2 TV journos remanded for 'instigation'

A Dhaka court placed two journalists of a private television channel on a four-day remand on charge of 'instigating cocktail blasts' in the capital today.
Police picked up reporter Tanvid Rony and cameraperson Proshanto Modok of Rtv in Kamrangirchar area around 7:30pm after pro-blockade activists exploded several cocktails there.
Sources said the opposition activists brought out a procession in support of BNP-led 18-party opposition combine-enforced 72-hours blockade. The processionists charged several cocktails there.
Police arrested the duo when they are taking pictures of the explosions.
Police also filed a case against the journalists with Kamrangirchar Police Station in this connection, Sheikh Mohsin Alam, officer-in-charge of the station told The Daily Star.
Dhaka Reporters Unity President Shahed Chowdhury and General Secretary Elias Khan strongly protested the arrest of journalists.
They termed it an attack on the press freedom.