Badrunnessa teacher Ruma Sarker remanded

PBC News:  A court in Dhaka has placed Ruma Sarker, assistant professor of the city’s Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College, on a two-day remand for interrogation over inciting communal tensions sharing fake video on social media.

Ruma Sarker was produced before the court seeking a seven-day remand over a case filed against her under the Digital Security Act at Ramna Police Station.

On the other hand, lawyers appearing on behalf of Ruman pleaded for her bail. But, the public prosecutor opposed the bail proposal.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masud-Ur-Rahman placed Ruma on a two-day remand after hearing the arguments of both sides.

Ruma Sarker shared old video footage of the May 16 murder of trader Shahin Uddin, at Dhaka’s Pallabi, claiming it was a video of the recent killing of Noakhali’s Jatan Kumar Saha.

Jatan, a Durga Puja organiser, was beaten to death by religious fanatics last Friday amid a spate of attacks on Hindu homes, businesses and places of worship, leaders of the Hindu community said. Noakhali police said Jatan died of a “heart attack”.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Ruma Sarker from her home at Bailey Road in the capital on Wednesday morning. Later, a case was filed against her under the DSA.

She was then taken to RAB headquarters for questioning. Afterwards RAB filed a case against her.