He says his family are ashamed of him being charged in the case. It doesn’t matter how severe the punishment will be because I’ve already received tougher punishment than that,” a crying Moazzem told Bangladesh Cyber Crime Tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday. The video was later released on social media amid widespread protest over a deadly arson attack on Nusrat by the followers of Siraj, who had already landed in jail on the sexual abuse charges, in April. A case was subsequently started against Moazzem in Dhaka under the Digital Security Act. A court in Feni sentenced Siraj and 15 others to death on Oct 24.

Source: bd News24 November 14, 2019 15:49 UTC