Police arrested a young man from Pashchim Gomdondi Charkhijirpur village in Boalkhali upazila on Friday night for distorting image of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and uploading it on social media.
The arrestee is Belal Hossain, 30, son of late Altaj Miah.
Mohammad Helal Uddin Faruqi, inspector (investigation) of Boalkhali Police Station, said Belal shared distorted photos of the prime minister and chief election commissioner along with derogatory comments on his Facebook IDs.
Following the incident, a case was filed under Digital Security Act.
Later, a team of police arrested Belal from his house around 9pm.