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POST TIME: 9 January, 2020 00:00 00 AM / LAST MODIFIED: 8 January, 2020 11:06:46 PM
Cleric held in Ctg for slander
UNB, Chattogram

Cleric held in Ctg for slander

Police arrested a man claiming to be a 'maulana' or Islamic scholar from Satkania upazila on Tuesday night in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.  The arrestee was identified as Mahbubul Haque Al Kaderi Alias Nur-e Bangla. Police said they arrested Mahbubul Haque from Moulovir Dokan area around 10pm. On December 3, he made derogatory remarks about Sheikh ul-Islam Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi, chief of Hefajat-e-Islam and another maulana Mizanur Rahman Azhari at a religious rally at Khagria union of the upazila. Later, Maulana Abdul Mubin filed a case against him under the Digital Security Act after the video of the incident circulated on the internet, the OC said.