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A Bangladeshi couple, husband and wife, had gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.
Reporting from Bangladesh contradicts this: the man’s family says he was unmarried and did not know the woman, and both were reported to be migrant cleaners in Saudi Arabia rather than Umrah pilgrims.
Full reasoning
This sentence makes two factual claims: (1) the two Bangladeshis were husband and wife, and (2) they had gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. Available reporting contradicts both points.
- Nazrul’s family denied that Sweety was his wife. The Business Standard reported that Nazrul Islam’s mother said her son was unmarried and that the family did not know Sweety. The same report says the family rejected social-media claims that the two were newlyweds who travelled for Umrah.
- Nazrul was reported to have gone to Saudi Arabia as a worker, not as an Umrah pilgrim. The Business Standard says he went to Saudi Arabia on 10 November 2022 through a recruiting agency and worked as a cleaner in Makkah.
- Bangladesh consular reporting says both were workers. bdnews24, citing a letter from the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah, reported that both worked as cleaners for Al Majal Company. It also says they were arrested on separate dates and were described in the consular letter as facing separate allegations, which further undercuts the claim that they were a married pilgrimage couple.
Because multiple reports based on the family and Bangladesh consular records say they were not husband and wife and were in Saudi Arabia as workers, the statement that they were a married couple who had gone there for Umrah is contradicted by the available evidence.
2 sources
- 'Not newly-weds', family denies Saudi-executed Nazrul was newly married to Sweety | The Business Standard
The family ... rejected social media claims that the two were newlyweds who travelled to the kingdom for an Umrah pilgrimage... Nazrul's mother ... said her son was unmarried... He went to Saudi Arabia on 10 November 2022 through a Dhaka-based recruiting agency... He found work as a cleaner in Makkah.
- Consulate letter reveals separate allegations against two Bangladeshis executed in Saudi | bdnews24.com
The two Bangladeshis executed in Makkah had been held on separate charges... Both worked as cleaners for Al Majal Company.