Arrest warrant against Prothom Alo editor and nine others

A Dhaka Court on Thursday issued arrest warrant against 10 persons, including Editor and Publisher of Bangla daily Prothom Alo Matiur Rahman, in a case filed in connection with the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat during the anniversary celebration of the newspaper's youth magazine 'Kishor Alo'.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Md Kaisarul Islam passed the order.

Earlier on the day, the police submitted a report in the court saying that negligence of the 'Kishor Alo' authorities has been found in the investigation over the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a ninth-grader of Dhaka Residential Model College.

Md Abdul Halim, sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station and also investigation officer of the case, submitted the report on Thursday.

The court issued the arrest warrant after taking the report into cognizance, said Advocate Omar Faruq Asif, a counsel of the plaintiff.

The other accused are--- Prothom Alo's Associate Editor Anisul Hoque, Kabir Bakul, Shubashis Prmanik, Mohitul Alam, Shah Poran Tushar, Jasim Uddin, Mosharraf Hossain, Md Sujan and Kamrul Howlader.

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