The High Court yesterday granted bail to two journalists of private television channel Independent TV for three months in a case filed by ruling Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony.
Rony filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station against reporter Imtiaz Momin and cameraperson Mohsin Mukul accusing them of attacking him (Rony), sending him death threats and trying to extort money from him.
The HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain yesterday granted anticipatory bail to Imtiaz and Mohsin after holding hearing on a bail petition jointly filed by the two.
Advocate Anisul Huq argued for the petitioners -- Imtiaz and Mohsin -- when they appeared before the court.
On Saturday, Rony allegedly beat up Imtiaz and Mohsin, members of a team that produces a crime-investigative show, Talash, at his Topkhana Road office in the capital.
The two had gone there after receiving information that the lawmaker would receive a bribe of more than Tk 1 crore sent from Patuakhali.
Later, Rony sued the two saying that the journalists attacked him and tried to extort money from him.
Independent TV authorities also filed a case against Rony and 20 others on Saturday for assaulting Imtiaz and Mohsin.
Rony received ad-interim bail in the case on Sunday after surrendering before a Dhaka court.
Meanwhile, another Dhaka court fixed today for hearing a petition seeking cancellation of bail of Rony.
Complainant Yusuf Ali, an assistant manager of Independent Television, filed the petition yesterday seeking cancellation of bail of Rony, saying that after getting bail from the court on July 21, Roni threatened him with violence to withdraw the case.
The complainant also filed a general dairy against Rony on July 21.
After the hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan directed officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station to submit a report on the issue by today.