Old video circulated with claim that Sheikh Enan has returned to Bangladesh
A video has spread on Facebook with claims that former Bangladesh Chhatra League (Bangladesh Student’s League) general secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Enan has returned to Bangladesh and that party activists blocked a highway to welcome him. However, Dismislab’s fact-check found that the video is not recent. The same footage was posted on Facebook on Dec 23, 2023.
Since the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, central Chhatra League leaders have remained in hiding, with reports suggesting that its general secretary, Sheikh Wali Asif Enan, fled to Kolkata.
On Nov 10, a Facebook page named “Channel 14 online” posted the video. The post read, “Sheikh Enan has returned to the country! Chhatra League blocks the highway…..” As of this report’s publication, the video had received more than 190,000 reactions and had been shared more than 2,000 times.
The video was also posted with the same claim from several other Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3).
At the beginning of the video, a white vehicle is seen approaching a road at night with its siren sounding and headlights shining brightly. After the vehicle stops, several people gather around it. Sheikh Wali Asif Enan, former general secretary of the banned organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League, is then seen getting out of the vehicle. Those present welcome him with flowers and chant various slogans.
The slogans include, “Brother Enan, have no fear, we have not left the streets,” “Who is the leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League? Brother Enan!” and “Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu.”
The second part of the video shows a daytime scene. A vehicle is seen parked across a road, while several people gather around it and chant slogans. Some are also seen holding flowers. Those present can be heard chanting, “Greetings and welcome, Brother Enan has arrived,” “Red roses and greetings from Brother Rubel,” and “Joy Bangla.” Text at the bottom of the video reads, “Road blockade by Chhatra League under Sheikh Enan’s leadership.”
A comment on the post questioned the video’s timing. One Facebook user wrote, “This is a 2023 video from Habiganj district. They are passing it off as a current one.” Following this comment, relevant keywords were searched to verify the footage.
The search led to a video posted by a Facebook page named “Faizur Rahman Rabin” on Dec 23, 2023. The caption read, “The moment Chhatra League general secretary Enan Bhai was welcomed at 3:00am.”
The video published on Dec 23, 2023, matches the footage circulated on Nov 10, 2026. The scenes showing Sheikh Wali Asif Enan getting out of a white vehicle, being welcomed with flowers, and greeted with slogans are the same.
A photograph posted on the same Facebook account on Dec 9, 2023, also indicates that Faizur Rahman Rabin was the general secretary of Chhatra League’s Habiganj district unit at the time.
In other words, the video circulated in November 2026 with claims that Sheikh Enan had returned to Bangladesh and that Chhatra League activists had blocked a highway to welcome him had already been available on Facebook since December 2023.
In this context, the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League called for a nationwide strike on Nov 10, demanding the withdrawal of the bans on the Awami League and Chhatra League, among other demands. Various videos circulated on social media in connection with the programme. Dismislab has published several fact-check reports on misleading claims related to the strike, including this report.
