‘My boy made a mistake, please forgive him’
The arrest of the 14-year-old boy in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh under Digital Security Act has left his family distraught.
Md Emon (14) was arrested on June 20 allegedly for putting up a Facebook post "defaming" Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Emon is a ninth grader at Paragaon High School in the upazila, police said, adding that his father, Ismail Hossain, was a farmer from Kadighar Nayapara village.
Police produced him before a Mymensingh court on June 21, which sent him to a juvenile correction centre in Gazipur, said Bhaluka police.
Talking to this correspondent, Emon's mother Khodeja Akter said her son wrote the post from his Facebook account on Friday but hours later he wrote another post offering an apology for his previous post. "My boy made a mistake… please forgive him," she sobbed.
Emon's father Ismail Hossain (65) added, "All of us are offering unconditional apology for the incident. Emon is a good boy… we have high hopes that he will be educated and support the family. Now our dreams are shattered."
"I cannot work anymore due to back pain…," he said, adding that Emon, the youngest of four, sometimes work as a mason's assistant to support his education as well as the family.
The family once again offered apology and sought Emon's release.
Shamsul Haque Suruj, a neighbour and ex-member of Kachina union parishad, said the incident has affected the family severely.
Hanif Mohammad Nipun, secretary of Hobirbari union Jubo League, filed the case accusing Emon with Bhaluka Police Station, said the case's investigation officer SI Md Motiur Rahman.
Asked, Nipun said the boy, in his post, used "derogatory words" against the PM over the increase of mobile call rate. After noticing it, he lodged the case, he said.
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