Jamaat leader held for making derogatory remark on PM

Police have arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Comilla on charge of making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and some Cabinet members on social networking site Facebook. The arrestee was identified as Md Yusuf, ameer of Chouddagram South unit of Jamaat-e-Islami and son of Abdul Barek of Durgapur village in Chouddagram Upazila. Officer-in charge of Chouddagram Police Station Farhad Hossain said Yusuf uploaded caricatures of the Prime Minister, Food Minister Qamrul Islam, Awami League leaders Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, Dr Hasan Mahmud and some police officials on his Facebook account and made disparaging comments against them. A case was filed against him with Chouddagram Police Station under the ICT Act, according to a news agency.
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