Bangladesh, July 19 -- Bogura district correspondent of the daily Banijya Pratidin, Aktaruzzaman has been sent to jail under Digital Security Act (DSA).

Bogura Detective Branch police (DB) arrested him from his home at around 3 am on Sunday.

He was arrested and sent to jail for allegedly posting a status on Facebook about Bogura Sadar Family Planning Officer Dr. Samir Hossain Mishu.

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Rafiqul Islam, the father of the journalist said, "At 3 am, 12 DB policemen and Dr. Samir Hossain Mishu came to my house and took away my son. They did not say what the allegations were." "I made many requests but they did not release my son," he added.

Sadar Police Station OC Mohammad Selim Reza...