3 held for spreading rumours on social media

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three people for spreading rumours through Facebook and other social networking sites.   

The elite force arrested the trio from capital's Shyamoli area early Friday.

The arrestees were identified as Md. Oahidunnabi, 47, Arafat Tarunno Tamadi, 37, and Abdullah Jabid, 45.  

Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan, RAB's legal and media wing director, said the arrestees were spreading anti-state propaganda, false information and rumours using Facebook  and other social media.