Dhaka, June 20 -- A court in Bogura has sent the acting editor of a Dhaka-based newspaper to jail for allegedly publishing "false information" on State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Mir Shahe Alam.

A team from the Bogura Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Rezanur Islam, who edits "Dainik Agrajatra Pratidin" in Gazipur's Board Bazar on Thursday night.

Rezanur, 40, a resident of Gazipur's Joydebpur, was sent to Bogura District Jail by a court on Friday, said Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ataur Rahman.

Bogura Press Club Treasurer Tanvir Alam Rimon sued him and five others in a Bogura court on Jun 15.

The other suspects are the newspaper's Publisher and Editor Mehedi Hasan, News Edito...