Inqilab apologises again

The Daily Inqilab has retracted its libelous report on a senior police officer and apologised for carrying it. In a notice published on its website on Sunday, Inqilab admitted that it did not maintain ‘adequate cautions’ in writing, editing and publishing the report on acting Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Police Pralay Kumar Joardar. The Bangla language newspaper made several allegations besides accusing Joardar of creating an ‘unofficial Hindu League’ in police force in the report titled ‘Police officer uses PM’s name to dominate force’ published on Aug 18. Joardar filed a case with Wari Police Station against the Inqilab’s editor, publisher, chief reporter, city editor and the correspondent who wrote the story. In the notice, Inqilab said it found in investigation that many of the information in the report were not based on facts. It admitted the report presented ‘untrue’ statements on the police officer. ‘We believe it has not been prudent to publish such a report involving him (Joardar) personally and the responsible police force,’ the notice read. The newspaper said ‘sorry’ for using words that hurt religious sentiment of a certain community. Earlier on January 18, the Inqilab had apologised after it was sued for publishing a report captioned ‘Indian force’s assistance to joint forces’ operation in Satkhira, according to bdnews24.com.