A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to former Jubo League leader Khorshed Alam Masud in a case filed on charges of physically assaulting journalist Emdadul Haque Khan and his wife at their rented flat in the capital’s Moghbazar area.

Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Reza Noor passed the order after hearing on his bail petition. On Friday, police arrested former vice-president of Ramna unit of Juba League Masud from the capital’s Segunbagicha area. Later, a Dhaka court sent him to jail.