Photojournalist placed on 7-day remand in Ananta murder case

A Sylhet court on Monday placed a local photojournalist, Idris Ali, on a seven-day remand in connection with the blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder case.
Metropolitan Cognisance Court-3 Judge Farzana Yesmin passed the order after Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police Inspector Arman Ali produced him before her court with a 15-day remand petition, UNB reported.
In his forwarding, the CID officer described Idris as a militant group member, saying he was directly and indirectly involved in the blogger Ananta murder.
Earlier, a team of CID arrested Idris, a photojournalist of the Daily Sabuj Sylhet, and his son from their residence early in the morning.
Blogger Ananta, also an activist of Sylhet Ganajagaran Mancha, was hacked to death by a group of assailants in broad daylight at Subidbazar Bankalapara in the city on May 12.