Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A Dhaka court on Thursday sent The Daily Observer Editor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury to jail in a murder case linked to the July 2024 mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana passed the order when Sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station Amir Hossain, also the investigating officer of the case, produced him before the court with a petition to keep him in jail.

Earlier on Wednesday, detectives took Iqbal Sobhan, also the former chairman of DBC News and former information adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, into custody from the private TV channel's office at Mohakhali.

DBC News Special Correspondent Rajib Ghosh was also taken into custody for questioning following an "unwanted situation" at its...