Assam journalist gets bail from Guwahati court in second case

A Guwahati court on Friday granted bail to journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder in a second case registered against him for allegedly trespassing into a bank, The Indian Express reported.

On Wednesday, Mozumder was granted bail in a separate case. However, he was arrested again the next day in the second case against him based on a complaint by the managing director of the Assam Co-operative Apex Bank.

On Friday, the court of the chief judicial magistrate allowed the journalist’s petition for bail in the trespassing case, the newspaper quoted his lawyer AS Tapadar as saying. However, the formalities were not completed because it was granted late in the evening, he added.

“Our bailer was also ready there, but it could not be done because it got late and there was no time, so he will remain in judicial custody,” The Indian Express quoted Tapadar as saying. “If nothing unfortunate happens again, we expect that something good will happen tomorrow.”

Mozumder, a journalist with digital news outlet The CrossCurrent, had sought to ask questions to Dombaru Saikia, the managing director of the Assam Co-operative Apex Bank, regarding alleged irregularities on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a director of the Assam Cooperative Apex Bank and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Biswajit Phukan is its chairman.

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