A journalist of a digital news portal in Assam was arrested after being detained for over nine hours by the police, after he questioned the MD of a cooperative bank over alleged financial irregularities in the institution during a protest here, officials said.
Dilwar Hussain Mozumder was granted bail by the court of the Kamrup additional chief judicial magistrate on Wednesday evening.
The arrest triggered widespread protests by media persons across the state, who demanded his immediate release.