Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged journalists to be patient and play a responsible role over the Rozina Islam issue.
He came up with the urge while addressing a discussion at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue in the morning.
Awami League’s Relief and Social Welfare Sub-Committee organized the event where Obaidul Quader was virtually connected from his official residence.
He hoped that the journalist concerned will get justice as a case has been filed and the matter is under trial.
Quader, also the Awami League general secretary, further said action would be taken as per the investigation committee report if there was any injustice found against the journalist concerned.
Quader said such a misunderstanding would not have arisen if someone from the ministry had briefed the journalists on the day of the incident.
On Tuesday, a Dhaka court sent Rozina, arrested in a case under the Official Secrets Act, to jail after rejecting the police’s demand for her five-day remand.
She was arrested for allegedly attempting to illegally ”collect sensitive government documents and taking photos of them” from the Secretariat on Monday.
The Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent rejected all the allegations saying, “I was, in fact, harassed at the Secretariat.”
