Lalmonirhat madrasa principal arrested under DSA for distorting picture of PM Hasina, Modi
Zahidul Islam. Photo: Collected
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Detectives in Lalmonirhat today arrested the principal of a madrasa under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly distorting a picture of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook.
Zahidul Islam (33) was arrested this morning from his house at Marichbari village of Bhelabari union in Aditmari upazila of the district. He is the principal of Dawatul Quran Mahila Madrasa at Bhelabari, reports our Lalmonirhar correspondent quoting police.
According to police, the arrestee opened a Facebook account named Zahid Chhatra and promoted extremist ideology and militancy.
Hossain alleged that the edits distorted Joardar s speech. He delivered a speech of 16 minutes and 54 seconds at a workshop at Chuadanga s Shilpakala Academy on August 13, 2020. But Hossain accused in the case statement that the speech was deliberately cut short and edited, said Abu Jihad Fakrul Alam Khan, officer-in-charge (OC) of the station, quoting case statement.
In the edited version of the speech, a copy of which is with The Daily Star, Joardar was heard warning journalists about yellow journalism.
The leaders arrested are Imran Ahmed, 32, joint convener of Chuadanga Sadar upazila unit; Tourat Hossain, 28, president of Ward-5; and Dishan Ahmed, 24, organising secretary of Ward-3 unit of Sadar upazila.