A Dhaka court has granted bail for the editor of Daily Inqilab AMM Bahauddin in a case filed over a false report published on the daily.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate SM Ashikur Rahman passed the order on Sunday afternoon taking a Tk10,000 bond.
Syed Ahmed Gazi, lawyer of the Inqilab editor, filed the bail petition before the court.
A case was filed against Inqilab publisher AMM Bahauddin, the editor, the chief news editor and a reporter.
Sub-Inspector Md Jahangir Alam filed the case with the capital’s Wari police station saying the Bangla daily had published a false report claiming the joint forces had conducted raids in Satkhira with the help of Indian military forces.
The case statement said the report was false, fabricated, intentional and misguiding and had tarnished the image of Bangladesh abroad. Moreover, the report had also tarnished the image of law enforcement and security forces.