Entertainment Report :
Popular actress Jaya Ahsan condemned the arrest of Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam, who fell sick after being held for five hours inside the Bangladesh Secretariat, reportedly by Health Ministry officials on Monday, May 17, 2021. “Rozina went there to perform her duties as a journalist. We all saw how she was lying on the floor after being assaulted by the authorities. Are we not civilized? Is this how we treat our journalists?” the National Award-winning actress wrote. She also mentioned, “The hands firmly pressed on Rozina’s neck symbolise the muzzling of free speech and free press in this country. This is a shameful incident that sullied the country’s 50th anniversary of independence. I am demanding the immediate release of Rozina Islam.”
Jaya Ahsan called the arrest of Rozina Islam ‘a shameful act that sullied the country’s 50th anniversary celebration of independence’ and demanded her immediate release. Rozina Islam, who was
confined to a government office and later arrested under the Official Secrets Act, said she has been treated wrongfully for reports on irregularities at the Health Ministry.
Rozina has been taken to Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail
in Gazipur from Dhaka.
