Dhaka Tribune journalist Ariful Islam has said the authorities have told him lies about the bail he was granted by a court in Kurigram.
He came up with the allegation on Sunday after he was taken to Kurigram General Hospital directly from the district jail.
Photo shows bruised back of Dhaka Tribune journalist Ariful Islam | Dhaka Tribune"An employee of the jail came to me on Saturday night and told me to sign on a paper as my family filed a bail petition," he said.
"And today [Sunday], I came to know the fact that my family did not do so."
Ailing Ariful, Kurigram district correspondent for Dhaka Tribune and Bangla Tribune, was granted bail by Additional District Magistrate Sujauddowla on Sunday.
Dhaka Tribune journalist Ariful Islam receives medical help at Kurigram General Hospital on Sunday, March 15, 2020 | Dhaka Tribune
He was given bail on Tk25,000 bond and under the custody of Kurigram Press Club President Ahsan Habib Nilu, also a lawyer.
When asked, Advocate Sakhawat Hossain, who stood for Ariful, said Ahsan Habib appointed him for the purpose.
On March 14, the journalist was sent to jail, soon after a mobile court, set up at the office of the Kurigram deputy commissioner (DC), ended the trial proceedings.
The mobile court in the dead of night jailed the journalist for a year, after law enforcement members led by magistrates picked him up from his home in Kurigram town.
The mobile court brought an allegation against the journalist that drugs and alcohol were recovered from his possession, which his family termed absurd.