Bangladesh had only one cybercrime tribunal, in Dhaka, until seven more were formed to cover all the divisions this year. Out of the total 4,675 cases, the accused have been convicted and sentenced in 21 cases, while the suspects have been acquitted in 114 others. The tribunal sentenced Moazzem Hossain, former OC of Sonagazi Police Station in Feni, in November 2019 for circulating madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s video statement on social media. In January last year, the tribunal acquitted the writer, publisher and printer of charges of hurting religious sentiments in a book, ‘Islam Bitorko’. Lawyer Parvez Hashem, an expert in cybercrime cases, said investigators at police stations lacked technological knowledge that led to acquittal of 90 percent of the suspects.

Source: bd News24 September 06, 2021 02:26 UTC