(UTV|COLOMBO) – A journalist working with a prominent media house in Bangladesh was arrested for allegedly publishing “false” information about voting irregularities in the just-concluded parliamentary elections, according to a media report.
Hedait Hossain Molla, associated with Bangla Tribune and Probaho, reported that in Khulna 1 constituency, 22,419 more ballots were cast than the number of registered voters, the Dhaka Tribune quoted the police as saying. He was arrested on Tuesday in Khulna under the Digital Security Act following an FIR by Khulna’s Assistant Returning Officer Debashish Chowdhury, senior police officer Mahbubur Rahman said.
The FIR also named Rashedul Islam, another journalist associated with local daily Manabzamin. He was yet to be arrested. “Initial investigations suggest that they were based on false information,” Inspector Sarkar Ibrahim Sohel, who is in charge of the investigation, said. He said that the Election Commission was informed before the case was filed.
The arrest of the journalist comes two days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League and its allies won the general elections, bagging 288 of the total 299 seats which went to the polls.
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