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Three put on remand for assaulting News24 journalists
DHAKA, Feb 12, 2020 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today placed three people on
one-day remand each in a case lodged over assaulting two journalists of
private TV channel News24.
The remanded accused: are Sabbir, Jonny and Golam Mostafa.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ziaur Rahman passed the order as police
produced the trio before the court and pleaded to place them on seven-day
remand.
Meanwhile, another accused in the case, Mehedi Hasan Noyon gave
confessional statement before court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate
Satyabrata Shikder.
Police arrested the four in separate drives last night from different
parts of old Dhaka.
Miscreants swooped on the News24 reporter Fakhrul Islam and cameraman
Sheikh Jalal and vandalised their car while they were collecting news on a
drive against the misuse of bond facilities by the customs department in
Nayabazar area of Old Dhaka yesterday.
BSS/CORR/MHR/RY/19:23 hrs