Court summons suspended assistant commissioner

A Dhaka court on Tuesday summoned Tapashee Tabassum Urmi, the suspended assistant commissioner of Lalmonirhat district administration, in a case filed over her "derogatory remarks" about Abu Sayed, who was killed in police firing during the Anti-Discrimination Mass Movement on July 16.
Tapashee is scheduled to appear before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain on November 28 to explain her position over the remark, according to the court order.
If she fails to appear before the court, an arrest warrant will be issued against her, the court further said.
Earlier in the day, Abu Hanif, a member of the higher council of Gono Odhikar Parishad, filed the case against her with the same court. Upon hearing, the magistrate recorded the statement of the complainant and later issued the summon order.
Lawyer Khademul Islam who appeared for the plaintiff in the court hearing confirmed the court order to the FE.
Abu Sayed, a 12th batch student of the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur and a coordinator of the July-August mass movement, was the first student killed in police firing during the protest against the authoritarian regime.
On October 5, she wrote on Facebook that the interim government has no constitutional basis. "The countdown has begun for you, sir," she wrote, addressing the chief adviser. Tapashee also termed Abu Sayed as a 'terror' in her Facebook post.
Tapashee, who drew attention for her social media post criticising the interim government and the chief adviser, was suspended on Monday.
Earlier, she was transferred to the Rangpur Divisional Commissioner's Office and made officer on special duty (OSD) due to what officials say are her controversial Facebook posts and criticism of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

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