DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Tuesday categorically said the telecast of Ekushey Television (ETV) was not stopped.

“The telecast of Ekushey Television has not been stopped. The government will probe why subscribers did not receive the feed of the television channel across the country,” he said while talking to reporters at his secretariat office.

People from various areas of the country did not get the feed of ETV from the first anniversary of 10th general elections on January 5.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia also alleged that the government closed the telecast of ETV.

Meanwhile, ETV Chairman Abdus Salam has been shown arrested in a case filed under Pornography Control Act.

Officer-in-Charge of Cantonment Thana Atikur Rahman said the case was filed by a woman named Kaniz Fatema on November 26 of 2014.

The case was filed after ETV broadcast an episode of ‘Ekusher Chokh’ on an expatriate’s wife.

Earlier on Monday night, Detective Branch (DB) of police nabbed him from his Karwan Bazar office in the city.

BDST: 1517 HRS, JAN 06, 2015