The Facebook post for which Momen was sued and arrested from NarayanganjPolice arrested him on Tuesday and later Sub-inspector of Rupganj police station filed a case against him under the Digital Security ActPolice have arrested a man from Narayanganj under the Digital Security Act after he shared video footage of a Tangail Member of Parliament (MP) harvesting a farmer’s unripe paddy on Facebook. The arrested, Momen Prodhan, 32, a resident of Narayanganj’s Rupganj was arrested from Kanchan Bazar on Tuesday. “Acting on the matter, we arrested him on Tuesday and later Sub-inspector Motaleb filed a case against him under the Digital Security Act,” said OC Mahmudul Hasan of Rupganj police station, Narayanganj. Earlier, On April 27, a video footage of Tanvir Hasan Monir, MP of Tangail-2 constituency --who had been seen harvesting a farmer’s unripe paddy with his followers-- went viral on social media evoking mistrust and ridicule from netizens. Afterwards, Narayanganj’s resident Momen was arrested as the video went viral from his Facebook account.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 06, 2020 06:45 UTC