Bail pleas of Inqilab journos rejected

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Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of two journalists of the Dainik Inqilab after hearing. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jahurul Haque passed the order at noon after hearing on two separate bail petitions. The two accused media men are News Editor Rabiullah Rabi and Deputy Chief Reporter Rafique Mohammad of the daily. Earlier on January 17, Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court also rejected the bail plea.Other journalist of the daily, diplomatic reporter Atiqur Rahman is yet to submit his bail prayer to this court. After a two-day remand on January 29, he made a confessional statement to a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in the incident under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. On January 16, police arrested three journalists of the daily and sealed off its printing press at its RK Mission Road office in the capital.

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