Police have filed a case against detained Badwip Prakashan Publisher Shamsuzzoha Manik and two others on charge of selling a book with content that could "hurt religious sentiments.”
The other accused are Shamsul Alam, the stall’s manager, and Fakir Taslim Uddin Kajol, owner of the book’s printing press.
Police on Monday shut down their stall at the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela on the charge as well.
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Dhaka Metropolitan DC (Ramna zone) Abdul Baten disclosed it in a press briefing held in Shahbag police station on Tuesday afternoon.
He said that they filed the case under the Information and Communication Technology Act.
Later, police sent the three to court seeking a seven-day remand in the incident, the DC also said.
In reply to a query, the DMP official said: “We have received information about 'the religious provocative book' from different social media site and the intelligence unit's report. We have kept eyes on social networking media to spot such message.”
The book's online version went viral and that was why they filed the lawsuit under the ICT act, Abdul Baten continued.
