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Published : 18 Jan 2014, 04:57 PM
A statement published on the newspaper’s online version on Saturday said, “We are sorry that the news titled ‘Indian Army assists joint forces in Satkhira’ was published on our front page on Jan 16 (Thursday).”
The editor of the paper said that to avoid recurrence of ‘such a thing’ one should be careful before publishing news on a matter so sensitive.
The Daily Inqilab in its report had claimed, “The government has deployed the Indian Army to stifle the mass movement for caretaker government in Satkhira. The foreign ministry, with consent from the Prime Minister’s office, sent a letter to Delhi asking for assistance from their army.”
The government dismissed the news saying it was baseless to claim that Indian forces were present in Bangladesh.
Police filed a case against the newspaper under the ICT Act at Wari Police Station on Thursday and raided its office at RK Mission road.
The law enforcers padlocked the press and computer room of the newspaper founded by late Maulana Abdul Mannan, known for his active opposition to the Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
Inqilab’s news editor Rabiulla Robi, diplomatic correspondent Ahmed Atik and deputy chief correspondent Rafiq Mohammad were arrested.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has demanded that the journalists be released and newspaper’s press be reopened.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Inqilab’s press would be unsealed only if court gives a verdict in its favour.
