Missing journo Kajol traced

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained Journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, who had been missing since March 10, from Benapole border in Jashore on allegation of intruding into the country from India.

The BGB members nabbed Kajol at a field in Sadipur village, adjacent to the border, early Sunday (May 3), confirmed Roghunathpur BGB Camp Commander Havildar Ashek Ali.

Kajol was later handed over to Benapole port police station in a case filed against him.

Benapole port police station's officer-in-charge Mamun Khan Kajol and journalist Kajol's family also confirmed the matter of detention.

Kajol, who had previously worked as a photojournalist at national dailies, "Dainik Samakal" and "Banik Barta," is the editor of the fortnightly magazine,"Pokkhokal."

Kajol and 30 others, including Manabzamin Editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, were accused in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for publishing and sharing a news article on social media regarding expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia.

The journalist had been missing since March 10, a day after the case was filed by Saifuzzaman Shikhor, ruling party lawmaker for Magura 1, with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka.

Kajol's family filed a general diary with the Chawkbazar police station in the capital on March 12 and later filed a case on March 18 with the same police station regarding the disappearance.

 

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