Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- A police constable named Abhik Das has been arrested on Monday morning on charges of leaking a walkie-talkie message of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Hasib Aziz on social media.

Mahmuda Begum, Additional Deputy Commissioner of CMP's Media and Public Relations Division, said a case was filed against the accused, Abhik Das, serving at Khulshi Police Station, under the Official Secrets Act.

On the night of 11 August, an officer of Bandar Police Station was injured in an attack by Awami League activists armed with sharp weapons. The following day on 12 August, Commissioner Hasib Aziz gave a directive over the police walkie-talkie network, instructing officers to open fire immediately if faced with armed a...