CA Press Wing debunks Anandabazar's report on Bangladesh Army

“Anandabazar’s story about the Bangladesh Army has no more basis in reality than a Bollywood romcom,” the press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook account.

According to the statement, Indian media is employing techniques of what has become known as hybrid warfare to support the country’s long-time proxy, Sheikh Hasina, and to attempt to discredit the people and institutions of Bangladesh that, in July and August, brought her despotic rule to an end.

Hybrid warfare uses information operations—commonly known as disinformation—to divide its targets both internally and from their natural friends and allies.

A disinformation operation typically begins with an entirely fabricated story, devoid of evidence, with views attributed to unnamed sources, planted in a friendly or pliable media outlet.

The statement read: "Eventually, people who are interested in world affairs but too busy to delve into the details may come to believe the story that began as nothing more than a glimmer in a propagandist’s eye.”

The press wing said the adversary is the people of Bangladesh and their desire to govern the affairs of their own sovereign country, while the willing mouthpiece is Anandabazar Patrika.

It continued: "You must choose whether to practice journalism—based on collecting evidence of what is actually happening in the world—or to propagate malign fictions as part of a campaign to undermine the sovereignty and dignity of a friendly neighbour."