Badrunnessa College Teacher Sent to Jail in DSA Case

A court here today sent Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls' College associate professor Ruma Sarker to jail in a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA).

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order as police produced Ruma before the court after the end of her two-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep her behind the bars till the end of the probe.

Earlier on October 21, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masud Ur Rahman had placed Ruman Sarker on two-day remand.

 Ruma is accused of sharing on Facebook a video of Shahin Uddin murder in capital's Pallabi, terming it as the footage of Jatan Saha killing in Noakhali. She is also accused of spreading communal hatred through sharing rumors on social networking sites.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Ruma from her Baily Road flat on October 20 and filed the case with Ramna Police Station.