Court Correspondent:
Dhaka, Sept-08,
A tribunal on Wednesday
accepted charges against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed
under the Digital Security Act (DSA) at Kamrangirchar Police Station.
Judge Ash Sams Joglul
Hossain of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal accepted the charges and fixed October 20
for framing charges against Kajol in the case.
Kajol went missing on
March 10, 2020, a day after Magura-1 MP Saifuzzaman Shikhor filed a case
against him and 31 others, including Manab Zamin Editor Matiur Rahman
Chowdhury.
They were sued under
the DSA for publishing and sharing an article on social media about expelled
Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia.
Two other cases were
filed against Kajol at Kamrangir Char and Hazaribagh police stations under the
same act on March 10 and March 11.
After his 53 days of
disappearance, Kajol was detained by Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) near the
Benapole border on May 3 and produced in a Jashore court on the same day.
Although the court
granted him bail in the case, he was sent to jail as Kotwali police brought
another charge against him under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
On October 19, 2020, the High Court issued a rule asking the
government to explain why photojournalist Kajol should not be granted bail in
the case filed at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.
On November 24, 2020,
the photojournalist secured bail in another case filed against him under the
DSA.
On December 17, that
year, the High Court granted him bail in two cases filed under the DSA,
clearing the way for his release.
He was freed from Dhaka
Central Jail on December 25 last year.
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