NCP leader Gazi Salauddin arrested over social media post on Tarique Rahman

NCP Northern Region Chief Organiser Sarjis Alam claimed in a Facebook post on Wednesday that National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Member Secretary Gazi Salauddin Tanvir had been arrested earlier in the day in connection with a case filed over a social media post about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Police later confirmed the arrest. Bogura Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ibrahim Ali said Salahuddin was arrested from the Purbo Monipur area of Dhaka at around 4:00am by a team of Bogura police. He was later taken to Bogura and produced before a Bogura Sadar Cognisance Court, which sent him to jail.

The OC said the case was filed on August 2 by Bogura district BNP Vice President Maftun Ahmed Khan under the Cyber Security Act.

Earlier, Sarjis had said Salahuddin was arrested from Dhaka at around 4:00am in a case lodged by a senior leader of the Bogura district unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

"The senior BNP leader in Bogura filed a case against him, and today, on the anniversary of the July Mass Uprising, he was arrested from Dhaka at 4:00am," Sarjis wrote.

The arrest came after the NCP had already taken disciplinary action against Salahuddin over the same Facebook post.

The party temporarily relieved him of his responsibilities after he deleted the post, publicly apologised and assured that such an incident would not be repeated, Sarjis added.

Condemning the arrest, Sarjis alleged that the BNP and the police had acted despite the party's disciplinary measures.

He wrote that although Salahuddin had admitted his mistake, removed the post, apologised and faced internal disciplinary action, "even after all this, the BNP and Tarique Rahman's police showed their power."

Sarjis said Salahuddin's controversial post had been made in the context of recent attacks on NCP leaders and activists in Habiganj and Sylhet.

This is not the first time Salahuddin has faced disciplinary action within the NCP.

In April 2025, the party temporarily relieved him of his duties following allegations of irregularities in government recruitment and commission-related dealings involving paper procurement for textbook printing. He was later reinstated.