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Police have formally shown Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, former information adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, arrested in a murder case filed over the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed the development late Wednesday night.
DB chief and DMP Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said Iqbal Sobhan had been shown arrested in a murder case filed with Jatrabari Police Station on August 26, 2024, in connection with the July 2024 uprising.
He was named as an accused in the case, according to police.
Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, DB officials picked up Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and DBC News Special Correspondent Rajib Ghosh from the private television channel’s office in Dhaka’s Mohakhali area.
Initially, police said the two had been taken to the DB office following an unexpected situation at the television station and that they were being questioned.
Later, DB chief Shafiqul Islam confirmed that Iqbal Sobhan had been formally shown arrested in the Jatrabari murder case.
Meanwhile, Rajib Ghosh was not shown arrested in any case.
Police decided to release him after taking a bond, according to the DB chief.
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury is a senior journalist and former chairman of private television channel DBC News.
He also served as information adviser to the former prime minister and is the editor and publisher of The Daily Observer.
The case relates to alleged killings during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in 2024.