Two teachers among three arrested under Digital Security Act

Police arrested three people including two teachers from Farakkabad College campus in Chandpur on Sunday afternoon in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for their ‘derogatory Facebook posts against education minister, upazila nirbahi officer and others’, reports UNB.

The detained are Jahangir Alam, a teacher, Noman Siddiqi, IT in-charge of Farakkabad Degree College and ABM Anisur Rahman, a teacher of Farakkabad Madrasa.

A local teacher, Mohhammad Hannan, filed the case against them for defaming the notable personalities including minister by using fake ID, said Rezaul Karim, sub-inspector of Chandpur model police station.

A team of police led by Zahid Parvez Chowdhury, additional superintendent of sadar circle police, conducted a drive on the college campus and arrested them, he added.