Youth arrested for ‘defaming Islam’

Police arrested a young man from Natun Bandura of Nawabganj upazila in Dhaka on Wednesday night for posting a comment on Facebook ‘defaming Islam’.

The arrestee is Bikash Saha, 24, son of Bhakta Saha of the area and also a third year student of Dohar Nawabganj College.
Shafiqul Islam, sub-inspector of Nawabganj police station said they arrested Bikash for making ‘derogatory comments’ on Islam on his Facebook wall.
On Thursday, Moajaddid Hossain Khan, a resident of Bagmara area, filed a case under section 57 of the ICT Act against Bikash, he said.