Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested three people from the city’s Farmgate and Mohakhali areas in connection with torturing  popular transgender beauty vlogger Saad Mua. RAB Headquarters Assistant Director (Media) ASP Imran Khan said that three people including Ishtiaq Amin Fuad were arrested during a drive that started on Saturday night and ended on Sunday morning. On Friday, transgender beauty vlogger Saad Mua claimed that she was held captive and tortured by a man and a woman she met at a restaurant in the city's Bashundhara residential area four days ago. READ: SaadMua: The First Male Beauty Blogger of Bangladesh In her police complaint, Saad claimed that the man and the woman later invited her to their house for lunch. And when she went to their house, the accused allegedly held her captive, snatched her bag and cell phone, and also tortured her. Based on her complaint, a case was filed at Vatara police station against the accused on Friday. Officer-in-charge of Vatara police station, Sajedur Rahman said that if the allegations turned out to be true, "then legal action will be taken against the accused". On Friday night, Saad posted the photos of the two accused on her Facebook wall and narrated her ordeal on the social media platform. On Facebook, she identified the woman as Saima Sikder Nira, a student of Daffodil International University, and the man as Ishtiaq Fuad, a former Air Force official and a student of North South University. READ: Transgender beauty vlogger held captive, tortured in Dhaka Saad also wrote that the two were in touch with another man named Rafat Bin Nur on walkie-talkie and "their intention was to sell me". "I later came to know that Rafat is an Army man and is currently out of the country on a mission." Saad Mua makes various videos on beauty care, including makeup tutorials.

Creating innovative fresh content on social media is now a popular trend in Bangladesh and other countries around the world. But the context of building a career based on it is not only surprising but also daring. Thankfully, some creative youths of Bangladesh have stepped into this challenging and inspirational career. ‘Thoughts of Shams’, the brainchild of Shams, has set a shining example of successful online content creation through Facebook and YouTube. Today's feature focuses on Thoughts of Shams. Personal life of Bangladeshi female YouTuber Shams The woman behind Thoughts of Shams is known to all as Shams; Her full name is Shams Afroz Chowdhury. Close loved ones call her Prova. Shams, a girl from Comilla, passed HSC in 2009 with GPA-5 and got admission to BBA in a private university. After graduating, she joined a private bank in 2013 for an internship. Read:Tale of Hoichoi: The Bengali OTT Platform is Reaching Bengalis worldwide In 2018, this meritorious student completed her MBA from Dhaka University. Early in her career, Shams taught in a private English medium School. Although her journey of content creation and marital life began together, neither of them ever stood in the way of each other. The story of Shams becoming a content creator During her MBA, Shams continued to prepare herself for BCS and bank jobs. Even after repeatedly applying for jobs, there was no response from anywhere as expected. Instead, she had to return home disappointed from each interview. While working in a private English medium school, she was not getting a proper evaluation of her work. These situations eventually made Shams anxious about her career. Read:Web Series "Boli": Chanchal Chowdhury Again in an Unprecedented Character On August 13, 2017, she created a Facebook page titled ‘Thoughts of Shams’ and started writing about various inconsistencies in society. One day a sudden thought came to her mind, what if she made videos with her written content!