RAB detains youth over Facebook post

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man from Shekherkhil area in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram on Sunday for posting ‘anti-state remarks’ on his Facebook, reports UNB.

The arrestee is Md Jahidul Islam, 20, son of Md Ishhak of the area.

On information, a team of RAB conducted the drive around 5:20pm and arrested Jahidul along with his mobile phone, said a RAB press release.

Jahidul used to share anti-state and provocative posts and contents on Facebook, and posted photos of the prime minister and the law enforcing agencies with defamatory caption, said the press release.