PM’s Rajshahi visit: Youth detained after ‘sniper’ remark on fb
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A youth who came to the spotlight after making a Facebook comment on a “sniper” over the Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Rajshahi has been detained by the law enforcers.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the detention on Thursday morning.
The arrestee Md Abu Bokor Siddique was being taken to Dhaka for interrrogation, said Shafiqul Islam, who also serves as chief of the Detective Branch.
DB police are being assisted in the operation by the Special Response Battalion (SRB).
On Tuesday, the prime minister visited Rajshahi, Rangpur and Chattogram to inspect Durga Puja mandaps outside the capital during the Sharadiya Durga Puja celebrations.
Several photographs of Tarique aboard a bus were shared on a Facebook page called “The Beauty of Rajshahi.”
In the comments section of the post, Abu Bokor made a remark about the prime minister’s security. He wrote: “What a great opportunity it would have been; only a sniper was missing.”