Fact Check: Man chopping wife's hair in Dhaka FALSELY viral as communal incident in Bengal
Claim: This video shows a Muslim man chopping a Hindu woman’s hair in West Bengal.
A video doing the rounds on social media shows a woman crying as a man chops her hair off angrily. Some people can be seen approaching the man as the incident takes place.
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Some shared the clip, claiming that this video was from West Bengal, where a Muslim man publicly chopped off the hair of a Hindu woman against her will. Some also claimed that he was punishing the woman for not paying his fare.
India Today Fact Check, however, found that this 2024 video shows an angry husband cutting his wife's hair after a fight in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
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Reverse searching keyframes from the viral video led us to the same video shared as a YouTube Short in February. The video was shared in collaboration with a YouTube channel called "City Voice 1986". This channel originally shared the video in question on September 15 last year.
We then found a Facebook account with the same name as the YouTube channel that posted a longer version of the viral video along with two other videos linked to the incident. The account belongs to Mohammad Air Khan, a resident of the Gulshan neighbourhood in Dhaka.
The captions of these posts stated that the man in the video was beating his wife on the street. In one of the videos, the man says in Bengali that it is his family matter when confronted. Later, he could be seen getting beaten up by a group of people for mistreating his wife.
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Sujit Nair raises concerns over speculation of DMK-AIADMK understanding to block TVK
Chennai: Journalist and political commentator Sujit Nair has expressed concern over speculation that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam could explore a post-poll understanding to prevent Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam from forming the government in Tamil Nadu.
In a social media post, Sujit Nair said the election verdict in Tamil Nadu reflected a clear public demand for political change and argued that the mandate should be respected irrespective of political preferences.
Referring to reports and political discussions surrounding a possible understanding between the DMK and AIADMK, he said he hoped such developments remained only speculative conversations and did not turn into reality.
Nair stated that if such an alliance were to take shape, it would raise serious questions about ideological politics in the country. He said TVK had emerged through a democratic electoral process and that the legitimacy to govern in a parliamentary democracy comes from the people’s verdict.
According to him, attempts to prevent an electoral winner from forming the government through unexpected political arrangements may be constitutionally valid, but many people could view them as politically opportunistic.
He further said that such a move could particularly affect the political image of the DMK, which has historically projected itself around ideology, social justice and opposition politics. Nair said that in ideological terms, the DMK appeared closer to TVK than to the AIADMK, and joining hands with its long-time political rival only to remain in power could weaken its broader political narrative.
He added that the same questions would apply to the AIADMK as well, as the party had spent decades positioning itself against the DMK and such an arrangement could create discomfort among its cadre and supporters.
Drawing a comparison with Maharashtra politics in 2019, Nair said he had expressed similar views when the Shiv Sena formed an alliance with the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party after the Assembly elections.
He said post-poll alliances between long-standing political rivals often create a public perception that ideology and electoral mandates become secondary when political power equations come into play.
Nair also said such developments increase public cynicism towards politics and reinforce the belief among voters that ideology is often sidelined after elections.
He maintained that the Tamil Nadu verdict was emphatic and said respecting both the spirit and substance of the mandate was important for the credibility of democratic politics.
