A tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday for the third time rejected a bail
petition of Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of rights body Odhikar, in a
case filed for violating ICT law.
Adilur who is now at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur was arrested on August 10 hours after a case was filed for publishing a false report and doctoring photos on the police crackdown on a Hefajat-e Islam rally.
Odhikar Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan was also implicated in the case, which was filed under Information and Communication Technology Act.
The charges levelled against Adilur have been proved primarily and so, the bail petition has been rejected, said AKM Shamsul Alam, judge of the Cyber Crime Tribunal, during Wednesday’s proceedings.
On September 19, Adilur’s lawyer submitted the bail petition before the tribunal saying his client was implicated in the case aiming to harass him.
Adilur, who was denied bail twice earlier in the same case, was produced before the tribunal Wednesday.
The court also directed officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station to submit by October 21 the report on the execution of arrest warrant against fugitive Odhikar director Elan.
On September 11, the same tribunal issued an arrest warrant for Elan.
Detective Branch of police pressed charges against Adilur and Elan on September 4 after probing rights body Odhikar’s claim that 61 people had died in the crackdown in the early hours of May 6.
Adilur and Elan were charged under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, 2006 and the Penal Code.
In the probe report, Elan was shown as fugitive.
If found guilty, they might face up to 14 years in jail or Tk 1 crore fine under the Act and seven years’ jail term under the Penal Code.
Adilur who is now at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur was arrested on August 10 hours after a case was filed for publishing a false report and doctoring photos on the police crackdown on a Hefajat-e Islam rally.
Odhikar Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan was also implicated in the case, which was filed under Information and Communication Technology Act.
The charges levelled against Adilur have been proved primarily and so, the bail petition has been rejected, said AKM Shamsul Alam, judge of the Cyber Crime Tribunal, during Wednesday’s proceedings.
On September 19, Adilur’s lawyer submitted the bail petition before the tribunal saying his client was implicated in the case aiming to harass him.
Adilur, who was denied bail twice earlier in the same case, was produced before the tribunal Wednesday.
The court also directed officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station to submit by October 21 the report on the execution of arrest warrant against fugitive Odhikar director Elan.
On September 11, the same tribunal issued an arrest warrant for Elan.
Detective Branch of police pressed charges against Adilur and Elan on September 4 after probing rights body Odhikar’s claim that 61 people had died in the crackdown in the early hours of May 6.
Adilur and Elan were charged under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, 2006 and the Penal Code.
In the probe report, Elan was shown as fugitive.
If found guilty, they might face up to 14 years in jail or Tk 1 crore fine under the Act and seven years’ jail term under the Penal Code.
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