DHAKA: Bahrain freed opposition leader Ali Salman on Sunday, a day after his arrest, although it slapped a travel ban on the head of the Shia Al-Wefaq bloc.

The prosecution said, reports The Straits Times.

Salman, head of the opposition Al-Wefaq bloc, had been questioned over accusations of ‘incitement to religious hatred and spreading false news likely to harm national security’, attorney general Abdul Rahman al-Said was quoted as saying by the official BNA news agency.

The prosecution had ordered the release of the Al-Wefaq secretary general but ‘forbade him from any travel for the purposes of the investigation’, he added.

During his detention, Salman had been asked about the content of a speech he gave on Friday.

BDST: 1658 HRS, DEC 29, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor