Sec 57 of ICT Act: 2 men sued for comments about PM
Two cases have been filed under section 57 of the ICT Act against two men from the district's Kotalipara upazila for making “derogatory comments” against the prime minister on Facebook.
The accused are Mafiz Khan, 36, of Bomkura village and Tushar Gain, 24, of Razapur village.
Police said Mafiz Khan had been making derogatory comments against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina using his Facebook account.
On February 13, Bedar Uddin Jony, secretary of Kotalipara Chhatra League, filed a complaint against him with Kotalipara Police Station.
Police on September 25 recorded a First Investigation Report (FIR) after conducting an investigation.
In another incident, chairman of Ramshil Union Parishad lodged a complaint against Tushar with the police station on July 28. Police later recorded an FIR after carrying out an investigation.
Mohammad Quamrul Faruk, officer-in-charge of Kotalipara Police Station, said police recorded the general dairies (GDs) and sent those to the Police Headquarters after completing investigations.
“We recorded two FIRs according to the directives of the Police Headquarters,” he added.
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