Bangladesh (Tazakhobor.com): Bangladesh’s high court today handed down six months of imprisonment to a university teacher for disregarding a summons in connection with a Facebook comment he posted earlier wishing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s death.

Ruhul Khandakar was found guilty in absentia of contempt of court after failing to return from Australia in response to a court summons.
Last year Mr Khandakar posted comments implying that he wanted Sheikh Hasina to die. His comment reportedly related to Bangladesh's high road fatality rate. It was posted following the death of one of the country's best known film makers, Tareq Masud, in a road accident in August, which left many Bangladeshis deeply shocked. After the death of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier  with three others in a fatal road accident in August, Khandker reportedly commented on his facebook page on Aug. 13 why Sheikh Hasina does not die when many people were dying in road accidents. "Everyone dies, why not Hasina?" he was quoted as saying in his facebook status.
The court ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to bring Ruhul Amin Khandker, teacher of Jahangirnagar University (JU), back from Australia and arrest immediately upon his return.The bench also ordered the JU authority to take disciplinary action against the teacher, who has been in Australia since 2009 on study leave, in line with university rules.
However, the High Court (HC) bench is yet to deliver the verdict on the main allegation.



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