A video (here, here & here) of an elderly Muslim man inappropriately touching a woman clad in a burqa at a foot overbridge is being widely shared on social media as a real incident. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: An elderly Muslim man inappropriately touching a burqa-clad woman at a foot overbridge.
Fact: This is a scripted video from Bangladesh. It doesn’t depict any real incident. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
A reverse image search of the viral video led us to a full-length version (archive) uploaded on the Facebook page of Azizul 2.0 on 05 September 2024. This page also features several other comedy skits (here, here & here) with the same woman and elderly man seen in the viral video, suggesting that the video is scripted.
Further investigation revealed that these videos were created by Azizul Haque Morad, who identifies himself as a video creator based in Bangladesh. Based on the above evidence, it is clear that the viral video is scripted and does not depict real events.
To sum up, a scripted video is being falsely presented as a real incident involving an elderly Muslim man misbehaving with a burqa-clad woman.
