Court Correspondent,
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A Dhaka court has bailed six of the seven demonstrators arrested after clashes with the police during a torch procession demanding investigation into writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in jail custody and repeal of the Digital Security Act. );
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Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury granted them bail after hearing the petitions of the six accused on Sunday.
They are Tamjid Haider, Nozib Amir Chowdhury Joy, Akib Ahmed, Arafat Saad, Nazifa Jannat and Joyoti Chakrabarty.No bail petition was filed for another accused - ASM Tanjimur Rahman.
Arafat is involved with the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front while the rest are members of Bangladesh Students’ Union.
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Protesters denounce the Digital Security Act and demand investigation into the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed at the capital’s Shahbagh area. Students and teachers have been demonstrating since the writer, arrested nine months ago in a case filed under the act, died on Thursday. Photo: Palash Khan
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Hours after protesting writer Mushtaq Ahmed s detention under the Digital Security Act and subsequent death in custody, Ruhul Amin himself was sued under the controversial law.