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DSA case: Photojournalist Kajol put on 2-day remand

A virtual court in Dhaka has placed photojournalist and the editor of Daily Pokkhokal Shafiqul Islam Kajol on a two-day remand in a case filed with Hajaribagh Police Station under the Digital Security Act (DSA).

Metropolitan Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary passed the remand order on Sunday.

Earlier on June 24, a virtual court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeman Chandra Mondol denied the bail prayer of Kajol in another case filled with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station under the DSA Act.

The journalist had gone missing on March 10, a day after the case was filed by the Awami League’s Magura-1 MP Saifuzzaman Shikhor.

Kajol and 30 others, including Manabzamin Editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, were accused in the case filed under the DSA over the publishing and sharing of a news article on social media regarding the expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia.

After his 53-day disappearance, Kajol was detained by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at the Benapole border in Jashore on May 3.

Detained on the charge of trespassing by BGB, Kajol was produced before Jashore court on May 3.

Although the court granted him bail in the case, he was sent to jail as Kotwali police brought another charge against Kajol under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.