AIMIM's Motiur Rahman was arrested from Malda district on Thursday.

The West Bengal Police has arrested an AIMIM worker for allegedly posting objectionable comments on social media platforms against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Motiur Rahman, a member of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) in West Bengal, was on Thursday arrested from Malda district. He was booked under the IT Act.

A resident of Chandrapara Grampanchyat of Chanchal in Malda district, Motiur was arrested under the IT Act for posting objectionable words on social platforms.

Motiur works as a senior professor at Dhangara Loliabari. His wife, Mahmuda Khatun, had contested the zila parishad seat under the left-wing. She had lost the poll.

Both, however, recently started actively working for AIMIM in the district.

Motiur Rahman had posted against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stating that the police were not working properly. He alleged that the cops were instead acting like cadre working for Mamata Banerjee.

He had also posted memes with objectionable words against the West Bengal administration. Motiur had also spoken to local police officers and posted their recordings on Facebook after which the police arrested him.

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