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| Jamaat sues ATN for news against war criminals |
| 2008-12-24 |
| The four-party candidate in the Sylhet-6 constituency yesterday filed a case against ATN Bangla for telecasting a news report on the private TV channel about war criminals contesting the parliamentary election. Moulana Habibur Rahman, also ameer of Sylhet district (south) unit of Jamaat, filed the case with the court of Md Rafiqul Alam, the chief judicial magistrate of Sylhet. Rahman accused ATN Bangla Chairman Mahfuzur Rahman, head of news Manzurul Ahsan Bulbul, news editor ZI Mamun and special correspondent Munni Saha in the case filed under sections 500 and 504 of the penal code. Moulana Habib filed the case after the channel telecast a news report on December 16 stating 13 political leaders, including the Jamaat Ameer Moulana Matiur Rahman Nizami, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, assistant secretary general Md Quamaruzzaman and Moulana Delawar Hossain Saidee, Moulana Abdus Sobhan, ATM Azharul Islam, Shah Mohammad Ruhul Quddus, Moulana Abdul Aziz, M Riasat Ali, Moulana Habibur Rahman(1), Moulana Farid Uddin Chowdhury and Moulana Habibur Rahman (2) are war criminals contesting the 2008 parliamentary polls. The complainant alleged that the report has tarnished the image of his party and others including himself. Besides, there was no complicity of the said Jamaat leaders with the crimes stated in the news report, he claimed. He added that the content of the ATN Bangla news report has defamed the party leaders. The allegations are fake, provocative and totally motivated. These allegations brought against the Jamaat leaders are not yet proved, he added, and the report was broadcast to try and diminish the possibility of victory of the Jamaat leaders in the poll, he added. The magistrate ordered the officer-in-charge of Sylhet Kotwali police station to investigate the matter and take action on it. |
| Posted by:Fred |