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A Dhaka court on Monday showed Kaushik Hossain Taposh arrested in a case lodged for allegedly grabbing private Gaan Bangla television.

Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ziadur Rahman passed the order, allowing a plea of the police. Sub-inspector Harunur Rashid of Gulshan police station on December 4 pleaded to show Taposh arrested in the case. The court on that day had set Monday to hold a hearing in the matter.


Syed Shams Uddin filed the case against five, including Taposh and his wife Farzana Munni, for grabbing the ownership of the music-based channel by threatening on gun-point. Another four unnamed persons were implicated in the case.

Taposh was arrested in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttara area on November 4.