Tk 10m defamation case against Mahmudur Rahman

Mahmudur Rahman
Mahmudur Rahman

A defamation case was filed against acting editor of Daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman for his derogatory remarks about independence, sovereignty of Bangladesh, and Banghabandhu and his family, reports UNB.

Malek Sheikh, organising secretary of Natore district Awami League filed the Tk 10 million defamation case with the court of chief judicial magistrate Habibur Rahman Siddique.

Earlier on 1 December, Mahmudur Rahman in a programme at the National Press Club of the capital, said that Bangladesh is not an independent country as the state will not be independent and sovereign having one population and territory. Bangladesh is now "a colony of India", and Sheikh Mujib killed country's democracy and independence of mass media, he is alleged to have said.