Titu's bail prayer rejected

A Rangpur court yesterday rejected the bail prayer of Titu Chandra Roy, an accused under ICT Act, on charge of demeaning Prophet Muhammad [pbuh] in a Facebook post.

The court fixed December 10 as the next date for hearing of the case.

Police produced Titu, 40, son of late Khagen Chandra Roy of Thakurbari village under Rangpur Sadar upazila, before the Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Ariful Islam around 1:00pm, said Court Inspector Monoj Kumar.

At the hearing on Titu's bail prayer, Noresh Chandra Sarkar, who led 12 lawyers giving legal support to Titu, said, “Titu did not give any post in his Facebook demeaning the Prophet. The ID used for the alleged Facebook post does not belong to Titu.”

The court rejected the bail prayer and ordered sending the accused to jail.

Police arrested Titu on November 14 and produced him before the court that granted eight days' remand for him in phases. 

Earlier on November 6, a case against him was filed with Gangachara Police Station under ICT Act.

On November 10, hundreds of zealots attacked the Hindus at Thakurbari village protesting the Facebook post.

Eleven houses were burnt and nine more were damaged.

A man was killed and 20 others were injured when police fired bullets to repel the attackers.

Two cases were filed with Gangachara and Rangpur Sadar police stations on November 11, accusing 2,000 people for the attacks.