Journalist Rozina Islam gets bail
PBC News: A Dhaka court has granted bail to Prothom Alo senior reporter Rozina Islam in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act.
Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah passed the order virtually on Sunday morning with a bond of Tk 5,000.
Rozina has also been asked to submit her passport.
On May 20, the hearing on the case was held and the same court set today to pass its order.
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The journalist was shown arrested in the case and sent to Kashimpur Women’s Jail on May 18 after her bail was rejected.
She was detained at the Ministry of Health inside the Bangladesh Secretariat at night of May 17 on charge of “stealing” government documents and taking photographs of them on her mobile phone without permission.
Deputy Secretary of Health Services Shibbir Ahmed filed the case against her with Ramna Police Station.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formed a three-member probe committee to look into the allegations of the journalist’s detention and also her subsequent handover to the police.
Meanwhile, the case of Rozina was transferred to the Detective Branch of police on May 19.
