Former caretaker government adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein being taken to jail after his appearance before a lower court in Dhaka on Tuesday in a case filed by journalist Masuda Bhatti — Focus Bangla A Dhaka court sent on Tuesday Barrister Mainul Hosein to jail in a case filed for defaming journalist Masuda Bhatti on a TV talk show, reports UNB.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohamamd Kaisarul Islam of Dhaka passed the order after hearing the case.
Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossain stood for Mainul while public prosecutor of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court Abdullah Abu represented the state.
Detective Branch of police produced him before the court after arresting the former caretaker government adviser from in front of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President ASM Abdur Rob's Uttara residence on Monday night.
Earlier in the day, Judge Arifa Yasmin Mukta of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Rangpur issued a warrant for Mainul's arrest after a local human rights activist, Mili Maya, filed a defamation case with it.
Six cases have so far been filed against Mainul Hosein across the country.
Of those, Masuda Bhatti herself filed a defamation suit in Dhaka on October 21.
On the same day, three more defamation cases were filed in Jamalpur, Comilla and Kurigram districts.
Besides, two more cases -- one in Bhola and another in Rangpur -- were filed on Monday.
Meanwhile, a Cox's Bazar court on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of Barrister Mainul Hosein.
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