Dhaka:Detectives from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have taken Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, chairman of the private television channel DBC, and its reporter Rajib Ghosh into custody.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the incident occurred on Wednesday when a team from the Detective Branch (DB) apprehended the two from the DBC office located in the Mohakhali area of the city during the afternoon.
Iqbal Sobhan, who is also a former information adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with Rajib, was escorted to the DB office on Minto Road. The detention is reportedly linked to the broadcast of a news report, as stated by DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Akhtar Hossain.
The DMP official mentioned that they were in the process of questioning the duo but noted that detailed information about the incident was not yet available and would be shared later.