Probir Sikdar on 3-day remand
A Faridpur court yesterday placed journalist Probir Sikdar, the owner of online newspaper Uttaradhikar Ekattor News, on a three-day remand in a case filed under the Information and Communi-cation Technology Act. Judge of Faridpur Cognisance Court-1 M Hamidul Islam passed the order in response to a police plea seeking a 10-day remand against the journalist. Advocate Ali Asraf Mohammad Nannu and Advocate Masud Rana stood for Probir while Assistant Public Prosecutor Swapan Kumer Pal represented the state. Members of the Detective Branch of police detained Probir Sikdar from his Indira Road office in the capital on Sunday evening. The detectives took him to the DB office at Minto Road in the capital for interrogation, citing he was feeling insecure. Later the same day, a case was filed with Kotwali Police Station of Faridpur against the journalist under the ICT Act.
Swapan Paul, adviser to the Puja Udjapan Committee of Faridpur, filed the case with Kotwali Police Station around 11pm. The plaintiff in his case statement said Probir in a Facebook status claimed to be under threat and that LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moosa bin Shamser and condemned fugitive war criminal Abul Kalam Azad would be responsible if he was killed, said police.
