On December 12, 2025, Sharif Osman Hadi, a Bangladeshi political figure and youth leader, was attacked in public by an unknown gunman in Dhaka. He was seriously injured and flown to Singapore but died on December 18, 2025. Hadi’s death has sparked protests, attacks on the media, and widespread unrest across Bangladesh. In the aftermath of this, numerous claims emerged on social media from accounts linked to Pakistan, linking Hadi’s murder to the Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
A clip purportedly from France 24 is also circulating on social media, showing the anchor attributing Osman Hadi’s killing to Indian RAW.
Sharing the clip, the handle Ammar Solangi wrote, “Even international media has started pointing fingers to RAW for its transnational killing and cross border terrorism in Bangladesh.” (Archived link)
Even international media has started pointing fingers to RAW for its transnational killing and cross border terrorism in Bangladesh#Osman_Hadi pic.twitter.com/Pd72xjPUXd
— Ammar Solangi (@fake_burster) December 20, 2025
Another handle Baten asserted, “India behind assassination in Bangladesh Bangladeshis widely believe Indian intelligence agency RAW and India-linked banned political group (Awami League) are behind the assassination of Osman Hadi, a cultural-political activist. Millions attended his state funeral yesterday taking oath to fight Indian hegemony.” (Archived link)
The clip attributed to France 24 was also shared by many other handles such as Sikhs For Justice (Archived link), Pramod Kumar (Archived link), and MD Umair Khan (Archived link).
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Fact Check
In our fact-check research, we scrutinized the social media platforms of France 24, but we did not find any video featuring the same anchor blaming Indian RAW for the assassination of Osman Hadi in Bangladesh.
In next step, we took keyframes from the viral clip and ran a reverse image search. During this, we found the same clip featuring the France 24 reporter posted on its X handle on August 5, 2024. (Archived link)
🇺🇸 🥇 #NoahLyles became the first #US #sprinter to win the 100m men's final in 20 years, clinching the #gold medal in a extremely close photo finish on Sunday.
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) August 5, 2024
Here's how fans reacted to Lyles' victory ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/0DU83PgvCm
In this clip, the France 24 anchor Genie Godula is reporting about Noah Lyles becoming the first US sprinter to win the 100m men’s final in 20 years.
In conclusion, the clip showing the France 24 anchor blaming the Indian RAW for the assassination of Osman Hadi in Bangladesh is not real. The footage is taken from August 2024 and has been digitally altered with doctored audio.
| Claim | A clip purportedly from France 24 attributing the killing of Osman Hadi to Indian RAW. |
| Claimed by | Ammar Solangi, Baten, Sikhs For Justice, and others. |
| Fact check | The clip is digitally altered. |
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