Since early August 2025, Punjab and Haryana have been experiencing heavy rainfall. As a result, over 30 lives have been lost in Punjab alone, and the Army is engaged in rescue efforts. Further, farmlands across both states have suffered extensive damage. Relief is pouring in from all sections of society, including celebrities, religious organisations, and political parties (here, here, here and here). Amid this, a video (here, here and here) has gone viral showing people in Muslim attire removing a large bag of money, with posts linking it to donations for the Punjab floods. Let’s find out the truth behind this video.
Claim: The viral video shows Muslims donating a huge amounts of money for flood relief in Punjab.
Fact: The video is not from Punjab. It shows the counting of donations at the Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, on 30 August 2025. While Muslim organisations in India have been providing aid in Punjab, the viral video is unrelated to these efforts. Hence, the claim is MISLEADING.
To verify the video, we performed a reverse image search on Google, which led us to the same clip uploaded by prominent Bangladeshi media outlet Somoyer Konthosor on 30 August 2025. The caption clearly stated that it showed a donation collection at Pagla Masjid in Bangladesh.
Further research led us to several Bangladeshi YouTube news channels that carried the same visuals from different angles (here, here, and here). These reports also mentioned that the video was from Pagla Masjid in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, and showed the process of counting and dividing donations collected there.
A keyword search on the incident led us to several Bangladeshi media reports (here and here) confirming that Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj collected Tk 12.93 crore after opening 13 donation chests on 30 August 2025. The counting, which lasted 13 hours, involved over 500 people tallying 32 sacks of cash along with gold, jewellery, and foreign currency. The mosque’s total deposits now exceed Tk 103 crore, including online donations. Interest from these funds is used to support mosques, madrasas, and orphanages, and to provide aid for the poor and critically ill.
A side-by-side comparison of the viral video and the Bangladeshi news channel’s footage makes it clear that the visuals match. The same people are visible in both videos, confirming that the clip is from Bangladesh and not from Punjab.
Additionally, the flood situation in Punjab has prompted several Muslim organisations to collect and distribute food, clothes, and money in affected areas (here and here). However, the viral video is unrelated to these relief efforts.
To sum up, a video of donations being opened at a mosque in Bangladesh is shared as Muslims donating for the Punjab floods.
