Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrant against journalist Kanak Sarwar and retired Major Delwar Hossain in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Ash Sams Jaglul Hossain passed the order on Tuesday, after accepting the charge-sheet submitted in the case. The court also fixed November 22 to submit a report on executing the order.
State lawyer in the case Nazrul Islam Shamim confirmed the matter to the media. According to the case, Kanak and Delwar are accused of spreading false, defamatory, instigating and motivated information through digital platforms against many important personalities and institutions of the country.
The case was filed against them with Shahbagh Police Station last year and Sub-Inspector Russel Mollah, also the Investigation Officer of the case recently submitted the charge-sheet of the case to the court.
