Use of Facebook by prisoners inside jail impossible: Department of Prisons

The use of Facebook by prisoners inside the jail is impossible, said the Department of Prisons in a statement issued on Monday night.

The statement was issued after a screenshot of a Facebook post from the ID of a person named Faruk Khan went viral on Monday.

The post created confusion that it was posted by former Minister Col (retd) Faruk Khan, who is now in Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

"It is not possible to run such a campaign on Facebook from inside the jail since there is no scope for any prisoner to use a mobile phone there. So, former Minister Col (retd) Faruk Khan couldn't use Facebook ID from the jail," the statement read.

However, this department is not aware whether the ID named Faruk Khan is being used by someone else or his relatives, it added.

The law enforcement agencies have been requested to investigate the matter and take necessary action to this end, it read.