Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- The Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir have alleged that several Facebook accounts belonging to candidates from their Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) panels were disabled through "cyberattacks".

At a press conference on Monday, leaders of the pro-BNP JCD alleged that the Facebook accounts of vice president (VP) candidate Abidul Islam Khan and general secretary (GS) candidate Sheikh Tanvir Bari Hamim had been disabled.

However, Hamim's Facebook account appeared active during the press conference, which began around 1:30pm. The last post from his account had been published at 12:30pm.

Speaking at the event, Hamim said: "Since this morning, the ID of Chhatra Dal-backed VP candida...