Journalist Probir Sikdar, sued in a libel case over a Facebook status about LGRD Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, has thanked every one for their role in hastening his release.
The senior journalist made the statement in a Facebook post on early Thursday, hours after he was released on bail.
"Reached home now after getting released from Faridpur district jail. I express my gratitude to all for supporting me. I am mesmerised at the love of all the people," Probir wrote.
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The journalist was picked up by the Detective Branch (DB) of police on the evening of August 16 and taken to DB headquarters on Mintoo Road in the capital.
Later, he was sued on August 16 under the ICT Act for comments made on social media about LGRD Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain.
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On August 17, a Faridpur court sent him to jail after the investigation officer produced him before it. The senior journalist was put on a three-day remand on the following day.
On August 12, Probir, editor of online news portal Uttoradhikar 71 News, in a Facebook post wrote that several gangs had been kept ready in Dhaka and Faridpur to teach him a lesson. Two days later, he posted that three people – LGRD Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, business tycoon Moosa bin Shamsher and fugitive war crimes convict Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar, and their supporters – would be responsible if anything happened to him.
On July 22, Probir had attempted to file a general diary at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station over concerns for his personal security, but the police allegedly refused to take down the GD.