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Recently, a video has been widely circulated on social media, claiming that a Jamaat cadre threw a building owner from his building in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar, for refusing to pay extortion money.
See the posts Here, Here & Here.
Newschecker has verified this claim and found it to be false.
Fact-Check:
Upon verifying the video, Newschecker has found that a video circulated online does not show a Jamaat cadre throwing a building owner from a building due to extortion. Instead, the video depicts a family dispute that occurred in March of this year in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar. In this incident, nephew Shawon Barua pushed his uncle, Ronotosh Barua, into an under-construction septic tank during a land dispute.
Our investigation uncovered a video report published on ATN News’s YouTube channel on March 9. The report detailed a long-standing land dispute between Santosh Barua and his step-brother Ronotosh Barua in the Uttar Srikul area of Fatekharkul Union in Ramu Upazila. This dispute escalated on the morning of March 8, when Santosh Barua’s son, Shawon Barua (a resident of Japan), allegedly pushed his uncle, Ronotosh Barua, into an under-construction septic tank, causing severe injuries. The video featured in the ATN News report is consistent with the widely circulated video.
See similar reports here- Cox’s Bazar Bulletin & The Territorial News
Therefore, a video of a family land dispute has been falsely circulated with the claim that a Jamaat cadre threw a building owner from a building for not paying extortion; this is false.
Our Sources:
ATN News
Cox’s Bazar Bulletin & The Territorial News
False
