UNB, Faridpur :
A court here on Tuesday put journalist Probir Sikdar on a three-day remand in a case filed under under the Information and Communication Technology (amendment) Act 2013.
Judge of Cognisance Court-1 of Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court M Hamidul Islam passed the order in a hearing on a petition filed by police seeking a 10-day remand for him.
Earlier, members of the Detective Branch of police picked up Probir Sikdar, the owner of online newspaper ‘Uttaradhikar Ekattor News’, from his Indira Road office in the capital on Sunday evening.
The detectives took him to the DB office at Minto
Road in the capital for interrogation, citing he was feeling insecure. Shortly afterwards, a case was filed with Kotwali Police Station of Faridpur against the journalist under the ICT Act. Swapan Paul, adviser to the Puja Udjapan Committee of Faridpur, filed the case with Kotwali Police Station around 11pm. The plaintiff in his case statement said Probir in a Facebook status claimed to be under threat and that LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moosa bin Shamser and condemned fugitive war criminal Abul Kalam Azad would be responsible if he was killed, said police.
He termed the allegation against the minister false, saying the journalist posted the status to intentionally tarnish the image of the leader of the mass people. Following the filing of the case, the DB handed Probir to Kotwali Model Police Station in Faridpur.
A court here on Tuesday put journalist Probir Sikdar on a three-day remand in a case filed under under the Information and Communication Technology (amendment) Act 2013.
Judge of Cognisance Court-1 of Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court M Hamidul Islam passed the order in a hearing on a petition filed by police seeking a 10-day remand for him.
Earlier, members of the Detective Branch of police picked up Probir Sikdar, the owner of online newspaper ‘Uttaradhikar Ekattor News’, from his Indira Road office in the capital on Sunday evening.
The detectives took him to the DB office at Minto
Road in the capital for interrogation, citing he was feeling insecure. Shortly afterwards, a case was filed with Kotwali Police Station of Faridpur against the journalist under the ICT Act. Swapan Paul, adviser to the Puja Udjapan Committee of Faridpur, filed the case with Kotwali Police Station around 11pm. The plaintiff in his case statement said Probir in a Facebook status claimed to be under threat and that LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moosa bin Shamser and condemned fugitive war criminal Abul Kalam Azad would be responsible if he was killed, said police.
He termed the allegation against the minister false, saying the journalist posted the status to intentionally tarnish the image of the leader of the mass people. Following the filing of the case, the DB handed Probir to Kotwali Model Police Station in Faridpur.
