The man seen in the viral photo claiming India’s interference in Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s security meeting following violent protests is Bangladesh’s security adviser Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui and not India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma as claimed in the viral post.
New Delhi (Viswas News). After the violent protests in Bangladesh over the quota system, a picture of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is going viral on social media, in which she can be seen holding a meeting with military officials and others. This picture, which is being made viral in the context of the recent violent protests, is being claimed that a person seen in it is the Indian High Commissioner posted in Bangladesh. Through the viral post, India is being accused of interfering in the internal affairs of Bangladesh.
Vishwas News found this claim to be false in its investigation. The person seen in the viral photo is Major General (Retd) Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui, Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. At the same time, the name of India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh is Pranay Verma.
what is viral
Social media user ‘Shoaib Bin Ahmed Sohel’ went viral Post id=’action_msg_1373’> Link) sharing, “Why is the Indian High Commissioner in such an important meeting with three army chiefs?” (“Why is the Indian High Commissioner in such an important meeting with three army chiefs?”)
investigation
In the viral post, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is seen holding a meeting, about which it is being claimed that the High Commissioner of India is also present in this meeting with her. To verify the viral claim, we found the original source of this picture through reverse image search. In the search, we found this picture of a Pakistani the handle We found the post on the internet which is banned in India. Using a VPN, we accessed the post and found that the person in the picture was described as an agent of the Indian intelligence agency (RAW).
In the same search, we found this picture on the official Facebook page of ‘Bangladesh Awami League’ Page It was found on , which was shared on 21 July 2024.
Three pictures have been shared in this post and in all of them the presence of the person can be seen who is seen in the viral picture. The caption written with the post is in Bengali language,
“Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday (21 July 2024) held a meeting with the Prime Minister’s Security Advisor, the heads of the three forces, the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Department and gave instructions regarding the overall security situation in the country.”
Which we translated into Hindi with the help of Google Translate.
According to information, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed held a meeting with the Prime Minister’s Security Advisor, the three Army Chiefs, Cabinet Secretary, Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces, among others, to review the security situation in the country.
We found the same photo on the official X-profile of Indian journalist Siddhant Sibal, shared on July 21, 2024.
However, these pictures did not reveal who the person in the viral picture actually is. For this, we once again took the help of reverse image search and in the search we found another picture of the same person on Flickr.com Website But he was found. According to information, his name is Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui, who is the security advisor of Bangladesh.
On the website pmindia.gov.in we have to go to the website on 7th March 2022 Release We found a picture of Bangladesh’s security advisor Major General (Retd) Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We also found a picture of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on his official X profile, which is from a 2022 meeting.
Our investigation has made it clear that the person seen in the viral photo is Bangladesh’s security adviser Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui and not the Indian High Commissioner, as claimed in the post. The official of the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh Website But we found the photo of the High Commissioner posted there, whose name is Pranay Verma.
We found several tweets on the official X handle of ‘India in Bangladesh’ sharing pictures of Pranay Verma’s meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed.
It is noteworthy that there were violent protests against the quota system in Bangladesh, in which more than 100 people died.
The Indian Express’ Report According to the Bangladeshi newspaper, the quota system was introduced in 1972, under which 30 percent of seats in public sector jobs and higher education institutions were to be reserved for freedom fighters and later for their children and grandchildren. Subsequently, 10 percent of seats were reserved for women and an additional 10 percent reservation was provided for candidates coming from backward districts. In addition, 5 percent reservation was given to members of tribal communities and 1 percent reservation to persons with disabilities. Thus, in total, there is 56 percent reservation in the country. Many believe that such a large share of reserved seats ignores merit, so students are demanding reform of this system.
We contacted several different journalists from Bangladesh regarding the viral photo and all of them confirmed to us that the person seen in it is the security advisor of Bangladesh, Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui. Two Bangladeshi journalists, on the condition of anonymity, said, “The person seen in it is Bangladesh’s security advisor, Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui.”
He founded the Bangladeshi news portal prothomalo.com Report also shared a photo of Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui with the same context. The report credited the photo to the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office. Another Bangladeshi fact checker and co-founder of Rumour Scanner, Mohammad Saqiuzzaman, confirmed, “The man in the photo is Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui, the security adviser to the Bangladesh Prime Minister.”
Those who shared the viral photo with a fake claim User Around 6,000 people follow him on Facebook. Fact reports of viral claims related to the recent protests in Bangladesh are being debunked. Here, Here And Here Can be read.
Conclusion: The man seen in the viral image claiming India’s interference in Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s security meeting following violent protests is Bangladesh’s security adviser Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui and not India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma as claimed in the viral post.
- Claim Review : Presence of Indian High Commissioner at the internal security meeting of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister.
- Claimed By : FB User-Shoaib Bin Ahmed Sohel
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2024-08-01 14:08:36