BSS-37 JCD leader held over derogatory remarks on Liberation War

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JCD leader held over derogatory remarks on Liberation War

DHAKA, March 25, 2019 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a
former leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from the city for spreading
derogatory remarks about the country’s Liberation War and anti-state
propaganda through social media.

“Members of RAB-3 arrested President of Jatiyatabadi Cyber Dal Ashek
Ahmed, 40, from the city’s Tejgaon area around 11 pm last night,” commanding
officer of the RAB-3 Emranul Hasan said at a press conference at the media
centre of the elite force located in the city’s Karwan Bazar area this
afternoon.

Ashek was spreading controversial remarks about the number of martyrs in
the country’s Liberation War through his Facebook page, the RAB official
said, adding that he (Ashek) also posted abusive remarks and photos of the
national leaders on the page.

Ashek, a former student of Dhaka University (DU) Public Administration
Department, has claimed that he was a vice-president of Bangabandhu Hall unit
of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), Emranul said.

RAB sources said that Ashek was, earlier, held as a cyber criminal in
February this year, but he was released after giving an undertaking.

The process is underway for filing a case against him with Tejgaon police
station in this regard.

BSS/Corr/SAH/RY/1850 hrs

the president of the Jatiyatabadi Cyber Dal (JCD) on charge of spreading
out derogatory remark about the country’s Liberation War and anti-state
propaganda through social media.