Claim: The video shows a Hindu man killed by Muslims in Bangladesh.
Fact: The claim is false. The man in the video is Mizan Sardar, a farmer from Bangladesh. There is no mention of his death being communal in related news reports.
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Hyderabad: Amid the current political instability in Bangladesh, many reports of violence against the Hindu-minority communities have emerged.
A video of one such alleged communal atrocity showing a dead body hanging from a tree in public has gone viral. An X user shared the video and wrote, “Muslims follow the Quran. The Quran calls people of other religions as infidels and asks to kill them and exterminate them and collect Jaziya (hooligan tax) from them.” (Translated from Hindi) ( Archive )
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The man in the video is Mizan Sardar, a farmer from Bangladesh.
A keyword search of the video led us to a report from Jogo News24 titled, ‘Farmer’s hanging body recovered, chain and padlock around neck’, published on December 29, 2024. A screenshot of the video was featured in the report and the same chain and padlock were also seen on the person in the viral video.
According to the report, a farmer named Mizan Sardar (50) was found dead hanging from a mango tree in Ghatmaji Union of Madaripur Sadar Upazila on Saturday afternoon (December 28). The location is in Bangladesh.
According to the police version and accounts from the locals and family mentioned in the report, Mizan Sardar reportedly left his home around 10 pm on Friday (December 27) to attend a prayer meeting at Solaiman Matubbar’s residence near Tubia Bazar. However, he did not return home that night. On Saturday afternoon, a child passing by spotted his body chained and locked to a mango tree and screamed, drawing the attention of locals. Residents quickly alerted Sadar Police Station, who arrived at the scene, retrieved the body and sent it to the morgue at Madaripur Hospital for an autopsy.
We also found the incident reported on Protindercrime titled ‘The body of a farmer named Mizan Sardar was found hanging from a chain in Madaripur’, dated December 28, 2024. The report stated that Sardar’s body was discovered in the Purba Chiraipara village of Ghatmaji Union, under Madaripur Sadar Upazila, and suspicions were raised about the circumstances surrounding his death.
We also found similar reports on the same incident by Channel 24 and Dhaka Post.
Therefore, the claim that the video shows a Hindu man killed by Muslims is false. The man in the video is Mizan Sardar and no report mentioned any communal motive behind his death.
(This story was originally published by newsmeter, and republished by english.varthabharati.in as part of the Shakti Collective)
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Gorakhpur (UP) (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday that purifying water using natural methods will not only ensure river cleanliness but also result in savings of crores of rupees.
According to an official statement, the chief minister inaugurated a municipal corporation project worth Rs 2.70 crore to purify wastewater entering the Rapti River using the natural method of phytoremediation.
Addressing the gathering at the event, Adityanath said, "Water purification through natural methods will clean the rivers and also save crores of rupees. There will be no electricity costs or maintenance expenses involved in this method."
During the ceremony held at Takia Ghat, the chief minister praised the initiative, saying, "The efforts made by the municipal corporation to keep the Rapti River in Gorakhpur clean, continuous, and beautiful are commendable. This is a significant step taken to preserve fertility and life."
He emphasised the importance of clean water, stating, "Great people have always considered water as life. From 1977 to 2017, around 50,000 innocent children in Gorakhpur and Eastern Uttar Pradesh lost their lives to encephalitis and vector-borne diseases caused by contaminated water."
Adityanath said contaminated water and filth were the primary causes of deaths due to viral diseases. He highlighted that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guidance, the Swachh Bharat Mission was implemented nationwide.
Urban areas witnessed the implementation of the Amrit Mission for clean drinking water, while rural areas benefitted from the Jal Jeevan Mission, he said.
Through the 'Har Ghar Nal' scheme, clean drinking water is now being supplied to every household, he said.
"Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, efforts to preserve the river culture began with the Namami Gange project. Today, as a result, the world's largest religious and spiritual gathering, the Maha Kumbh, will be held on Uttar Pradesh's soil, at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati in Prayagraj, from January 13 to February 26," the chief minister said.
"Gorakhpur is situated along the banks of the Rapti and Rohini rivers. Efforts are being made to purify these rivers, which are the origin of our civilization and culture," he said.
He noted that earlier, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had been imposing penalties on the municipal corporation due to the discharge of polluted water into the Rapti River.
"The municipal corporation had proposed constructing an STP (Sewage Treatment Plant) at a cost of Rs 110 crore. We suggested adopting a natural method of water purification instead. Today, the positive results are for everyone to see," he said.
The chief minister said that following natural water purification, the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) has reached a pure state, with the BOD level at the discharge point recorded at 22.
"If all drains and sewers connected to drainage systems are managed similarly, we can use this natural model to achieve better outcomes at lower costs and ensure the purity of water, which is essential for life," he added.