ist couple Shakil-Rupa in 4 days remand

Jobber during the anti-discrimination student movement. The court granted four-day remand to Shakil Ahmed, chief news editor of private television channel Ekatar TV, and his wife, chief reporter Farzana Rupa, in the Fazlul Karim murder case.

On Thursday (August 22), Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ahmed Humayun ordered Kabir's remand.

Before this, the investigation officer of the case, Sub-Inspector of Uttara-Purba Police Station. Mohaiminur Rahman applied for a 10-day remand of the accused.

Shakeel Ahmed and Farzana Rupa were detained from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning.

They went to the airport on a Turkish Airlines flight (TK-713) via Istanbul to Paris, the capital of France. The immigration police did not allow them to go abroad as they did not get clearance from the City SB.

Incidentally, on August 8, a notification signed by Mustafa Azad on behalf of the Managing Director of Ekatar Television informed that, according to the decision and instructions of the management authority of Ekatar Media Limited, Head of News Shakil Ahmed, Principal Correspondent and Presenter Farzana Rupa were dismissed from their jobs from August 8, 2024.

Bangladesh /SBT