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Youth arrested for threatening to Shakib AL Hasan

The Rapid Action Battalion members arrested a young man, who threatened to kill  Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan by hacking, from Derai upazila of Sunamganj on Tuesday.

The arrested person was identified as Mohsin Talukdar, 25, a resident of Shahpur Talukdarpara in Jalalabad area of Sylhet.

RAB-9 ASP Kamruzzaman and Sunamganj RAB commander Faisal Ahmed confirmed the arrest.

"The young man who threatened to kill Shakib Al Hasan has been arrested from South Sunamganj a while ago. He is now being brought to Sylhet. Details would be informed later," Kamruzzaman told Jago News at 12 noon.

Coming to live around 12:06am on Sunday, Mohsin from his facebook account gave a threat to hack Shakib Al Hasan to death for 'hurting religious sentiment' by opening Kali puja at a mandap in India’s Kolkata recently.  

A digital security act case was filed against Mohsin Talukder with Jalalabad Police Station, Sylhet on Monday night in this connection.