A Rajshahi court on Tuesday sentenced a man to five-year imprisonment in a case over spreading the rumour about using human heads to construct the Padma Bridge in 2011 through Facebook.
Rajshahi divisional Cyber Crime Tribunal Judge Ziaur Rahman pronounced the judgment.
The convict is Razib Hossain, 30, son of Abdur Razzaq of Durgapur upazila in Rajshahi.
In October 2011, Razib posted a status on his Facebook profile that said, “The Padma Bridge construction in Bangladesh has been obstructed as it will need more than 1 lakh human heads. As per the directive of the prime minister, 41 teams are out on the streets, playgrounds, and markets with sharp weapons and sprays to collect those heads,” said Public Prosecutor Ismat Ara.
He also said the main target of these teams were women and children and they were doing the heinous crime even entering people’s houses and that was why he posted it to create awareness, she said.
Razib was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 25(2) of the Digital Security Act, 2018, with a fine of Tk 2 lakh. In case of failure to pay the fine, he will have to serve another six months’ imprisonment.
Under Section 31(2) of the same act, he was also sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with Tk 3 lakh in fine. In case of failure to pay the fine, he will have to serve an additional imprisonment for six months.
