Bangladesh arrests social media star for dance video at mosque, South Asia News & Top Stories


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DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh police have arrested a social media star for shooting a dance video with a woman at a mosque, officials said on Monday (Aug 9). The clip triggered online anger in the Muslim-majority nation, the police said, and 20-year-old Yasin was arrested at his home in Daudkandi, some 60km from Dhaka. The police said they are also hunting the woman in the video. Yasin shot the clip last month and uploaded it to his account on the Likee video sharing site. He was seen in the video dancing with a woman on the stairs of the Daudkandi...