Chittagong teens held under ICT Act get bail

Two youths, detained under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act in Chittagong city for allegedly inciting religious hatred, have been granted bail. They are likely to be freed on Friday. Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinees Kazi Mahmudur Rahman Raihan Rahi, 18, and Ullash Das, 18, were picked up from the port city’s Chawkbazar area on April 2 under the much-debated Act. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate’s court bailed them on Thursday on a bond of Tk 5,000 each, defence lawyer Asif Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury said. They have been ordered to show up at the court every Thursday until the matter was resolved. Local human rights body ‘Liro’ assisted the defence. The defence says the prison authorities are yet to get the bail documents and expects the two to be freed by Friday, according to bdnews24.com.