Protests erupt after anti-graft woman journalist arrested in Bangladesh 2 minutes read
Dhaka, May 19, (EFE).- Bangladeshi journalists protested for the second day on Wednesday, demanding the release of a female investigative reporter arrested on charges of stealing confidential government documents.
A Dhaka court sent journalist Rozina Islam, 42, a senior reporter with Prothom Alo newspaper, one of the largest circulated in the country, to judicial custody on Tuesday after police charged her with a colonial-era law, the Official Secrets Act.
The court will hear her bail application on Thursday.
Rozina earned her fame for reporting on corruption in Bangladesh’s health sector during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 18 May 2021 02:04 PM BdST
Updated: 18 May 2021 02:04 PM BdST
Two ‘robbers’ have died in a so-called shootout with police from the Detective Branch in Dhaka. );
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The incident occurred in the Khilkhet area around 2:45 am on Tuesday, police said.
The dead have been identified as Russel, 30, and Yamin, 36. They were implicated in several cases of robbery, murder and drug trafficking, police said.
A joint team of officers from Khilkhet Police Station clashed with a group of armed robbers who were in an autorickshaw, said Moshiur Rahman, deputy commissioner of the Gulshan division of detective police.
The police seized the autorickshaw and arrested two robbers at the end of the gunfight.
By SM Moshiur Rahman,
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They were produced before the court with a seven-day remand prayer in the afternoon, the OC said.
Their names were not mentioned in the case but police found evidence of their involvement with the violence and subversive activities carried out during March 28 hartal.
Soon after the attack and vandalism on Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Sylhet highways, police and Rapid Action Battalion filed six cases with the police station. Later, two more cases were filed.
So far, law enforcers arrested 35 people in connection with the cases.
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