Ahmed Kabir Kishore and Mushtaq Ahmed CollectedThe two were arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security ActA virtual court in Dhaka on Sunday refused to hear the bail petitions of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed in a case filed against them under the Digital Security Act. Metropolitan Magistrate Shadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury of Virtual Court-2 refused to hear the petitions. This, since a seven-day remand petition submitted by Ramna police station Sub-Inspector Jamshedul Aam, also the case investigation officer, is currently pending. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Kishore and Mushtaq from Dhaka’s Kakrail and Lalmatia areas respectively on May 5. RAB-3 Deputy Assistant Director Abu Bakkar Siddique filed the case against the two and nine others with Ramna police station.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2020 17:26 UTC