The verified Facebook page of State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has been hacked.

The Ministry for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, on its official Facebook page around 3:22am, gave a status over the hacking of the state minister’s page.

A status regarding politics was uploaded on the verified Facebook page of Nasrul Hamid around 1:39am which created confusion among his followers, according to sources at the ministry.

However Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Special Assistant Barrister Shah Ali Farhad in a comment under the same status confirmed that Nasrul Hamid’s Facebook page was hacked.

Shah Ali Farhad also urged Hamid’s followers to not get confused by the matter.