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| Images in Faruk's computer |
| 2012-10-14 |
| Some anti-Islam images were already stored in Faruk's computer at the shop. Faruk claimed to this correspondent he and his friend Abdul Moktadir quickly created some image files with screenshots of Uttam's facebook account. They did this as two strangers in his shop were unhappy seeing the pictures on their facebook, he said. They saved the pictures after the strangers left, said Faruk, adding that they had to download some software to do it. Faruk said they created the files to prove to the locals that the picture insulting the Koran did not belong to them and was from Uttam's profile. He also added that Uttam's account suddenly disappeared within a short time after they saved the images. Faruk's claim was very confusing as no one else, except the account holder, can deactivate a facebook account. And, moments after the departure of the two strangers, there was a continuous flow of people curious to see the pictures. All of them were shown images stored in Faruk's computer. The people with no knowledge about social networking site facebook believed that was Uttam's facebook page with the anti-Islam image. Faruk and Moktadir not only exhibited fabricated screenshots of Uttam's facebook profile, but also stored many pictures downloaded from "Insult allah" and the Koran-insulting photo, which was later circulated from mobile phones to mobile phones via Bluetooth. In fact, there were significant anomalies between the claims of Faruk, Moktadir's mother and other local witnesses who saw the pictures at Faruk's shop. Many locals got the images from Faruk and Moktadir on September 29 evening. They were local journalists, Faruk said, adding he does not know their names but would be able to recognise everyone. Faruk on October 3 claimed that he could not give The Daily Star the images since the Ramu police have been keeping his computer since the night of September 29. The Daily Star got those pictures, but from Nazir Hossain, owner of a local computer-training shop. He said the pictures were spread from Faruk's shop and after September 29, he collected those from locals. Locals and a police official said these are the images they had seen on Faruk's computer. Faruk claimed the picture in question appeared on his facebook page. Moktadir first saw it and then him. But the collected pictures does not support Faruk's claim. The account of "Abdul Muktadir" was used while seeing Uttam's profile page and taking the screenshots. If someone does not restrict his/her profile, every facebook account holder can view some information of that person. Otherwise, a brief restricted version of the profile is seen. This correspondent failed to reach Uttam for a comment. |
| Posted by:Fred |