Two students arrested in Dhaka over ‘provocative remarks' on safe road protests on social media

Police have arrested two students in Dhaka on charges of making provocative remarks on the social media during the road safety movement.

One of them, Nazmus Sakib, 24, is from the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh or ULAB and the other, Ahmad Hossain, 19, is from Jamia Nurania Madrasa at Kamrangirchar.

The Cyber Crime Unit of police’s Criminal Investigation Department or CID arrested them on Tuesday and Wednesday, Senior Assistant Commissioner Sharmin Jahan told bdnews24.com.

“They conducted a provocative propaganda centring the students’ movement on the social media, which was harmful for the state. We arrested them after gathering information,” she said.   

They are accused in a case started under the ICT Act at the Paltan Police Station on Wednesday.

University students joined the protests by the end of the movement of students of schools and colleges, triggered by the deaths of two of their peers in a road crash in Dhaka on July 29, bringing the capital to a halt for over a week. 

Police arrested 22 students of private universities on charges of violence during the protests.

Photographer-activist Shahidul Alam has been arrested for his social media posts and media comments while actress and model Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed for ‘spreading rumours’ on Facebook.

Another student of BUET has also been arrested over ‘Facebook rumours’.

Earlier on Wednesday, police arrested Lutfunnahar Luma, an Eden College student and a leader of protesters seeking reforms to quota system in government jobs.