The man who slapped his co-passenger on the IndiGo flight is Muslim, not Hindu

A video (here, here and here) showing a man in Muslim attire and wearing a skull cap getting slapped by a co-passenger on a flight is going viral with the claim that the person who slapped him is a Hindu. Let’s find out the truth behind this video.

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Claim: The viral video shows a Hindu man slapping a Muslim passenger on an IndiGo flight.

Fact: The incident occurred during a panic attack suffered by Hossain Ahmed Majumdar, and the man who slapped him — Hafijul Rahman — is also Muslim. IndiGo has put Rahman on the no-fly list and legal action has been initiated. Hence the claim is FALSE.

To find the truth, we did a reverse image search on Google, which led us to several news reports featuring the viral video (here, here and here). These reports confirm that the man who slapped Hussain Ahmed Majumdar is also a Muslim, named Hafijul Rahaman. According to the reports, Majumdar, a hotel worker from Assam, was slapped by Rahaman during an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Silchar via Kolkata after he suffered a panic attack. Majumdar said he was visibly scared and shivering when the co-passenger suddenly slapped him multiple times. The cabin crew intervened, offered him water, and both were later taken to a police station in Kolkata.

Further, responding to the incident, Bidhannagar Police posted that (here and here) on 01 August 2025, they received a complaint from IndiGo regarding two Indian male passengers on flight 6E-138 from Mumbai to Kolkata. A heated altercation took place during the flight, following which one passenger, Hafijul Rahaman, slapped the other, Hossain Ahmed Majumdar. IndiGo cabin crew declared Hafijul an unruly passenger and handed him over to the police. Legal action has been initiated. This confirms that the man who slapped Majumdar is also a Muslim, not a Hindu as claimed in the viral video.

Additionally, IndiGo announced on their official X handle that Hafijul Rahman has been put on the no-fly list due to his behaviour towards Hossain Ahmed Majumdar.

To sum up, the man who slapped his co-passenger on the IndiGo flight is Muslim, not Hindu.