Bangladesh
Journalists land in jail for investigating RHD corruption charges
bdnews24.com's Sanjay Kumar Das and Maasranga Television's Patuakhali Correspondent Md Jalil surrendered in court and sought bail on Tuesday.
The court of Patuakhali's Judicial Magistrate Tapan Kumar Dey ignored their pleas and sent them to jail.
Das was investigating the auction of various obsolete equipment and materials including those of a Bailey bridge by the RHD in Patuakhali.
The bdnews24.com investigation did not find address of three firms which won the auction. They are Nazma Enterprise, Gazi Trading Corporation and Karnaphuli Engineering.
Sanjay Kumar Das
Patuakhali RHD Sub-Assistant Engineer Md Hasan Al-Mamun filed the case with Patuakhali Sadar Police Station on April 25 against the journalists and five other unidentified people.
On July 31, Assistant Sub-Inspector Azharul Islam submitted the chargesheet of the case.
The court had earlier set Aug 28 to hear the matter.
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