Prothom Alo journo Shams shifted to Kashimpur jail
Prothom Alo's Savar correspondent Shamsuzzaman Shams has been transferred to Kashimpur Central Jail from the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj after a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, on Thursday, denied his bail plea in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
He was brought to the Kashimpur Jail around 1:30pm, Jail Superintendent Md Shahjahan told the media on Friday.
Shamsuzzaman's lawyer Prashanta Karmaker said his client was shown arrest in the DSA case filed with the Ramna Police Station and was taken to court around 10:30am Thursday, some 30 hours after his detention.
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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) did not show him arrest in the DSA case that was filed at the Tejgaon police station, he added.
Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, correspondent Samsuzzaman Shams, an unnamed assistant cameraman and a few others, unnamed, were sued in the case lodged by Supreme Court Lawyer Abdul Malek alias Mashiur Malek at the Ramna Police Station around 11:10pm on Wednesday.
The case against Shamsuzzaman and Prothom Alo editor was filed under sections 25(2), 31 and 35 of the DSA.
According to Shamsuzzaman's family, the reporter was detained from his Savar home by plainclothes men, identifying as police, around 4am and released at around 12:30am on Wednesday in the capital's Agargaon area. But within 10 minutes of release, he was again picked up by the police and taken to the Ramna police station.
Meanwhile, people across the country and various organisations protested the arrest of Prothom Alo reporter Shamsuzzaman and the DSA case against the daily's Editor Matiur Rahman.
