19-year-old Ahan Chandra Das was arrested in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh on charges of "hurting religious sentiments."
In April 2022, a Bangladeshi youth of 19, Ahan Chandra Das, was arrested on charges of "hurting religious sentiments" in Kishoreganj. Though the exact content was not reported, he stood accused of making "a derogatory comment" on Facebook. After the offending post attracted attention, he went into hiding before eventually being detained by police.
19-yr-old held for ‘hurting religious sentiments’ - The Daily Star
Blasphemy law in Bangladesh allows the state to arrest, trial and imprison any person who has intention of hurting "religious sentiments." While the state does not have any law against apostasy, vigilantism or non-state groups prosecute apostates on their own. Vigilante violence has been an especially acute issue, most notably in the mid-2010s when a string of secularist and atheist bloggers suffered murder and attempted murder at the hands of Islamist extremists.