The High Court has granted bail to Maidul Islam, an assistant professor of Chattogram University (CU), in a case filed for making “defamatory remarks” about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook.
A HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mostafizur Rahman have given the order after hearing of a petition seeking his bail, filed on Oct 2.
A Chattogram court, on Sept 24, sent Maidul to jail in a case filed against him under section 57 of the ICT Act. The case was filed by CU student Md Iftekhar Uddin Ayaz, a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), with Hathazari Police Station on Jul 24.
Later on Sept 25, the CU authorities suspended Maidul Islam.
On Jul 15, the Sociology teacher had to leave the campus along with his family following continuous threats 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.