Journalist Hedayet on 3-day remand

Staff Correspondent, Khulna: A Khulna court has placed Dhaka Tribune’s Khulna Correspondent Hedait Hossain Mollah on three-day remand.

Khulna Judicial Magistrate Court-3 Judge Nayan Biswas passed the order Wednesday noon.

Hedayet, also the city editor of local newspaper Dainik Prabah, was arrested from Gollamari area on Tuesday in a case filed under the Digital Security ACT for the reporting ‘wrong’ information regarding election results.

Rashedul Islam, the Khulna correspondent of Daily Manabzamin, was also sued under the same case.

Khulna Assistant Returning Officer and Batiaghata Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Debashish Chowdhury filed the case with Batiaghata police station.

The reports published in Dhaka Tribune and Daily Manabzamin stated 22,000 plus votes more than the total voter cast in the constituency.


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