The government has removed Kurigram’s Deputy Commissioner Sultana Pervin from duty over her alleged involvement in the midnight arrest and jailing of a reporter.

Deputy Secretary Mohammad Rezaul Karim was appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram.

The Ministry of Public Administration on Monday issued a gazette notification in this regard.

Earlier on Friday midnight, a mobile court sentenced Ariful Islam, a district correspondent of online news portal Bangla Tribune and Dhaka tribune to one year in jail and fined him Tk50,000 for possession of liquor and hemp.

The local administration claimed that Ariful was arrested with 450ml local liquor and 100g hemp. But Ariful’s wife Mostarima Sardar Nitu claimed that a group of law enforcers entered their home at Charuapara around Friday midnight and took away her husband forcefully without giving any reason.

After getting bail on Sunday, Ariful said he was tortured by the magistrates.