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Arrest warrant issued against Baul artiste Rita Dewan

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Published: 14:47, 2 December 2020   Update: 14:56, 2 December 2020
Arrest warrant issued against Baul artiste Rita Dewan

A tribunal in Dhaka has issued an arrest warrant against Baul artiste Rita Dewan.

Judge Assam Jaglul Hossain of the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal issued the arrest warrant on Wednesday (December 2), taking the PBI investigation report into cognizance.

Besides Rita Dewan, arrest warrants were also issued against two other accused and they are Shahjahan and Iqbal.

Imrul Hasan, the plaintiff’s lawyer in the case, said the PBI had submitted a report to the effect that the allegations under Section 28 of the Digital Security Act had been substantiated. The court issued an arrest warrant during the reporting period.

The case was filed against Rita Dewan on January 31 under the Digital Security Act. A lawyer named Imrul Hasan filed the case at the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal.

According to the case statement, Rita Dewan recently made obscene and vulgar remarks about Allah at a Pala song festival.

The video of the song went viral through social media. The case was filed under Section 28 (1) of the Digital Security Act, alleging that religious sentiments were hurt in the statement.

After taking the plaintiff’s statement, the tribunal judge directed the PBI to investigate the allegations and submit a report.

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