The Daily Prothom Alo’s reporter Shamsuzzaman Shams was released on bail on Monday evening, a few hours after he was granted bail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at 6:22pm as the bail order reached the jail authorities.
Subhas Kumar Ghosh, Senior Jail Super of the jail, confirmed the matter to Jago News.
Earlier in the day, Shamsuzzaman secured bail in the case filed with Ramna Police Station in Dhaka.
Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order on a bond of Tk 20,000.
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On March 29, one advocate named Abdul Moshiur Maleque filed the case against him over a news report published on the daily on March 26. Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, a cameraman and some unidentified people were also made accused in the case.
Another case was also filed against Shamsuzzman with Tejgaon Police Station in Dhaka under the DSA. A Juba League leader named Syed Md Golam Kibria, 36, lodged the lawsuit.
The case statement said Prothom Alo published a false report on its website and shared it on social media platforms on Independence Day March 26 to confuse people about Independence and Liberation War, question the country’s achievements, and damage the image of the government.
Shamsuzzaman, Savar staff correspondent of the daily, made the report.