India Fakes Burqa Incident

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Clip of man wearing female Muslim headscarf filmed in Bangladesh, not India

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A video of a man wearing a female Muslim headscarf in an apparent bid to evade arrest has been falsely portrayed as an incident in Hindu -majority India .

The claim was shared in posts supporting the introduction of a common civil code, a goal shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party.

India has a common criminal law but rules on personal matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance vary based on customary traditions of different communities and faiths.

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English

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