Court Correspondent :MP (Dhaka-15) Kamal Ahmed Majumder yesterday (Thursday) lodged six defamation cases against three national dailies for publishing defamatory news against him.The newspapers are Bengali Dailies the Prothom Alo and the Kaler Kantha, and English daily The Daily Sun.Kamal Majumder filed three separate cases with Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court against the newspapers and lodged three money suits with the civil court demanding Tk 100 crore as compensation.The Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman and Reporter Kamrul Hasan, the Kaler Kantha Editor Imdadul Haq Milon and Reporter Tofazzel Hossain Rubel and the Daily Sun Editor Amir Hossain were made accused in the cases.In three cases filed with the CMM Court, the complainant alleged that his reputation had been damaged following the publications of the reports in the Prothom Alo on August 17 and at the Daily Kaler Kantha and the Daily Sun on August 18.In three cases filed with the civil court, Kamal Majumder alleged that his reputation had been damaged by the reports and as such, he was demanding Tk 100 crore.Taking the cases into cognizance, Metropolitan Magistrate Mollah Saiful Islam recorded the complainant’s statement in the cases against the Kaler Kantha and The Daily Sun, while Metropolitan Magistrate SM Ashikur Rahman recorded statement in the case against the Prothom Alo. The magistrates, however, handed down no order in the cases.
