Cartoonist Kishore gets bail

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore has secured six-month bail in a case filed against him under Digital Security Act (DSA).

The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman accepted his bail plea on Wednesday (March 3).

Earlier on March 1, the HC bench set today for passing its order on the bail petition.

Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua stood for Kishore while Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappi represented the state during the hearing in the court.

On May 5, 2020, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed the case against 11 people on charges of spreading anti-state falsehood to tarnish the image of Bangladesh and create confusion from a Facebook page.

The 11 accused in the case are Ahmed Kabir Kishore, Rashtrachinta coordinator Didarul Bhuiyan, Minhaj Mannan, Tasnim Khalil, Sahed Alam, Asif Mohiuddin, Zulkarnain Khan alias Sami, Ashik Imran, Swapan Wahid, Philip Shumakher and writer Mushtak Ahmed, who died in jail recently.

Earlier on January 13, police filed the charge-sheet against cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, Rashtrachinta coordinator Didarul Bhuiyan and writer Mushtak Ahmed.

Police, however, dropped names of eight accused including Zulkarnain Khan alias Sami from the charge-sheet, saying the allegations brought against them have not been proved.

On February 10, Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal had ordered Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit of the police to further investigate the case and submit the report.