A Dhaka court today (August 16) granted permanent bail to Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan sessions judge court acting judge Foysal Bin Atiq passed the order today.

Prothom Alo editor's lawyer Proshanto Kumar Karmakar confirmed the matter.

Earlier on Thursday (Jan 16), the court of Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Md Kaisarul Islam issued arrest warrants against 10 persons, including Prothom Alo editor, in the case.

The other accused are - Anisul Haque, associate editor of Prothom Alo, Kabir Bakul, head of event and activation of Kishor Alo, Shuvashish Pramanik Shuvo and Shah Paran Tushar, assistants at event and activation of Kishor Alo, Mahitul Alam Pavel, senior assistant editor of Kishor Alo, and four stage decorators -- Jasim Uddin Topu, Mosharraf Hossain, Md Sujan and Kamrul Hawlader.

Abrar was electrocuted during the anniversary programme of Prothom Alo’s youth magazine Kishor Alo on Friday.

On November 6, the victim’s father Mojibur Rahman filed the case with the Fourth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka in this connection.

BDST: 1811 HRS, AUGUST 16, 2023
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