Content creator Tawhid Afridi arrested in July Uprising murder case
Afridi was being transported to Dhaka at the time of filing this report
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested Tawhid Afridi, a content creator, in connection with a murder case filed during the July Uprising.
The social media influencer was apprehended tonight (24 August) in Barisal, CID chief Additional IGP Md Sibgat Ullah confirmed.
He also said Afridi was being transported to Dhaka.
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Barisal Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mizanur Rahman stated that the team had already left Barisal for the capital.
The case, filed at Jatrabari Police Station, names Tawhid Afridi as the 11th accused alongside former prime minister Sheikh Hasina who is listed as the prime accused.
The ousted prime minister is followed by former minister Obaidul Quader and former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.
Afridi's father, MyTV Chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi, is the 22nd accused in the same case and was arrested on 17 August by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB).
The murder case, filed by a Zainal Abedin, names a total of 25 individuals and an additional 150 unnamed people as accused.
