Old video of different incident circulated as Chhatra Dal leader’s attack on injured workers

A video has spread on Facebook with claims that it shows a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) student-wing leader attacking injured workers inside a hospital’s emergency department. However, Dismislab’s fact-check found that the video is not from a recent attack on workers. It shows an assault on a leader of Swechchhasebak Dal, BNP’s volunteer wing, at Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital on Oct 25.

The roughly 40-second video was recently posted from a Facebook page named “Amrul Karim Rashed”. The post read, “Chhatra Dal leader attacks injured workers after entering the hospital’s emergency department.” Chhatra Dal is BNP’s student wing. The video carries a logo reading “NextGen” along with the same claim, and lists the date as “Nov 4, 2026.” As of this report’s publication, the post had received more than 300 reactions and had been shared at least 450 times. The video was also posted with the same claim from several other profiles (1, 2, 3).

The video shows a man being beaten inside a hospital room. At one point, he is struck with a chair. White curtains are visible at the back of the room, with wooden chairs and other furniture nearby.

A reverse image search of several keyframes, conducted to verify the video, led to reports published with a photo of the same scene by the news outlets Samakal and Ajker Patrika on Oct 26.

According to the reports, Chhatra Dal leader Shahed Hossain and his followers were accused of beating a Swechchhasebak Dal leader named Joel Hossain Nirob inside the emergency department of Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital on the night of Oct 25. Joel, who was injured, is the senior vice president of Swechchhasebak Dal’s Ward No. 1 unit in Lakshmipur Municipality.

Citing local residents, Samakal reported that Shahed and Joel had an earlier dispute over a mobile phone sale. This led to Joel being beaten on the hospital premises. At one point, he entered the emergency department room to protect himself, where he was attacked again.

Ajker Patrika’s report, citing hospital and eyewitness sources, said five to six people led by Shahed Alam attacked Joel Hossain, who had come to the hospital for treatment. A fight then broke out between the two sides. A search using relevant keywords also turned up video reports of the same incident on the YouTube channels of the news outlets Jugantor and Somoyer Alo. The videos show the hospital room, the chair, the scene of the beating, and the individuals involved, matching the video circulating on Facebook. Both reports identified Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital as the location of the incident.

A report by Dhaka Post, published on Oct 27, said police arrested Chhatra Dal leader Abdur Rahman Shahed, who was accused in the assault on Swechchhasebak Dal leader Joel Hossain Nirob. He had earlier been expelled from Chhatra Dal on Oct 26. A case was also filed against Shahed and several others in connection with the incident.

Dismislab spoke with Jhalak Mohanta, police inspector (investigation) at Lakshmipur Sadar police station, about the incident. He said it occurred in October. Addressing the claim that the video showed an attack on workers, he said, “No, no, this was between two political factions, it has nothing to do with workers.” He also confirmed that a case had been filed over the incident.

In other words, the video circulated in November with claims that it shows a Chhatra Dal leader attacking injured workers inside a hospital is not from any recent attack on protesting workers. It is a video of the Oct 25 assault on Swechchhasebak Dal leader Joel Hossain Nirob at Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital.

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.