Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced a teacher of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) to seven years’ imprisonment for issuing death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on social media Facebook.
Convict Hafizur Rahman Rana is a lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Department of Buet.
Judge Md Zahirul Haque of the Court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge pronounced the verdict in absence of Rahman.
Rahman is on the run since January 13 this year.
Earlier, he secured bail from the High Court after his arrest in connection with the case filed over the issue.
AB Siddiqui, president of pro-Awami League organisation Bangladesh Jononetri Parishad, lodged a general diary (GD) with Shahbagh Police Station on April 23 last year after bangla daily Bhorer Kagoj published a report about the threat quoting the facebook.
According to report published on Bhorer Kagoj on April 19, Rahman threatened to kill the prime minister on the Facebook.
Quoting his write up, the newspaper said Rahman threatened Hasina saying, “Hey Hyena, you have destroyed the country, now you are trying to destroy our Buet… We the general students are the hunters. We will shoot in your head…and hang your head at the gate of Buet to avoid further aggression of hyenas.”
After investigating the GD, law enforcers submitted its report to the court on June 19, 2012.
Source: The Daily Star
