A first in the country

Star Correspondent

Two people in Lalmonirhat were arrested on Monday night in a case filed under the Digital Security Act on charges of gambling.

The arrestees are Suzan Chandra Saha, 32, and Shahin Islam, 27.

Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station, claimed that, for the first time in Bangladesh, a case was filed under the DSA against people for gambling.

The charges brought against the two were for committing an illegal e-transaction while betting on Indian Premier League matches using phone apps.

According to the DSA’s section 30, if any person without legal authority, makes an e-transaction over electronic and digital means from any bank, insurance or any other financial institution or any organisation providing mobile money service; or makes any e-transaction though the it is, from time to time, declared illegal by the Government or Bangladesh Bank, then such an act shall be an offence.