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TNM Editor Dhanya Rajendran Reshares Fake ‘Jai Shri Ram’ Claim Based On Bangladesh Video; Quietly Deletes It Later

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TNM Editor Dhanya Rajendran Reshares Fake 'Jai Shri Ram' Claim Based On Bangladesh Video; Quietly Deletes It Later

A viral video that was circulated on social media as evidence of a Muslim girl in India allegedly being forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” by Hindu extremists has been found to be completely unrelated to India. The video, which was amplified by several social media users, activists and journalists, was actually recorded in Bangladesh and depicted an entirely different incident.

Among those who amplified the claim was leftist rag/TN Murasoli/DMK mouthpiece, The News Minute Editor-in-Chief Dhanya Rajendran, who reposted a post by a Congressi handle Sarayu Pani describing the video as a “horrendous and shameful act” allegedly intended to “terrorise a young child.”

The original post being amplified claimed that a young Muslim girl was being forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” and that the slogan itself had become a form of “terrorism.” The claim quickly gained traction across social media, with several users portraying the incident as yet another example of anti-Muslim violence in India.

Pakistani propaganda accounts, Indian leftists and anti-India urban naxals further amplified the narrative. One post claimed Hindu extremists were attacking a Muslim girl and forcing her to raise religious slogans. Others accused the Modi government, the BJP and Hindu organisations of enabling violence against minorities.

However, a fact-check investigation has revealed that the entire narrative was false.

A reverse image search of screenshots from the viral clip led to social media posts from Bangladesh dating back to September 2025. The earliest identified uploads were found on Bangladeshi Facebook pages, including “Sabuj Anwar Hossain Business,” which shared the video on 16 September 2025.

According to the Bangladeshi post, the girl seen in the video was identified as Anika, who had allegedly been caught stealing money from a shop in Mirpur College Market in Bangladesh. The post stated that she was originally from Wazirpur in Barisal and had previously worked in a garment factory.

The same video was also shared on 17 September 2025 by Bangladeshi news platform Bd Tube Master News. The accompanying hashtags included references to Dhaka and Chattogram, further confirming that the incident occurred in Bangladesh and had no connection whatsoever to India.

Importantly, the original Bangladeshi versions of the video contain no “Jai Shri Ram” slogans. Fact-checkers found that the audio heard in the viral version circulating on Indian social media had been added separately, creating the false impression that the girl was being coerced into chanting Hindu religious slogans.

The discovery raises questions about how the claim spread so rapidly without basic verification, particularly among prominent journalists and public commentators.

Screenshots show that Dhanya Rajendran had reposted Sarayu Pani’s post endorsing the claim and characterising the incident as an attempt to “terrorise a young child.” However, after the Bangladesh origin of the video emerged and the claim was exposed as false, the repost reportedly disappeared from her profile.

While the repost was quietly removed, no visible correction or clarification was issued to those who may have seen and shared the misinformation based on the original amplification.

This points to how biased the brains of leftist ‘journalists’ like Dhanya Rajendran works. They do not do any basic verification expected from journalists and editors, particularly when allegations against Hindus are involved. In this case, a video from Bangladesh involving an alleged theft incident was transformed into a communal hate-crime narrative in India, attracting thousands of views, shares and reactions before the claim was debunked.

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