Journalist Ariful Islam Rigan, who was jailed through a mobile court earlier this month and tortured , returned home from hospital on Saturday.   Doctors released him from Kurigram General Hospital in the afternoon.   A mobile court sentenced Rigan, Kurigram correspondent of online news portal Bangla Tribune, to one year imprisonment and fined Tk 50,000 for possession of 'liquor and hemp'.   He was granted bail on March 15 as his arrest drew huge criticism.  

The palatial residence being constructed by Revenue Deputy Collector (RDC) of Kurigram Nazim Uddin, whose tales of notoriety from different corners of the country keep coming out like a river breaking its banks, at a Jashore village is attracting the attention of authorities concerned.

An audio clip has gone viral on social media where deputy commissioner of Kurigram, who was withdrawn for ordering the arrest and sentencing of journalist Ariful Islam Rigan, was heard to console the victim.

A court here on Sunday granted bail to journalist Ariful Islam Rigan, who was jailed for one year for ‘possessing narcotics’.