Man held over sniper remark on PM’s Rajshahi visit

Greenwatch Desk Crime 2026-10-22, 4:31pm

A team of Special Response Battalion (SRB) has detained a man over an offensive comment on social media in connection with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Rajshahi.

The detainee, Abu Bakar Siddique, is now being interrogated by the detective Branch (DB) of DMP in Dhaka.

Lieutenant Colonel Faisal Ishtiaq, commanding officer of SRB-5 Rajshahi Battalion, said tipped off, a drive was conducted and he was detained on Wednesday evening from Ramchandrapur area of Parila Union under Paba upazila in Rajshahi, reports UNB.

Siddique commented in the comment section of a Facebook post concerning a bus used by the Prime Pinister:

“What a great opportunity it was, if only there had been a sniper,” he wrote.