Rozina walks out of jail now

GBNEWS24 DESK//

Prothom Alo senior report Rozina Islam was released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Dhaka at about 4:15pm on Sunday hours after securing bail from the court.

After her release, Rozina Islam told reporters, “I will continue my journalism. Thank you to everyone who was by my side, including the journalists.”

Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court granted her bail in a case filed by Health Ministry official under the Official Secrets Act 1923.

Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah passed the order virtually in the morning upon a bond of Tk 5,000. The court also asked Rozina to submit her passport before it.

Rozina Islam’s lawyer Ehsanul Haque Shomaji said, “The court heard the arguments from sides and granted her bail upon a bond of Tk 5,000.”

On May 20, the same court heard the bail petition and set today to pass the order.

The journalist was shown arrested in the case and sent to Kashimpur Women’s Jail on May 18 after her bail was rejected.

She was detained at the Ministry of Health inside the Bangladesh Secretariat at night of May 17 on charge of “stealing” government documents and taking photographs of them on her mobile phone without permission.

Deputy Secretary of Health Services Shibbir Ahmed filed the case against her with Ramna Police Station.