Staff Reporter :
A legal notice has been served on Masuda Bhatti, a journalist, demanding apology in public within 24 hours for her intentional and defamatory question to renowned lawyer Barrister Mainul Hosein on a television talk show recently. Otherwise, a defamation case will be filed against her, read the legal notice.
Advocate S M Zulfiqure Ali, a Supreme Court lawyer, served the notice on behalf of the lawyer’s society. The notice was sent by post yesterday (Monday).
The notice said, “Masuda Bhatti asked an objectionable question to Barrister Mainul Hosein with the reference of social media. But she did not have any document.” “Bhatti said, Barrister Mainul Hosein joined Oikya Front rallies as a representative of Jamaat, which has no real basis. So, she has been asked to apologize publicly within 24 hours for her intentional question to renowned lawyer Barrister Mainul Hosein. Otherwise, she will be sued in the concern court,” read the legal notice.
The lawyers’ society thinks, that the question was untrue and defamatory for Barrister Mainul Hosein and such question undermined his social dignity.
During the talk show, Masuda Bhatti told Mainul Hosein, “You say that you in the Jatiya Oikya Front as a citizen of the country, but in social networking sites, many people are saying that you are there as a representative of Jamaat-e-Islami.”
Angered by the comment, Mainul Hosein said, “I’m thanking you for your audacity and I want to believe, you as ‘characterless’. There’s no question about Jamaat link’s with me and what question you have asked is embarrassing for me.”
