Sheershanews editor freed
Ekramul Haq, editor of Sheershanews.com, was released on bail yesterday, nearly four months after his arrest on extortion charges.
The editor of the recently shut online news agency walked out of Dhaka Central Jail around 4:00pm and went to his Moghbazar residence, his family sources said.
A lower court had earlier granted him bail in two criminal cases filed against him.
Ekramul was arrested on July 30 this year in a case for extorting Tk 20 lakh from Gias Uddin Talukdar, a businessman from Chittagong.
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