Pritom Das walks out of jail 131 days after arrest in DSA case

Pritom Das, a leader of left-leaning organisation Rashtra Sangskar Andolan, walked out of jail on bail yesterday, 131 days after he was arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act on for "hurting religious sentiment".

Moulvibazar Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court-2 granted him bail yesterday morning in response to a bail petition, Pritom's lawyer Abul Hasan said.

The lawyer said Pritom had been in jail since September 10 last year after the DSA case was filed with Sreemangal Police Station.

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Pritom was freed from Moulvibazar jail at 6:00pm yesterday. Soon after he was released, he returned to his home in Sreemangal town, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent.

Mahbub Alam Bhuiyan, an activist of Chhatra League, filed the case.