4 Arrested on Sedition Charges for Defacing Rabindranath Tagore’s Graffiti

From the report

Police have arrested four individuals on sedition charges after they were detained for defacing a graffiti of World Poet Rabindranath Tagore on a wall in front of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segunbagicha, the capital.

Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Ramna Division, Sheikh Jahidul Islam, confirmed this information to journalists on Sunday (October 11).

The arrested individuals are A N M Ayas (29), Member Secretary of an organization named ‘Rashtra Sanglap Forum’ (State Dialogue Forum), Md. Sakibul Hasan (19), Md. Sujon Mia (18), and Marzia Khandaker Rimi (27).