Sheershanews.com editor Ekramul Huq was arrested from his Mogbazar house early Sunday.
A senior journalist of Sheershanews said Ekramul Huq was arrested on charge of extortion from one Giasuddin Talukdar.
Kalabagan thana police arrested him.
Ekramul Huq has been placed under two-day police remand for interrogation in connection with the extortion case.
The police produced him before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court, Dhaka, at 12:30pm seeking three-day remand for interrogation and the court granted the remand rejecting his bail petition.
In his remand plea Kalabagan thana sub-inspector Atiqur Rahman, who is also the investigation officer of the case prayed that the accused demanded Tk 20 lakh as extortion money from Giasuddin Talukder, the complainant of the case and owner of 'Balaka National, a business house.
Playing down the allegation, Ekramul Huq's counsel Sheikh Hemayet Hossain submitted that the case filed against his client was fabricated, false and baseless and lodged with ill motive as Ekramul Huq on several occasion published investigative reports in his media on corruption and irregularities by a section of business people.
After hearing metropolitan magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order rejecting the bail petition submitted by Sheikh Hemayet Hossain, who is also the president of Dhaka Ainjibi Samity.
Source : New Age
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