Journalists Mozammel Babu and Shyamal Dutta detained while trying to flee to India

Ekattor TV CEO Mozammel Haque Babu, Daily Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta and two other people have been detained today (16 September).

Locals detained them after stopping their car around 6am while they were trying to flee to India through the border at Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh, Dhobaura OC Chan Miah told TBS.

The other two detained are Ekattor TV senior reporter Mahbubur Rahman and the car’s driver, reports media.

Later they were handed over to police, confirmed Superintendent of Mymensingh police Azizul Islam.

Mozammel Haque Babu and Shyamal Dutta, among a few other journalists, have been accused in several case under the International Crimes Tribunal and at various police stations on charges of inciting violence during the protests led by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement. They have been in hiding since the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August.

Shyamal Dutta is also the general secretary of the National Press Club.