Rajshahi, April 1 -- A group of prominent residents of Rajshahi held a press conference on Saturday to call for a judicial investigation and to stop the harassment of journalists over Jasmine Sultana, who died in the city's medical college hospital in RAB custody, after being picked up in Naogaon.

Mahbub Siddique, the president and researcher of Heritage Rajshahi, spoke on behalf of the conscious residents of Rajshahi.

During the press conference, Siddique read out a written statement explaining that a group of prominent citizens from Rajshahi visited Naogaon on March 31 to express their condolences to the family of Jasmine Sultana and to inquire about the incident.

They visited the Mukti Mor area of Naogaon where Sultana was reportedl...