Youth held in Sylhet over ‘derogatory FB posts’ about PM

Sylhet, Sept 19: Police have detained a youth  Sylhet city over allegations of posting abusive and derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Facebook.

The detainee was identified as Mehedi Ahmed, 21, a resident of Noagaon Sadipur area under Kotwali Police Station in Sylhet city.
According to police sources, a team led by Sub-Inspector Shimul Chowdhury of Kotwali Police Station conducted a raid at Mehedi’s residence on Friday night and detained him.

Police said Mehedi had been using obscene and offensive language against Tarique Rahman in Facebook posts for a long time.
Following a complaint filed with the police station, he was identified with the help of information technology and subsequently detained, police said.�"UNB