Editor of daily Amar Desh held in Bangladesh
12 April 2013 6:37 AM IST
Bangladesh police on Thursday arrested the editor of the Bengali daily Amar Desh, a pro-opposition newspaper, on charges of sedition and inciting religious tension.
Plainclothesmen picked up Mahmudur Rahman in a raid on the newspaper office at Karwan Bazar area and police said he was taken away for initial interrogation.
Police said Rahman had been arrested on the basis of evidence obtained after investigations on various charges including cyber crimes.
‘We have arrested him in a case filed against him in December,’ a Dhaka police spokesman said, adding that he was also accused of publishing false and derogatory information that incited religious tension.
Plainclothesmen picked up Mahmudur Rahman in a raid on the newspaper office at Karwan Bazar area and police said he was taken away for initial interrogation.
Police said Rahman had been arrested on the basis of evidence obtained after investigations on various charges including cyber crimes.
‘We have arrested him in a case filed against him in December,’ a Dhaka police spokesman said, adding that he was also accused of publishing false and derogatory information that incited religious tension.
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