Lighthouse Journalism came across a video in which a few people can be seen vandalizing a toll plaza and then leaving in a truck after a verbal spat with the plaza staff. It is being claimed that the video is from a toll plaza in India. During the investigation we found that the video is not from India but from Bangladesh. Viral claim is misleading.
Claim:
X user Kashmiri Hindu shared the video on his viral.
Check the archive version of the post here.
Other users too are sharing the video with similar claims.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by uploading the video in the InVid tool and then obtaining screen grabs from the same. We ran a reverse image search on the screen grabs to check the source of the video.
We found the screenshots of the video on PNS News 24. The news was published on18th September, 2024.
The report said: CCTV footage shows that a medium-sized pickup stopped at the Kuril Toll Plaza on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway at around 9:45 p.m. The pickup was loaded with people. Seeing the extra people in the pickup, the counter man at the plaza refused to take the toll.
This suggested that the incident took place on an elevated toll road in Bangladesh.
We also found the same report on another website ruposhibangla.us.
The report stated: First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Operations Manager Hasan Hasib Khan Told that the pickup was stopped due to security reasons. There has been a misunderstanding regarding this. There was no damage to the toll plaza. Just had an argument with them.
We also found a report about the incident on Dhaka Tribune.
Several other media organizations too shared the news report.
We also found the video on the Facebook page of Amar TV. The caption informed that the incident took place in Bangladesh.
Conclusion: Video of Bangladesh toll plaza vandalism is being widely shared in India claiming that the incident took place in India. Viral claim is misleading.
