DSA case: Suspended JnU student gets 5 years in jail

A Dhaka court has sentenced Tithi Sarkar, a suspended student of Jagannath University, to five years jail in a Digital Security Act (DSA) case filed for making derogatory comments about religion in 2020.

Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Zulfikar Hayat pronounced the verdict on Monday morning.

The case under the Digital Security Act was registered against her along with unknown others with Paltan Police Station on November 2, 2020.

On May 19, 2021, the investigating officer of the case, CID Police Sub-Inspector Mehedi Hasan pressed charge sheets.

On November 4 of the same year, Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge As-Shams Jaglul Hossain framed charges against them.