The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a High Court order that granted bail to Moniruzzaman Monir, an accused in the Jamalpur journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case.
The bail has been stayed for eight weeks.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order following a petition filed by the state seeking stay on the High Court order.
On September 18 and 25, the HC granted bail to Babul, the prime accused, and Monir respectively following separate petitions filed by them seeking bail in the case.
On September 20, the Supreme Court stayed a High Court order that granted bail to expelled union parishad chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, the main accused in the murder case of Jamalpur journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim.
The bail was stayed till November 20.
Earlier, a Jamalpur court rejected the bail of six accused, including expelled union parishad chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu. Additional District and Sessions Judge Sultan Mahmud rejected their bail pleas.
Nadim, who was seriously injured in an attack allegedly by some supporters of Babu in the Pathati area of Bokshiganj upazila on June 14, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital the next day.
He was the Jamalpur correspondent for Banglanews24.com and a Bokshiganj upazila correspondent for Ekattor Television. He was also a member of the Jamalpur Press Club.
A case was lodged against 47 people naming now-suspended Sadhurpara Union Parishad (UP) chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu as the key accused in connection with Nadim's murder.
So far, 16 people have been arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Nadim.
