A video is being widely shared in which a man in a burkha is being arrested by the police.
The claim accompanying the video states that the video is from India and the man has explosives strapped to his body.
A social media user shared the video with the caption, “Forget UCC, PMOIndia! Let them stew in their own juices. Handle the menace and national security risk that emanates from the #BurkaHijabANDNikaab! They know how to weaponise their women- both fake and real ones! (sic)” (Archive)
SouthCheck found that the claim was false. The viral video is from Bangladesh, not India.
On doing a Google reverse image search, we found a screenshot of the video published by the news website Cvoice24 on March 9, 2021. The report associated with the image suggested that the police arrested two people in Roujan, Chittagong in Bangladesh who were smuggling drugs in a CNG-driven auto-rickshaw. The man was disguised as a woman wearing a burqa.
We also found a complete video of the incident uploaded on YouTube on March 11, 2021. The description associated with the video suggested that two peddlers were arrested during a police operation in Raujan, Chittagong.
The incident was also reported by Prothomalo, a Bangladesh news website, which revealed that the arrested persons were Muhammad Sagar (20) of Agrabad Mugltuli area of Chittagong city and Amena Begum (19) of Sadarghat.
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral video is from Bangladesh, not India.
