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RAB has arrested Kanak Sarwar’s sister and filed a drug case

RAB has arrested Nusrat Shahrin (Raka), the sister of expatriate journalist Kanak Sarwar, for criticizing the government. He has been accused of carrying out anti-state propaganda using digital platforms. RAB has also filed a drug case.

A press release issued by the RAB on Tuesday night said that Nusrat Shahrin, 38, was arrested after raiding his house in Uttara area of ​​the capital at midnight the previous day. A mobile phone, a passport and drugs called ice were recovered from his house at that time.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mushfiqur Rahman Tushar, operations officer of RAB-1, confirmed the matter to the reporter.

He said a vested quarter from abroad was spreading propaganda against the government and the state on social media and some local people were helping the vested quarter abroad.

RAB has arrested Kanak Sarwar's sister and filed a drug case

Being informed, the elite force enhanced intelligence surveillance and came to know that sitting in Bangladesh, Raka has been working as a cohort of the quarter, he added.

During primary interrogation, RAB members came to know that Raka is an active member of the anti-state propaganda and conspiracy clique.

To this end, she has been trying to disrupt the peace process in the country by spreading false, misleading and defamatory information about the state and important personalities of the state through social media.

Several members of the group are involved in various anti-state propagandas through social media. She told RAB that they have carried out propaganda to tarnish the image of the country.

Asked where Shahrin is now, Uttara West Police Officer-in-Charge Akhtaruzzaman Ilyas told around 9:30 pm on Tuesday that she is now in police custody. She will be produced in court tomorrow.

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