Police arrested a local Awami League leader from his house in the district town on Wednesday night in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for spreading defamatory information against an incumbent MP on social media. The arrestee, Mominur Rahman Momiz, is a former member of Awami League's district unit.

Jahirul Islam, a supporter of the MP Selim Altaf George from Kushtia-4 constituency, filed the case against Momiz and two others - Robi Rahman and Shimul Ahmed Khan - at Kumarkhali Police Station, said SM Tanvir Arafat, superintendent of Kushtia Police. A Kushtia court sent Momiz to jail yesterday.

According to case statement, Momiz shared defamatory, false and fabricated information about the MP on social media, said the SP.