A Rangpur court has placed Tito Chandra Roy, the main accused in Rangpur attack, on a four-day remand in a case where he is charged with committing cybercrime for allegedly putting up a derogatory post on Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) on Facebook.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Depangshu Kumar Roy granted the remand on Wednesday after hearing the case investigation officer's petition for 10-day remand.
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Rangpur Dectective Branch (DB) OC Shariful Islam confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune.
“We asked for 10 days of remand, but the court granted only four,” he added.
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Tito was arrested on Tuesday from Jaldhaka upazila of Nilphamari district, four days after a group of unidentified miscreants, in retaliation of the supposed demeaning post by Tito, attacked Thakurbari village in Rangpur and vandalized a number of Hindu houses.
At least one person was killed in the clash and many others were injured.
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Later, a local businessman named Razu Mia filed a case against Tito under the ICT Act.
Following the clash, a three-member probe committee was formed to investigate the matter.