Detective Branch (DB) of police has taken journalist and former information adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, to its office following an incident at the Dhaka-based private television channel DBC News.
He was taken from the channel’s office in the capital’s Mohakhali area on Wednesday afternoon. DBC Special Correspondent Rajib Ghosh was also taken into DB custody at the time.
Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch, Shafiqul Islam, said an unwanted situation had developed at the DBC office.
“After receiving information, we brought two people, including Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, to the DB office to prevent any untoward incident. We are speaking with them,” he said.
Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Md Akhter Hossain, told Daily Industry that an unwanted situation had arisen at a private television channel in Mohakhali over the broadcast of a news report.
Journalist Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Rajib Ghosh were subsequently taken into DB custody from the television station, he added.
