GP files libel suit against Jamuna TV, Daily Jugantor

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bdnews24.com :
Private mobile operator Grameenphone has moved a Dhaka court seeking billions in damages from Jamuna TV and vernacular Daily Jugantor for reports with ‘false’ information.
An official of the company filed two libel cases against the television channel and newspaper on Monday.
GP’s lawyer Tajim Al Islam said a hearing was scheduled for noon at Judge Shahadat Hossain’s court.
The cases accuse the Jamuna TV and Jugantor of running ‘fabricated’ reports against Bangladesh’s largest mobile operator on Sep 16, he told bdnews24.com.
Jamuna TV’s Managing Director Shamim Islam,
Chief News Editor Fahim Ahmed, reporters Seema Bhowmik and Masuduzzaman Robin have been named defendants in one case.
The other case names Jugantor’s acting Editor Saiful Islam, publisher Salma Islam, director SM Abdul Wadud, reporters Mujib Masud, Monir Hossain and Jamuna Printing Press as defendants.
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