Kurigram Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mosammat Sultana Parvin has been suspended following allegations of abuse of power in a case involving the midnight sentencing of a journalist by a mobile court.
The suspension came after a court rejected her bail plea and sent her to jail on September 8. The controversy dates back to March 2019, when local journalist Ariful Islam was detained from his home at midnight and sentenced to one year in prison by a mobile court. Authorities later claimed to have found liquor and cannabis in his house, though his family alleged he was targeted for reporting against the DC.