Journalist Anis Alamgir gets bail in one case

The High Court has granted bail to journalist Anis Alamgir in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act case at Dhaka's Uttara West Police Station two and a half months after his arrest.

The High Court bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher granted his bail on Thursday.

The journalist, however, will not be released from jail as he remains arrested in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Lawyer Tamanna Ferdous, who represented Anis in court, told bdnews24.com: "After hearing the rule in the Uttara West Police Station's Anti-Terrorism Act case, the court has made it absolute and granted bail. The rule was issued in this case on Feb 19, and the hearing of that rule was held today." 

The lawyer noted that Anis is not being released right away, saying: "He is not being released right away because there is another case by the ACC against him. He has been shown arrested in that case. We are also pursuing the ACC case through the legal process."

A team of Detective Branch took journalist Anis to the agency's office on the night of Dec 14 for "questioning".

The same day at midnight, a man named Ariyan Ahmed, identified as a member of an organisation called the "July Revolutionary Alliance", filed a case against Alamgir and three others, accusing them of "conspiring to destabilise the state and inciting a banned organisation".    �"bdnews24