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A student of North South University has been arrested and sent to jail on charges of hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post.

Apurba Paul, 23, a student of NSU’s Media and Journalism Department, was arrested from a flat in Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area early yesterday after a video surfaced showing him disrespecting the Quran.

Police filed a case in the morning, and a Dhaka court sent him to jail after the investigation officer produced him before the court, said Rakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhatara Police Station.

Following the incident, NSU authorities expelled him and issued a press release, saying that they are also planning to file a case against him.

Meanwhile, Hefazat-e-Islam Amir Mohibullah Babunagari and Secretary

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