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In May 2020, 53-year-old Mushtaq Ahmed was jailed, along with 3 others, for allegedly spreading conspiracy theories and rumours against Bangladesh govt and its Covid response.
Demand for revoking DSA gets louder
Writer Mushtaq laid to rest
Staff Correspondent 26th February, 2021 10:40:42
The death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who was arrested under the Digital Security Act (DSA) over nine months ago, in jail has triggered an angry outcry with people from different walks of life demanding that the law be revoked and a probe be launched into his death.
People started venting their anger at the death of the writer, who was denied bail six times since his arrest in May last year, since he was declared dead at a Gazipur hospital after being taken there from a prison.