A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charges against two people including Islamic speaker Rafiqul Islam Madani in a case filed under the Digital Security Act at Gazipur's Basan police station.
Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge AKM Zulfiker Hayat passed the order rejecting the plea of acquittal of the accused. At the same time, he set the date of taking testimony on March 1.
Rafiqul Islam's lawyer Md Fazle Rabbi confirmed the information to Bangla Tribune. He said that a total of seven cases were filed against Rafiqul. He is on bail in three of those cases.
The other accused in the case is Hafez Masum Billah.
On the morning of April 7, 2021, RAB-1 members arrested Rafiqul Islam Madani from his house in Letirkanda area of Purbadhala upazila of Netrakona. He was handed over to Gachha police station the same night.
On April 8, RAB-1 Nayeb Subedar Md Abdul Khaled filed a case against Rafuqul under the Digital Security Act. Rafiqul Islam Madani was produced in the court of Gazipur Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Shariful Islam after being shown arrested in the case.
After the hearing, the court sent him to Gazipur District Jail. He was later transferred to Kashimpur Central Jail-2 on April 10.
A separate case was filed against him under the Digital Security Act with GMP's Basan police station on April 11.
On March 26, police detained Rafiqul from Motijheel during a demonstration protesting against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Dhaka visit, but he was released a couple of hours later.
