Prothom Alo editor granted bail in a case under DSA

Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman has been granted bail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

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

Prothom Alo editor's lawyer Proshanto Kumar Karmakar confirmed this.

He said Prothom Alo editor submitted the bail petition to the metropolitan sessions judge court on 3 May in accordance with the order after the High Court granted him an anticipatory bail.

Prothom Alo editor is respectful to the court and he did not violate the condition of bail.

Prashanto Kumar also said the court granted bail to Prothom Alo editor hearing the petition.

Lawyer Sumon Kumar Roy and lawyer Bahauddin Al Imran also stood for Prothom Alo editor.

The court's additional public prosecutor Taposh Kumar Paul represented the state.

Lawyer Abdul Maleque filed the case against Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman and staff correspondent (Savar) Samsuzzaman with Ramna police station under the Digital Security Act in the dead of night on 29 March.

On 2 April, the High Court granted a six-week anticipatory bail to Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman in the case.

In the same case, after languishing in jail for several days, Prothom Alo staff correspondent Samsuzzaman got bail.

A ‘graphics card’ was prepared with contents from a report of Prothom Alo Online for sharing in its Facebook page on 26 March. Two cases were filed under the Digital Security Act over the card. Syed Md. Golam Kibria filed another case under the Digital Security Act with Tejgaon police station.