DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to return the seized items of the daily Inqilab on charge of publishing fabricated news.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order after hearing on the plea of its senior reporter Afzal Bari seeking the court’s order to get back the seized items.

The lawyer of Inqilab Mahbubul Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews.

Earlier on Thursday night (January 16), Detective Branch of Police sealed off the Daily Inqilab office and its press for violation of information technology act.

Meanwhile, police seized computer CPU and held four journalists of the newspaper for publishing a false report titled, “Indian army assist joint force operation in Satkhira.”

Later, police released Senior Reporter Afjal Bari at around 11:15pm Thursday.

BDST: 1312 HRS, FEB 02, 2014