladesh. According to a report by NDTV, on October 24, in Sindagi town of Karnataka’s Vijayapura district, a man attacked his wife with a sharp machete following an argument. The viral video shows that very incident.
Further details from the report reveal that on October 24, Friday, a 60-year-old man named Yamanappa Madar attacked his wife, Anusuya Madar (50), with a sharp machete. At one point, when the man tried to flee, a passerby struck him. Later, both were rescued and taken to Sindagi Taluk Hospital for treatment. Police said both are now in stable condition.
In short, an incident from Vijayapura district in Karnataka, India, is being circulated as if it happened in Bangladesh. The claim is false. However, such misinformation is not new. In the past, Dismislab’s fact-check reports revealed several Indian incidents falsely shared as Bangladeshi ones. For instance, in August this year, a video circulated as a Bangladeshi event was found [hyperlink here] to be from Bengaluru, India. That same month, another video claiming to show a man being hacked to death on a street in Cox’s Bazar was also verified by Dismislab, only to find that the actual incident occurred in Andhra Pradesh, India, over a property dispute.
Disclaimer: The original version of this fact-check report was published in Bengali on Dismislab’s Bengali website on December 27, 2025. The English translation was completed later; however, to maintain time accuracy and avoid any potential misinterpretation, the English version has been published with the original publication date.
