The confinement of a senior journalist of Daily Prothom Alo to a room at the secretariat for five hours and her subsequent arrest sparked condemnation across the country.

Journalist Rozina Islam was arrested for allegedly attempting to illegally “collect sensitive government documents and taking photos of them” from the Secretariat on Monday.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent journalist Rozina Islam, arrested in a case under the Official Secrets Act, to jail after rejecting the demand of police for her five-day remand.

The Prothom Alo journalist has turned down all the allegations saying: "I was, in fact, harassed at the Secretariat."

The photos captured by UNB photographer Adnan Adid shows senior Prothom Alo Journalist Rozina Islam is being escorted by police to a Dhaka court on Tuesday.

The court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim sent her to judicial custody after rejecting the demand of police for a five-day remand when Arifur Rahman Sardar, the investigating officer in the case, produced the 42-year journalist before the court in the morning.

The court fixed May 20 for hearing Rozina's bail petition submitted by her lawyer Prashanto Kumar Karmakar.

The members of Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum (BSRF) on Tuesday boycotted a press briefing of the Health Ministry protesting the harassment and arrest of Rozina Islam.

Photojournalists formed a human chain in front of the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) building protesting the arrest of Rozina Islam and demanding her immediate release.

Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB), Dhaka Union Of Journalists and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) also strongly condemned the incident.