Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Gazipur’s Sripur upazila early Tuesday for an offensive Facebook post on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The arrestee was Kaifi Shikdar alias Mimi, 25, joint convener of Gouranadi College unit Chhatra Dal in Barisal district.
Tipped off, a joint team of RAB-2 and RAB-14 conducted a drive in Boroipara Bus Stand in Sripur upazila and arrested him around 5:30am.
Kaifi posted an offensive image of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and French President Emmanuel on his Facebook page on September 12.
The post went viral and created anger among the people of the country, said RAB.
A case was filed with the Gouranadi police station in Barisal.