Mufti Ibrahim lands in jail
16 January 2023, 08:27 pm | Updated: 28 November 2024, 04:32 am
A Dhaka court on Monday sent Islamic preacher Mufti Kazi Ibrahim to jail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge AKM Zulfiker Hayat passed the order when he confessed to his guilty before the court.
Advocate Nazrul Islam, a counsel of the state, said the court was scheduled to frame charges against Mufti Ibrahim but he made a confession before the court. Later, the court sent him jail for giving false and instigating statements.
Police arrested preacher Mufti Kazi Ibrahim from his Mohammadpur residence on September 28, 2021 and since then he remained behind the bars.
Police submitted chargesheet against him in the case.
On September 29, 2021, a case was filed against Mufti Ibrahim under the Digital Security Act.
Mohammad Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station filed the case on with the police station following an allegation of DB-Cyber and Special Crime Department.
The web-based crime investigation team of the Intelligence Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police found some video clips of the preacher on social networking sites where he gave controversial statements.
