On the morning of 15 May, police arrested supreme court lawyer and writer Imtiaz Mahmud in a case filed in 2017 under the country's now-defunct Information and Communication Technology Act, in which a private citizen, Shafiqul Islam, alleged that one of Mahmood's Facebook posts had hurt religious sentiments and incited communal violence in Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong region.
Asubuhi ya tarehe 15 Mei, polisi walimkamata Mwanasheria wa mahakama kuu  na mwandishi  Imtiaz Mahmud chini ya kifungu cha  sheria ya 2017 ambayo haitumika kwa sasa, sheria ya Habari, Mawasiliano na Teknolojia ambapo, raia mmoja, Shafiqul Islam, alilalamika kuwa mija ya machapisho ya Mahmood huko Facebook yameumiza hisia zake za kiimani na yalichochea uhalifu katika ukanda wa Kusini Mashariki mwa mkoa Chittagong, Bangladesh .