Local journalist sued under DSA

A local journalist has been sued under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for publishing a report on a local UP member in Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon.

Reserved female ward member of Chilarang union of the upazila Anwara Begum filed the case against Nabin Hasan, Thakurgaon district correspondent of DBC Television and Daily Manabkantha with district Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court on Tuesday for publishing the report on DBC Times.

Thakurgaon Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate S Ramesh Kumar Daga directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the matter.

However, the accused Nabin Hasan said he has been mentioned as Thakurgaon correspondent of DBC Times in the case statement. But he is a Thakurgaon correspondent for DBC Television, not DBC Times.

Thakurgaon PBI Additional Superintendent of Police ABM Rezaul Islam said they haven’t received the court order yet in this regard. “If received, we will investigate and submit a report to the court.”