Youth held for spreading PM Hasina’s distorted image: Police

Police on Friday night arrested a young man from Boalkhali upazila in Chattogram on allegation of distorting photographs of prime minister Sheikh Hasina and uploading it on social media.

Belal Hossain, 30, was arrested from Pashchim Gomdondi Charkhijirpur village in the upazila, reports news agency UNB.

Belal shared distorted photos of the prime minister and chief election commissioner along with derogatory comments on his Facebook IDs, said Mohammad Helal Uddin Faruqi, inspector (investigation) of Boalkhali police station.

Following the incident, a case was filed under Digital Security Act. A team of police arrested Belal from his house around 9:00pm.