Arrested over spreading propaganda and fake news

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested KM Harun-ur- Rashid, general secretary of Zia Cyber Force, for his alleged involvement in spreading anti-state propaganda and fake news on social media.

Members of RAB-3 arrested him from the capital’s Gulistan area on Thursday night.

RAB confirmed the matter to media through SMS on Friday.

RAB also arrested six more people from Gazipur, Comilla, Sylhet, Kishoreganj, Mymensingh and Naogaon districts on charges of spreading rumors and anti-state propaganda on social media in separate drives.

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