Libel case: CMM summons Fakhrul

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Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Thursday summoned BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed for calling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ‘a killer’ and her party Awami League ‘a party of killers’.
Magistrate Adit Kumar Dey of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court passed the order after hearing on a petition filed by lawyer Shariful Islam on behalf of the complainant. The court also asked Mirza Fakhrul to appear in the court on January 22 in 2015.
On September 1, SM Nur-e-Alam Siddique, Vice-President of
Awami Matsajibi League, filed a complaint with the CMM Court against Mirza Fakhrul for his alleged remarks. On the same day, Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Rani Chakraborty ordered the Officer-in-Charge (OC)of Paltan Police Station to submit a probe report after investigation.
On December 15, Tofail Ahmad,OC (Investigation) of Paltan Police Station submitted the probe report to the court. On Thursday, the complainant, SM Nur-e-Alam Siddique, was present in the courtroom during the issuance of summons against Mirza Fakhrul.
The complainant says that Mirza Fakhrul termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ‘a killer’ and her party Awami League ‘a party of killers’ at a press conference in the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on August 24.
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