The High Court has granted six-month bail to Maidul Islam, an ssistant professor of Chittagong University (CU), in a case filed for making 'derogatory remarks' about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook.
A HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mostafizur Rahman came up with the order on Tuesday after hearing of a petition seeking his bail filed on October 2, reports UNB.
On July 24, CU student Md Iftekhar Uddin Ayaz, a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), filed a case with Hathazari Police Station against Maidul over his Facebook post.
Later on September 24, the assistant professor was sent to jail in the case filed under section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ACT.
The CU authorities suspended Maidul the following day in this connection.
Earlier on July 15, the Sociology teacher had to leave the campus along with his family following continuous threat reportedly from BCL activists over his Facebook post in support of the quota reform movement.
The BCL men also declared Maidul Islam and another CU teacher persona non-grata on the campus.
