Rajshahi University suspends instructor after capturing over the Facebook post on Nasim

Rajshahi University has suspended Assistant Professor Kazi Jahidur Rahman following his capture in the Digital Security Act over a slanderous Facebook post on the late Health Minister Mohammed Nasim. 

The choice was taken at an organization meeting of the college on Saturday, said acting recorder, MA Bari.

"As per the college rules, if any instructor or worker is captured over criminal allegations, the person in question can be incidentally excused. The suspension will be powerful from the day of his capture - Jun 18," Bari said.

The organization meeting was led by Vice-Chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan.

Jahidur, an instructor of software engineering and building at Rajshahi University, is presently in a correctional facility. On Jun 17, attorney Taposh Saha, an occupant of Rajshahi's Sagarpara, documented the case with Matihaar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

He was captured the evening of Jun 17 from the college instructors' quarters on charges of spreading slanderous words about Nasim.

Jahidur was the data and exploration proofreader of the as of late broke down Awami League Committee of Narail region. He was excused from this situation on Jun 16 after his post on Facebook.

Nasim died on Jun 13 in emergency clinic care in Dhaka. Jahidur expounded on Nasim on Facebook on Jun 1 and 2 after Nasim became sick.

On Jun 15, the Bangladesh Chhatra League had requested activities against Jahidur and he was captured a day later.

Along these lines, Sirajum Munira, a speaker at Begum Rokeya University, was suspended and captured over her remarks on Facebook about Nasim.

As per columnists and rights activists, the Digital Security Act, ordered in 2018, successfully smothers the right to speak freely of discourse and the media.