Lawyer arrested for spreading rumour on Facebook

The Cyber Police of Detective Branch arrested a lawyer from Uttar Badda in the city on Saturday night for spreading rumour on Facebook.

The arrestee is Abu Bakar Siddique from Vadughor in Brahmanbaria.

Police arrested Sidduque for spreading rumour from his Facebook profile, said Md Sohel Rana, assistant inspector general of Police Headquarters.

Siddique’s post claimed that the banks and NGOs have suspended collection of instalments for six months and people are killing themselves because of the intensity of coronavirus.

A case was filed against him.

Police Headquarters urged everyone to inform police (www.facebook.com/cpccidbdpoice) if they see anyone spreading rumour.

They also gave a contact number and email address to inform police for any information in this regard - 01730336431, email: [email protected]

Earlier on 30 March, the Police Headquarters urged people to extend cooperation instead of spreading rumours and misleading information.