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Content creator AM Hasan Nasim has been sent to jail in a case filed on charges of spreading misleading information about Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni and blackmailing him.
Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Hasib Ullah Pias passed the order on Saturday, said Prosecution Police Sub-Inspector Moktar Hossain, bdnews24.com reports.
Nasim was arrested in West Agargaon around 8pm on Friday.
According to the case dossier, a post was made on Facebook about the chief whip.
From that Facebook ID, “misleading information” was published and circulated at different times, it reads, adding that the suspect “blackmailed” the chief whip by sending screenshots to his WhatsApp number.