On 22 November 2012 at around 1am, human rights defender of Odhikar and Kurigram district correspondent of the daily Jugantor, Ahsan Habib Nilu, who is also the General Secretary of Kurigram Press Club; and Sahifuqul Islam Bebu, district correspondent of the daily Inqilab and private satellite TV channel Banglavision, were picked up by police led by NSI Assistant Director, Idris Ali and detained at Kurigram Police Station. The allegations of being involved in anti state activities were brought against them. Ahsan Habib Nilu informed Odhikar that a report on extortion and other irregularities against the NSI Assistant Director, Idris Ali, was published in the daily Jugantor on 27 September 2012. Some days later, the same report was also published in the daily Inqilab. Idris Ali threatened him after this report. He further stated that they were forced to run for half a mile with handcuffs after they were detained. Nilu and his family were also harassed. After their arrest, a three-member investigation team led by Superintendent of Police, Mahbubur Rahman interrogated them the next day in the evening. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Akram Hossain; and Assistant Director of NSI, Idris Ali were also in the investigation team. It had been alleged that they (both the journalists) had posted caricatures mocking the Prime Minister and other ministers on Facebook. Later police took their passwords and checked their email and Facebook accounts. They were released on 22 November 2012 at 10pm after there was no proof of the allegations.