A Rajshahi court on Monday rejected the bail plea of two staffers of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in a case filed over attack on two journalists in Rajshahi on September 5.
Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-4 Judge Mohammad Foisal Tareq passed the order and sent Md Jibon, 22, and driver Abdus Sabur, 47 to jail at around 1:30pm, said Maidul Islam, officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Rajpara police station.
Earlier on Monday, they were arrested from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.
The two absconding staffers were arrested around 4am from a flat in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area in a drive conducted by a team of Rajpara police station.
On September 5, reporter Bulbul Habib and camera person Rubel Islam of ATN News came under an attack on the premises of BMDA by it 15-20 staffs when they went there to collect information for news.
Later, the reporter filed a case against seven identified people and 10 others unidentified at the local police station.
The accused are BMDA’s Executive Director (ED) Md Abdur Rashid, storekeeper Md Jibon, ED’s Peon Selim, Personal Assistant Nurul Islam, office assistant Faruk, driver Abdus Sabur and Ansar member Enamul.