Contrast in reactions on Tahmid release: Linguistic rift?
Publish : 02 Oct 2016, 22:36
A startling contrast in opinion concerning Gulshan attack suspect Tahmid Hasib Khan's bail has been observed in social media yesterday in two separate posts by the Dhaka Tribune (DT) and its sister concern, Bangla Tribune (BT).
DT and BT both carried the story of Tahmid receiving bail from a Dhaka court after spending months in custody and the narrative of both the article was rather straightforward.
However, Dhaka Tribune’s social media curators found that netizens who reacted on DT’s Facebook post were rather supportive of Tahmid’s cause compared to netizens who posted on BT’s Facebook page.
On DT’s post, some sounded relieved over Tahmid’s release, some thanked the law enforcement agencies for “coming to senses” and some seemed still sceptic about police’s true intention.
Some of the comments are below--
On the other hand, almost all the netizens reacted on BT’s post suggested that they believe Tahmid had some connections with the actual perpetrators of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack and indicated that his privileged background and connections had some hand in his release.