complainant also urged the Dhaka court to issue an arrest warrant against the BNP leaders
A defamation case has been filed against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for allegedly making derogatory remarks on Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
AB Siddique, president of Bangladesh Jononetri Parishad, a pro-Awami league organisation, filed the case with the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Monday.
The complainant also urged the Dhaka court to issue an arrest warrant against the BNP leaders.
After the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Erfan Ullah ordered the Paltan police station officer-in-charge to submit a report by investigating the matter within Octocer 20.
In the case, AB Siddique claimed that Tarique Rahman has called the Awami League “black sheep party” and Sheikh Hasina “the leader of the black sheep.”
“Meanwhile, he defamed Bangabandhu by claimed that Ziaur Rahman as the country’s first president.”
“Mirza Fakhrul, on the other hand, distorted the history by saying that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman uttered Joy Pakistan in his historical speech of 7th March,” added the AL leader.
Eariler on August 24, Tarique Rahman, at a seminar at Queen Mary University in London, said: “Sheikh Hasina is the leader of black sheep party.”
He also claimed that Ziaur Rahman was the first “legitimate” president of Bangladesh at another programme in London on September 1.
On the other hand, Fakhrul made his remarks at a mourning programme, marking the death anniversary of former finance minister M Saifur Rahman on September 5.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
