He also said that DBC News Special Correspondent Rajib Ghosh, who was detained alongside Iqbal yesterday (4 November), would be released after signing a bond.
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Rajib Ghosh. Photo: Collected
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Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Rajib Ghosh. Photo: Collected
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has shown Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, former information adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, arrested in a case filed over a murder that took place during the 2024 July Uprising.
DB Chief and Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the development to The Business Standard around 1:15am today (5 November).
He told TBS that Iqbal had been shown arrested in the case filed at Jatrabari Police Station on 26 August 2024.
He also said that DBC News Special Correspondent Rajib Ghosh, who was detained alongside Iqbal yesterday (4 November), would be released after signing a bond.
Yesterday at noon, DB officials detained Iqbal and Rajib from the office of private television channel DBC News in the capital’s Mohakhali area.
