Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said Rangamati journalist Fazle Elahi will get justice.
He came up with the assurance while briefing journalists after a meeting with the leaders of the Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) at the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka.
He said: “The Digital Security Act (DSA) is needed to curb cybercrimes in the country. Many journalists have lodged complaints under the DSA.
“However, journalists who get harassed in false cases taking advantage of the DSA should be stopped. Only the offenders need to be punished.”
The minister further said: “I don’t know the details about journalist Fazle Elahi’s incident. He was granted bail in the DSA case filed by a person. The ministry will monitor the incident so that the journalist gets justice.”
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Mentioning that daily newspapers are violating the conditions of their declaration by organizing talk shows on their online platforms, he said there is no scope for arranging talk shows on the online platforms of newspapers.
Urging people not to pay heed to rumours, the minister said Padma Bridge will be inaugurated on June 25.
A Rangamati court on Wednesday granted bail to journalist Fazle Elahi in a case filed under the DSA.
Rangamati Senior Judicial Magistrate Fatema Begum Mukta granted the bail and asked Elahi, editor of Dainik Parbatya Chittagong and Pahar 24.com, to appear before the Chittagong Cyber Tribunal within seven days.
Earlier, Nazneen Anwar, daughter of former Rangamati MP Firoza Begum Chinu, lodged a complaint with police against Elahi under the DSA over publishing a report against her mother.
Chittagong Cyber Tribunal issued an arrest warrant against Elahi following the case and police arrested him from his ADC Hill residence in Rangamati on Tuesday evening.