HC denies bail to ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem

The High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail plea filed for former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain, who is in jail in a case lodged under the Digital Security Act, reports BSS.

"Application rejected as not been pressed," said a High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Khizir Hayat.

Earlier on June 17, Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal sent Moazzem Hossain to jail after rejecting his plea for bail in the case lodged for recording Nusrat Jahan Rafi's statement on video and spreading it online.

Moazzem was arrested from the capital's Shahbagh area on June 16.

The tribunal on May 27 issued an arrest warrant against him a day after Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted its probe report over the incident.