Contrary to bogus social media posts stating the incident happened in Bangladesh, footage of two women dancing intimately in a train carriage was shot in India. The two were accused by posts of "promoting homosexuality" in the nation with a conservative Muslim majority. Nonetheless, a Delhi metro representative attested that the trick was executed in the nation's capital. It was stated that the women were under police investigation for allegedly breaching regulations pertaining to "nuisance" and "obscene acts and songs".

In the footage, two ladies can be seen applying coloured powder to one another while seated on a train car's floor. In the background, a love song in Bengali is playing. It was shared on Facebook on March 24, 2024, as India celebrated Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colours (archived link). "Bangladeshi women are truly independent and here they have the scope to do whatever they wish to do," reads the Bengali-language post. "And they are promoting homosexuality." The LGBTQ community still faces widespread discrimination in Bangladesh. While transgender people have become increasingly visible in society, a colonial-era law remains in place to punish gay sex with prison terms -- though enforcement is rare. The video was shared in similar Facebook posts falsely claiming it was filmed in Bangladesh here and here.

Holi video in Delhi A reverse image search on Google found the video posted by an India-based Instagram account on March 21, 2024 (archived link). In the video, which is captioned "Happy Holi", the Hindi song "Aang Laga De" from an Indian adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" is heard playing -- not a Bengali song.

Below is a screenshot comparison of the video shared in false posts (left) and the clip posted on Instagram (right): India's Times Now news channel reported that the women in the video lived in Delhi were originally from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in northern India (archived link). The pair and a male friend faced legal action over the footage and were previously fined for stunts they performed while riding a scooter, it added. The Times of India reported that Delhi police were investigating the women for allegedly violating laws on "obscene acts and songs" and "drunkenness or nuisance on metro railway (archived link). A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation official confirmed to AFP on April 2, 2024 that the company had reported the incident to police.