Journo gets 3 yrs RI for extortion
A Correspondent, Chandpur
The Speedy Trial Tribunal here yesterday gave editor and publisher of local vernacular daily Chandpur Zamin Rokonuzzaman Rokon three years' rigorous imprisonment for extortion. Judge Abdul Matin also fined Rokon Tk 10,000, in default to suffer RI for two months more. According to the prosecution story, on April 25 this year, Rokon demanded 50,000 bricks or Tk 2 lakh from Murad Patwary who owns a brick field at Bagadi in Chandpur Sadar upazila. Rokon also threatened that he would publish news item against him in the daily for non-compliance. On a complaint lodged by Murad Patwary, joint force took him into custody and handed him over to Sadar police station. An extortion case was filed by Murad Patwary on April 25. Eleven witnesses were examined during the trial, court sources said. The punishment of a newsman is the first such incident in Chandpur, said elderly journalists.
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