Digital Security Act: Man lands in jail for ‘hurting religious sentiment’

A Chattogram court yesterday sent a man to jail in connection with a case filed under the controversial Digital Security Act.

Clinton Ghosh, 29, of Shariatpur, was sued on July 19, 2021, for hurting religious sentiment.

Pradeep Kumar Dutta, member of the board of trustees of Kaibalyadham Trust, filed the case against him with Akbar Shah Police Station.

Police arrested Clinton in Shariatpur's Naria area on Monday and produced him before the court yesterday.

"Clinton and some others posted defamatory comments about the head of Kaibalyadham temple Mohant Maharaj and other members of the board of trustees," said Asif Mohiuddin, additional deputy commissioner (counter-terrorism) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.

"They used their personal Facebook profiles to spread comments that hurt religious sentiment," he further said, adding that Clinton's mobile phone was also seized.