<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said that the Digital Security Act was misused in the case of Naogaon’s Jasmine Sultana, who died in Rab custody on March 24.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“I want to make it clear that when the woman was detained from Naogaon; there was no case against her under the Digital Security Act. The case was filed after a day later. So, in this case the Digital Security Act was misused,” the minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister made these remarks while speaking with reporters after a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on the premises of the Law Ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>But, my point is that the woman wasn’t caught under the Digital Security Act, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Digital Security Act is being misused in one or two cases, said the minister, adding, “Wherever we see that this law is being misused, we are taking steps.”</div><div><br></div><div>Sultana, 38, an office assistant of Naogaon Municipality-Chandipur Union Land Office, was picked up by a RAB-5 patrol team on March 22.</div><div><br></div><div>Later she was taken to Naogaon Sadar Hospital and then to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, where she died on March 24, according to hospital authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the arrest of Prothom Alo reporter Shamsuzzaman Shams the Law Minister said, “The cases which were filed or are being filed are not against journalists, but against injustice. I admit that you are fearless journalists. If you publish the truth to people, the government will never obstruct”, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, On March 29, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) men in plainclothes picked up Shams from his residence in Ambagan area, adjacent to Jahangirnagar University, around 4:30 am.</div><div><br></div><div>The same day, a Jubo League leader filed a case under the Digital Security Act against Shams, accusing him of publishing a "false and fabricated report" in the daily Prothom Alo.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, he was sent to jail by a Dhaka court. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>