Chief Adviser's Press Wing Facts has clarified that there has been no arrests or crackdowns on the supporters of US president-elect Donald Trump in Bangladesh.
"Dozens of activists of the Awami League party, whose leadership, officials, and members have been accused of mass murders, corruption, and laundering of tens of billions of dollars, were arrested in the country on Sunday on charges of planning subversive activities in the capital, Dhaka," the CA press wing said in a post released on its verified Facebook page - CA Press Wing Facts - on Sunday.
"The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has issued a statement (enclosed in the comments section) to this effect. Some of these people were carrying Donald Trump's photos after the fugitive AL leader, Sheikh Hasina, reportedly ordered her supporters to carry his portrait and use them as a shield against arrests.
They told police they didn't follow US politics and only carried Trump posters at the order of Hasina," read the release.
The press wing said some Indian newspapers have been aggressively spreading misinformation about the student-led mass uprising since Hasina was ousted in a popular revolution in August.
"They have hugely exaggerated the violence against minorities during the post-revolution days. They just repeated the same canards over today's (Sunday) arrest of the AL supporters," the post read.
