Dhaka: Police have arrested the head teacher at a college in southern Bangladesh after a book considered blasphemous by a section of Muslims was found in the school’s library, an official said on Wednesday.
Police officer Abdul Malek said S.M. Yunus Ali was arrested for possessing a copy of the novel Lajja (Shame) written by exiled writer Taslima Nasrin.
Malek said Ali, head teacher at the KC Technical and Business Management College, could face up to three years in jail if he is found guilty of authoriszing the book’s inclusion in the library.
The Prothom Alo newspaper said on Wednesday that Ali denied having the book and said he was the victim of a conspiracy.
Police corruption and misuse of police investigations by politicians are widespread in Bangladesh.
The novel was banned a year after its publication in 1993 and Nasrin was forced to flee Bangladesh to escape death threats from radical Muslims who considered the book blasphemous for advocating secularism.
She has been living in India and Europe since then. PTI
Man gets jail for FB post
Bangladesh’s high court on Wednesday sentenced Ruhul Khandakar, a lecturer, to six months in jail after he posted a Facebook status wishing for the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a lawyer said. He was sentenced in absentia as Rahul is studying in Australia.
Police officer Abdul Malek said S.M. Yunus Ali was arrested for possessing a copy of the novel Lajja (Shame) written by exiled writer Taslima Nasrin.
Malek said Ali, head teacher at the KC Technical and Business Management College, could face up to three years in jail if he is found guilty of authoriszing the book’s inclusion in the library.
The Prothom Alo newspaper said on Wednesday that Ali denied having the book and said he was the victim of a conspiracy.
Police corruption and misuse of police investigations by politicians are widespread in Bangladesh.
The novel was banned a year after its publication in 1993 and Nasrin was forced to flee Bangladesh to escape death threats from radical Muslims who considered the book blasphemous for advocating secularism.
She has been living in India and Europe since then. PTI
Man gets jail for FB post
Bangladesh’s high court on Wednesday sentenced Ruhul Khandakar, a lecturer, to six months in jail after he posted a Facebook status wishing for the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a lawyer said. He was sentenced in absentia as Rahul is studying in Australia.
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