Detective police yesterday arrested three journalists of the Bangla daily Inqilab and sealed off its printing press located at the capital’s Ramkrishna Mission Road on charges of publishing a false report.
The detectives led the drive immediately after the filing of a case against Inqilab publisher AMM Bahauddin, the editor, the chief news editor and a reporter. The case was filed with the capital’s Wari police station under the Information and Communication Technology Act.
The arrested journalists were Rabiulla Ulla Robi, a news editor, Rafiq Mohammad, a deputy chief reporter, and Ahmmed Atiq, a reporter of Inqilab. Computers used by these journalists were seized and several rooms in the office were sealed off.
Deputy Commissioner Jahangir Hossain Matubbor of DMP East Division said, “We arrested reporter Ahmmed Atiq for filing the report, and news editor Rabiulla Ulla Robi and deputy chief reporter Rafiq Mohammad who helped him write it.”
“We are trying to arrest the publisher, the editor and the chief news editor. They were not found in the office,” he added. DB officials accompanied by a Rab team conducted the hour-long drive at 9pm at the Inqilab office.
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 false report also said Indian forces were deployed to resist the movement against the government. It said with the prime minister’s approval, the foreign ministry had sent a letter to Delhi seeking help,” the case statement read.
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.
