Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir believes other rights groups will not protest against the move.



“Allegations against him (Khan) are being probed and legal steps will follow the investigation,” he said on Sunday.



The minister said it was a ‘crime’ to strip others of their rights in the name of human rights.



“Countries which are active in protecting the rights do not tolerate these things,” he said.



DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman told bdnews24.com Khan was arrested for allegedly violating the Information and Technology Act in his distortion campaign of the May 5 police drive against Hifazat-e Islam at Dhaka’s Motijheel.



Odikhar, in one of its recent reports, claimed 61 people were killed in the drive.



Khan was picked up on Saturday night from Dhaka’s Gulshan.



Opposition BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami had alleged the Hifazat supporters were ‘massacred’ but the government said there were ‘zero casualties’.



DMP Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam said at a press briefing on Sunday, “Odhikar published a motivated report using photos of those killed in the Hifazat attacks on May 5 during the day but said they were killed at night. The report, both in English and Bengali, are on the organisation’s website.”



“This has tarnished the image of the law enforcement agency, government, and the state,” he said.



“It has offended devout Muslims and led to a deterioration of law and order. This is a crime under the Information and Technology Act,” Islam added.



The government, last month, sent a letter to the organisation, seeking proof of what it had said in its report.



“It is a crime to tarnish country’s image in the name of human rights,” Minister Alamgir said hinting at the report.