Kajol charged in another DSA case
Investigators have brought charges against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in another case filed under the Digital Security Act stating that his purpose was to deteriorate law and order through aggressive intimidation and posting defamatory photos and writings on Facebook.
Among the 32 accused named in the first information report (FIR) of the case, police found evidence only against Kajol.
Bangla daily Manabzamin Editor-in-Chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, its staff reporter Al Amin, and 29 others were not named in the charge sheet of the case, filed by ruling Awami League lawmaker (Magura-1) Saifuzzaman Shikhor, as the investigators did not find any evidence against them, according to the police probe report.
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Case Against Kajol: Court fixes March 24 to decide on charges Court Correspondent Court Correspondent
A Dhaka tribunal will decide on March 24 whether to accept the charges pressed against photographer Shafiqul Islam Kajol who has been accused of circulating indecent, defamatory, objectionable and false information about several ministers, MPs and Jubo Mohila League leaders on Facebook.
After receiving the case dockets, Judge Mohammad Ash Sams Joglul Hossain of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal yesterday set the date, according to Shamim Al Mamun, bench assistant of the tribunal.
The judge asked Kajol to appear before the tribunal on March 24.
After a probe that took almost 10 months, Sub-inspector Mohammad Russell Mollah of the Detective Branch of police gave the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate s Court of Dhaka on January 27 in the case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Sued Under DSA: Journo Kajol’s case moved to cyber tribunal Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
A case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was yesterday transferred to Dhaka Cyber Tribunal for trial.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AM Zulfikar Hayat passed the order after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents in the case.
The case was filed over circulating indecent, defamatory, objectionable and fake information on some ministers, lawmakers and top Jubo Mahila League leaders on Facebook.
On February 4, Mohammad Russell Mollah, sub-inspector of Detective Branch of police and also the investigation officer, submitted the charge sheet with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate s Court of Dhaka in the case.
DSA Case Against Journalist Kajol: Charged with ‘defaming ministers, MPs, leaders’
Investigation is flawed, says his lawyer
Investigators have charged photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol with circulating indecent, defamatory, objectionable and fake information about some ministers, lawmakers and top Jubo Mahila League leaders on Facebook.
After an almost 10-month long probe, Sub-inspector Mohammad Russell Mollah of Detective Branch of police, the investigation officer, filed the charge sheet with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate s Court of Dhaka on February 4 in a case under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Usmin Ara Bally, a member of the central committee of Bangladesh Jubo Mahila League, a wing of the ruling Awami League, filed the case with Hazaribagh Police Station on March 10 last year.