Bogura, Aug. 5 -- Police arrested suspended National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Member Secretary Gazi Salauddin Tanvir in Dhaka early Wednesday in connection with a case filed under the Cyber Security Act over an alleged derogatory Facebook post about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Tanvir was picked up from the Purbo Monipur area of the capital by a team of Bogura district police around 4:00am, said Officer-in-Charge of Bogura Sadar Police Station Ibrahim Ali.

Later, he was brought to Bogura and produced before a Bogura Sadar Cognisance Court, which sent him to jail.

The OC said the case was filed on August 2 by district BNP Vice President Maftun Ahmed Khan.

On July 31, the NCP suspended Tanvir after he allegedly posted objectionable r...