A Dhaka court has granted police three days to grill a man in custody for his alleged involvement in spreading fake news through websites similar in look to different news publishers.
The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB arrested Enamul Haque, a PhD student of a South Korean university, on Saturday.
The RAB said Enamul, an operative of the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, ran at least 22 such fake websites and used to donate most of the money from the sites to the organisation's fund.
Police started a case against him under the Digital Security Act at Kamalapur Railway Police Station.
On Sunday, Judicial Magistrate Rajib Hasan granted three days when investigator Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman produced Enamul in the court and sought a 10-day remand.
Enamul sought bail but the judge rejected his plea, court police’s Inspector Md Asaduzzaman told bdnews24.com.According to case dossier, Enamul published the fake news by counterfeiting websites to belittle the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and members of her cabinet.
As fears over spread of fake news have grown ahead of the general elections, several news publishers recently alleged that their websites had been faked with almost the same look, but extra letters in the URL or address of their website.
The information ministry’s rumour identification and prevention cell also recently identified fake news on the Bangabandhu satellite that went viral on the social media.
The report titled “Bangabandhu satellite went missing” on the social media and other online portals is a rumour, according to a statement from the ministry.
The Election Commission is set to meet on Monday with Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and mobile operators to prevent violations of the election code of conduct on the social media platforms, including Facebook.
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