Youth confesses over provocative post on Facebook
PBC News: Arrested youth Paritosh Sarkar, of village Majhipara in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur, gave confessional statement before a court in Rangpur on Tuesday evening over his involvement in making provocative post hurting sentiment of Islam on Facebook.
Talking to reporters, Court Inspector Md Golam Mostafa said accused youth Paritosh gave a statement, under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in the court admitting his involvement in making the provocative post on Facebook.
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“Paritosh gave his confessional statement when Pirganj Thana police produced him before the Pirganj Cognizance Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Fazle Elahi on Tuesday evening,” the Court Inspector said.
Earlier, Rangpur district police arrested Paritosh from Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat district on Monday night on charges of making provocative post on social media.
Paritosh was shown arrested in a case, filed under the Digital Security Act.
The Court Inspector said although Paritosh was firstly claimed an adolescent, but police proved that he is a youth of 19 years old. The court sent him to jail after the hearing.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pirganj Thana Saresh Chandra said 41 more accused were produced before the court today in another case of violence, arson attacks and looting of properties of Hindu community.
After the hearing, the judge sent 38 people to jail. The other three juvenile accused have not been heard yet.
On October 17, extremists attacked, vandalised and set fire to houses and looted properties of the Hindu community people in village Majhipara of Pirganj upazila following the provocative post of Paritosh on Facebook.
Police filed two separate cases with Pirganj police station in this connection.
