Now there is no bar to release Kajol as the court granted him bail in the rest two cases, his lawyer saidThe High Court has granted bail to photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in two cases filed under the Digital Security Act. “Now there is no bar to releasing him as the court granted him bail in the rest two cases,” the lawyer said. On November 24, the same bench granted bail to Kajol in another case filed under the Digital Security Act. Kajol, who had previously worked as a photojournalist at national dailies such as Dainik Samakal and Banik Barta, is the editor of the fortnightly magazine Pokkhokal. Shown formally arrested in the cases, Kajol has been in jail since then.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 17, 2020 05:37 UTC