Arrest warrant against Prothom Alo editor, 9 others

A Dhaka court on Thursday issued arrest warrants against 10 persons, including editor and publisher of the Bangla daily Prothom Alo, Matiur Rahman, in a case filed over the death due to alleged negligence, of Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar at a programme of Kishor Alo.

Dhaka’s additional chief metropolitan magistrate Md Kaysarul Islam passed the order taking the charge sheet into cognisance. Earlier in the afternoon, Mohammadpur police station filed the charge sheet.

Other accused persons are associate editor Anisul Hoque, head of events and activation Kabir Bakul, executive Shuvashish Pramanik, Kishor Alo senior sub editor Mahitul Alam, executive Shah Paran Tushar, Jasim Uddin of the the decoration and generator supplier company, Mosharraf Hossain, Sujan and Kamrul Hawlader.

On 6 November, the victim’s father Mojibur Rahman filed the case with the court in this connection. The court directed the Mohammedpur police to investigate the case and submit its report in this connection.

In the case, Mujibur Rahman alleged that his son Abrar was electrocuted during the anniversary programme of Prothom Alo’s youth magazine Kishor Alo on the DRMC premises on 1 November.