Madaripur:
In Madaripur, Kalkini Upazila Daily Jatadin correspondent Shahidul Islam was tied to a tree and later an extortion case was shown to be arrested. The High Court has issued a ruling to know why action will not be taken against the culprits.
On Sunday (April 09), the High Court bench of Justice Kazi Reza-ul Haque and Justice Mohammad Ullah issued this rule on its own initiative.
Home Secretary, Inspector General of Police, Superintendent of Police of Madaripur and Kalkini Upazila Nirbahi Officer and OC have been asked to respond to this rule.
An officer who is not below the rank of SP has been asked to conduct an investigation into the incident and submit a report to the court.
The court issued this rule on Sunday after the report titled ‘Tratching the journalist to a tree and arresting a case after a case’.
According to the newspaper report, he was tortured when he went to collect the news of the election campaign of East Ennatnagar Unitn Parishad elections last Friday afternoon, but he was arrested on Friday night and sent to jail on Saturday.
According to various sources including Shahidul's family, police, Shahidul Islam went to East Entetnagar Unit to collect news of the election campaign on Friday afternoon. When he went to take pictures of the election campaign, Badal Talukdar, the candidate of Awami League, and his supporters launched an ambustic attack on mobile phone sets and cameras from Shahidul.
When he informed him immediately, the police rescued him and arrested two people named Sarrotar Talukdar (30) and Nazmul Khan (17), the younger brother of the candidate of Kalkini Thana, who were the Chalman post. When he was ill, he was treated at Kalkini Upazila Health Complex and he was treated in the Kalkini Upazila Health Complex. The Kalkini Thana police arrested Shahidul at night and then he was taken to the court on Saturday morning and ordered to send him to jail after the court hearing.