A case was filed against 55 people, including Bangla daily Janakantha editor and publisher Shamima A Khan with the Hatirjheel police station in the early hours of Sunday over the allegations of creating mob in the office on Saturday evening.
Hatirjheel police station officer-in-charge Mohammad Raju told 抖阴精品 that the case was filed in the early hours of Sunday against 15 named and 35-40 unnamed people.
鈥榃e cannot say anything concrete right now as the investigation is underway,鈥� the OC added.
Janakantha deputy chief reporter Israfil Farayezi filed the case where he stated the owners鈥� side was creating ethnic clash by sharing photos in cyber spaces.
Janakantha editor Shamia A Khan could not reached for comment despite several attempts over phone.
聽Around 50 newsmen were confined for over three hours until 11:00pm on Saturday at the office of the daily Janakhanta in the capital as some employees, sacked earlier on the day, staged demonstration at its main gate.
A journalist said from his confinement that, aided by the activities of a certain political party, the sacked employees of the online edition of the decades-old daily, staged demonstration in front of the office in the city鈥檚 Eskaton area.
Earlier, over 50 people, claiming themselves as sacked journalists and pro-uprising journalists as well as pro-uprising people, shouted slogans with loudspeakers at the entrance to the office building.聽聽聽聽聽
The demonstrators claimed that the media owners were pro-fascist and were serving the agenda of the ousted Awami League.
The online edition of the Janakantha filed a report at 8:30pm that a work abstention was being held following termination of 20 journalists because of their supports to the July uprising.
The same report also said that the online version of the daily displayed a black background on August 1, highlighting the month of mourning observed by the AL over the murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975.
