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Bangabhaban ICT Staff Held Over Jamaat Ameer X Hack

Staff Correspondent: Crime 2026-02-04, 10:04am

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The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has detained a Bangabhaban employee over the alleged hacking of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman’s verified X account.

The detainee was identified as Sarwar Alam, an assistant programmer in the ICT section of Bangabhaban, police said.

A DB team detained him during a drive in the Motijheel area, confirmed DB chief Shafiqul Islam.

He said the operation is still underway and further details will be disclosed after the investigation progresses.