Photojournalist denied bail

A Sylhet court yesterday rejected a bail petition of photojournalist Idris Ali in blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder case.

Metropolitan Magistrate Farhana Yasmin also fixed June 23 for the next hearing, said Idris's lawyer Abdul Gaffar.

On Monday, the same court sent Idris to jail after he was produced before it on completion of his seven-day remand.

The 30-year-old is a photojournalist of a local daily, the Sobuj Sylhet.

Mirza Abdullahil Baqui, special superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dhaka, had said the investigation officer (IO) of the case did not seek any fresh demand for the arrestee that day.

On May 12, Ananta was hacked to death in Sylhet town. The next day, Ananta's brother Ratshawar Das filed the case with Sylhet Biman Bandar Police Station, accusing four unknown assailants of the murder.