Weeks of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in Bangladesh culminated in Hasina quitting and fleeing to India on August 3, bringing an end to her 15 years of autocratic rule.<\/p>\n
After her abrupt resignation, there were numerous reports of attacks<\/a> against religious minorities including Hindu households, temples and businesses (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n Hindus are the largest minority faith in mostly Muslim Bangladesh and are considered a steadfast support base for Hasina’s Awami League party.<\/p>\n A similar false claim was also shared elsewhere on X<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>. The owner of the property, however, has been misidentified.<\/p>\n In a statement<\/a> posted on his official Facebook page on August 9, Das said: “There has been a news story broadcast on various media recently about an attack on our home, which has no truth. No one should listen to these rumours. Me and my family are completely safe so far<\/span>” (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n He went on to call for an end to the violence and said the country “should move forward together regardless of all religions”.<\/p>\n A reverse image search on Google of a keyframe from the circulating video found the house corresponds to one in longer footage<\/a> published on the YouTube account of Prothom Alo, Bangladesh’s largest daily,\u00a0 on August 5 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The video’s Bengali-language caption said the house belonged to former cricketer and Awami League lawmaker Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.<\/p>\n Below is a screenshot comparison of the video shared with the false claim (left) and the footage published by Prothom Alo (right) with the corresponding features highlighted by AFP:<\/p>\nBaseless rumour<\/h3>\n