Court dismisses defamation suit against editor, reporter of Bhorer Kagoj
Court Correspondent
A magistrate's court has dismissed a defamation suit against the editor and a reporter of the Daily Bhorer Kagoj after it ran a report headlined "Graft charges against eight judges".Metropolitan Magistrate Moha-mmad Emdadul Haq on March 23 issued the order on the ground that the person who filed the suit has not been victimised by the report. A lawyer of Dhaka Bar Asso-ciation filed the case with the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on March 17 accusing Editor Abed Khan and Staff Reporter Shanker Maitra. In the plaint, the lawyer claimed the report published on March 15 was false, fabricated and baseless and tarnished the image of court and damaged the reputation of the lawyers, judges and the judiciary. It also caused a loss of Tk 50 crore to the judiciary, court premises and the persons engaged in law profession, the complainant added.
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