BRU Live: Police arrested a teacher of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur on charges of making a derogatory post about late veteran Awami League leader and former Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on the social networking site Facebook.

Sirajum Monira, a lecturer of Bangla Department of the university, was arrested on Saturday midnight.

Confirming the matter to media, the University Police Outpost in-charge Muhibbul Islam said: “A post containing a derogatory text about the minister Nasim was shared using Sirajum Monira’s Facebook account.

Monira was arrested after the University BCL president Tushar Kibria filed a case under the ICT act against her, he said.

Dhaka, June-17 (campuslive24.com)//bsc