Ekattor Television CEO Mozammel Haque Babu and Dainik Bhorer Kagoj editor Shyamal Dutta who were detained while fleeing to India through Dhobaura border in Mymensingh district illegally have been handed over to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) at about 3:00pm on Monday.
Besides, arrested Ekattor TV's senior reporter Mahbubur Rahman and private car driver Selim have been handed over to the DMP.
Dhobaura Police Station OC Md Chan Mia handed them over to a team of the DMP.
Local people caught them along with their private car at a place between Maizpara and Porakandulia on Dhobaura frontier when they were fleeing to India. Later, they were handed over to Dhobaura police.
Dhobaura Police Station OC Md Chan Mia said the arrested persons were handed over to a team of the DMP and then they left for Dhaka. They were later brought in Dhaka.
Earlier, a 16-member DMP team led by a deputy commissioner (DC) went to Dhobaura Police Station on Monday afternoon. There are cases against Mozammel Babu and Shyamal Dutta with different police stations of the DMP.
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