Photojournalist Shafiqul on 2-day remand

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol on a two-day remand in a case filed with Hazaribagh police station under the Digital Security Act.

Metropolitan magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary passed the remand order after virtual hearing.

Shafiqul was produced before the court through videoconferencing.

Earlier, sub-inspector Mohammad Rassel Mollah of Detective Branch of Police and also investigation officer of the case, submitted the remand plea.

The court also rejected a bail appeal submitted by defence lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua.

Usmin Ara Beli, a member of Bangladesh Jubo Mahila League's Central Committee, filed the case on 10 March.

Later, Shafiqul was shown arrested in the case.

On 23 June, A Dhaka court denied bail to photojournalist Shafiqul in a case filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station under the Digital Security Act (DSA).

The journalist had gone missing on 10 March, a day after the case was filed by the Awami League's Magura-1 MP Saifuzzaman Shikhor.

Two other cases were filed against Shafiqul Islam Kajol with Kamrangirchar and Hazaribagh police stations under the DSA on 10 and 11 March.

After his 53-day disappearance, Kajol was detained by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Benapole border in Jashore on 3 May.

Detained on the charge of trespassing by BGB, Kajol was produced before Jashore court on 3 May.

Although the court granted him bail in the case, he was sent to jail as Kotwali police brought another charge against Shafiqul under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.