Abul Asad, Editor of Daily Sangram, was placed on a three-day remand on Saturday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
Earlier on Friday he was handed over to Hatirjheel Police Station for describing executed war criminal Abdul Quader Molla as a ‘martyr’ in a report carried by the Daily Sangram.
Later, he was shown arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act with Hatirjheel Police Station by ward 36 Muktijoddha Commander Afzal Hossain.
Seeking five days remand, Golam Azad, inspector of Hatirjheel Police Station and also the investigation officer of the case, produced Abul Asad before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhiman Chandra Mandal.
After the hearing, the court granted three days remand for interrogating him.
Police detained Abul Asad as his newspaper described Abdul Quader Molla, an executed war criminal, as a ‘martyr’ in a report published on December 12.
On Friday leaders of Muktijuddho Mancha vandalised the office of Jamaat-e-Islami mouthpiece the ‘Daily Sangram’ following its report.
Leaders and activists of the Mancha, led by its President Aminul Islam Bulbul and Secretary Al Mamun, gathered in front of the office and attacked it. They vandalised several televisions, computers and furniture of the office.