Dhaka, April 16 -- A Dhaka court has authorised the arrest of journalist couple Shakil Ahmed and Farzana Rupa in two murder cases linked to last year's anti-discrimination protests in Jatrabari.

Mozammel Haque Babu, former managing director of Ekattor Television, has also been officially arrested in one of the two murder cases filed with Jatrabari Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazur Rahman approved their arrests in these cases after a hearing on the investigating officer's petition on Wednesday.

The three were brought to the courtroom from the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court lockup for the hearing around 9:50am. They had arrived at the court premises around 9am.

Following the hearing, the judge approved the pe...