The video of people caught by the army during shop vandalism is not from India.

A video has gone viral on social media, showing two individuals attacking a shop with an axe. Meanwhile, two army men passing by stop and take the weapons from both attackers, forcing them to kneel. This video is claimed to be from India. The post claims that Indian army personnel caught the thieves red-handed while looting a shop and taught them a lesson right there.

Let’s check the truth.

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We started our investigation by conducting a keyword and reverse image search on Google and the results led us to a video uploaded on 17 August 2024 by the YouTube channel of the Bangladeshi media outlet ‘Dhaka Post.’ The video’s title and description indicate that the incident took place in Faridpur, where the army apprehended the men for vandalizing a shop. The caption states, “Two youth workers were breaking the shop, caught by the army Faridpur Dhaka Post”

Upon further search, we found several news reports published by Bangladeshi media featuring keyframes from the viral video. As per these reports, the incident occurred on 14 August 2024 in Boalmari Upazila, Faridpur District, Bangladesh. The reports further stated that there was a dispute between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

“It is reported that the incident took place when the workers of one side vandalized the shops of the other side after the clash between the two sides of BNP in Faridpur's Boalmari. The arrested are Youth Dal workers of Boalmari Md. Tutul Hossain (28) and Dukhu Mia (30). On Thursday (15 August) they were sent to prison after showing their arrest. In this regard, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Boalmari police station Shahidul Islam said, 'Those two people in the viral video were arrested by the army and handed over to us. Later, they were sent to jail through the court on Thursday (August 15) showing their arrest in the Sanjay Saha case”.

You can read the news here and here.

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So, it is clear that a video showing people caught by the Bangladesh Army is being shared, linking it to India.

Conclusion-

Fact crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. The video showing people caught by the army during shop vandalism is not from India. It is from Bangladesh.