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Former Awami League MP Golam Maula Rony indicted for manhandling journalists
A Dhaka court has cleared trial of former ruling party MP Golam Maula Rony on charges of confining and beating journalists in his office.
Published : 28 July 2016, 09:10 AM
Updated : 28 July 2016, 09:11 AM
He was indicted on Thursday by a metropolitan magistrate's court.
The court rejected Rony’s plea to let him off from the charges and fixed Oct 20 for witness’ depositions.
In July 2013, Independent TV reporter Imtiaz Momin Sony and cameraman Mohsin Mukul were beaten up at Rony’s office in Meherba Plaza of Topkhana Road.
The journalists went to his office to collect news for the television channel’s crime show ‘Talash’.
Rony stands accused of assaulting the journalist while being interviewed. He allegedly snatched the microphone and camera before smashing them.
The TV channel filed a case the same day and in June 2014, police pressed charges on him.
The case’s proceedings had been halted due to a revision suit filed with the Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge’s court.
The lawsuit was scrapped last year clearing the trial against Rony.
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