SQ Chy faces Tk 100m defamation suit
Thursday, 20 August 2009
NARAIL, Aug 19 (bdnews24.com): A Tk 100 million (10 crore) defamation suit has been filed against BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury for his derogatory remarks about the assassination of independence hero 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Siddiq Ahmed, former general secretary of Narail district Awami League, filed the case at the Narail Judicial Magistrate's court Wednesday.
Magistrate Musrat Zerin recorded the deposition of the plaintiff, said assistant public prosecutor of the court Mohammad Alamgir Siddiqui.
The case details said: "Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury said the murder of Bangabandhu in 1975 was inevitable at a programme at the National Press Club, which was published in different national dailies the following day. The people of this country were deeply hurt and sustained losses because of the speech."
"Though the losses cannot be measured by any monetary scales, it might well amount to Tk 100 million," said the plaintiff.
Sheikh Abdus Sabur, MA Salam Khan, Daulat Ahmed Khan and Abul Kalam Azad are witnesses in the case.
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku had said a treason case could be filed against Chowdhury over that 'ignominious speech'.
Mr Salahuddin, an MP from Chittagong, has a knack for sparking off debates and controversies often through making irresponsible comments.
He has been widely known for having committed countless murders, arson, looting and rape during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, alleged the plaintiff.
There are also allegations that he had killed Nuton Chandra Singha, the owner of Kundeshwari Oushod-haloy, a herbal medicine manufacturer in Chittagong, and had a torture camp running at his house on Good Hills during the war.
Siddiq Ahmed, former general secretary of Narail district Awami League, filed the case at the Narail Judicial Magistrate's court Wednesday.
Magistrate Musrat Zerin recorded the deposition of the plaintiff, said assistant public prosecutor of the court Mohammad Alamgir Siddiqui.
The case details said: "Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury said the murder of Bangabandhu in 1975 was inevitable at a programme at the National Press Club, which was published in different national dailies the following day. The people of this country were deeply hurt and sustained losses because of the speech."
"Though the losses cannot be measured by any monetary scales, it might well amount to Tk 100 million," said the plaintiff.
Sheikh Abdus Sabur, MA Salam Khan, Daulat Ahmed Khan and Abul Kalam Azad are witnesses in the case.
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku had said a treason case could be filed against Chowdhury over that 'ignominious speech'.
Mr Salahuddin, an MP from Chittagong, has a knack for sparking off debates and controversies often through making irresponsible comments.
He has been widely known for having committed countless murders, arson, looting and rape during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, alleged the plaintiff.
There are also allegations that he had killed Nuton Chandra Singha, the owner of Kundeshwari Oushod-haloy, a herbal medicine manufacturer in Chittagong, and had a torture camp running at his house on Good Hills during the war.