A case has been filed in Kalihati, Tangail, against a man named Sujan Saha, 30, accusing him of making derogatory and offensive comments about Allah and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Facebook. Police arrested him in Saturia, Manikganj, after the case was filed. He was arrested in the Baliati area of Saturia upazila on Wednesday morning. Sujan Saha lives in the Karmakar Para area of Balla union in Kalihati upazila.
According to police and local sources, a Facebook page named “Basail Sangbad” posted on November 2 about the arrival of Rafiqul Islam Madani at a waz mahfil held at Bhabani Bari Dakshinpara in Basail upazila. It is alleged that a comment hurting religious sentiment was made from Sujan Saha’s Facebook account in the comments under that post.
When the matter spread on social media it caused anger among local worshippers and residents in the Balla area. In protest, local people held a procession in the Balla bazar area on Tuesday evening and demanded legal action against the accused.
On being informed, police led by Kalihati police station OC Kaiyum Khan Siddiqui went to the spot and brought the situation under control. A case was then filed with Kalihati police station.
Police said Sujan Saha, named in the case, was arrested in the Baliati area of Saturia on Wednesday morning in a drive using information technology.
OC Kaiyum Khan Siddiqui said Sujan Saha is in police custody and is being questioned, and will later be sent to court in Tangail.
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