Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Abu Bokor Siddique, who was arrested in Rajshahi for commenting on a Facebook post suggesting a sniper could have targeted a bus carrying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has been sent to jail in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Case investigating officer Sub-Inspector (SI) Yasin Paik of the Cyber and Special Crime Division of the police's Detective Branch presented the accused in court and requested he be detained in jail.

In response, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan ordered that he be sent to jail, said SI Shah Alam of the Prosecution Division.

The Special Response Battalion (SRB) had arrested Abu Bokor from his house in the Kochuatoil area of Paba Thana in Rajshahi late on Wednesday night. Later, DB po...