A Dhaka court today again refused bail to ailing photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka passed the order after Kajol's lawyer Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua submitted a criminal appeal against the lower court's rejection order.
Earlier on June 24, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mondol had rejected Kajol's bail petition in the case.
During today's hearing, Kajol's lawyer told the court that his client was very sick and one of his hands was "paralysed", but the bail was denied.
On August 10, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury ordered the jail authorities to arrange better treatment for him. But they were yet to do so, his lawyer alleged.