Cops asked to submit probe report by March 3
A Dhaka court yesterday again directed police to submit a probe report by March 3 into a defamation allegation against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and party leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy for their comments on the Liberation War martyrs.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Nuru Miah passed the order after Shahbagh police failed to submit any report or any application for what they could not submit.
Earlier on January 5, AB Siddique, president of Jananetri Parishad, filed the case against the two for their “insulting” remarks on the martyrs.
Following the case, Metropolitan Magistrate Md Aminul Haque directed officer-in-charge (investigation) of Shahbagh police to investigate the complaint and submit a report to the court by yesterday.
On December 21 last year, Khaleda, in a public address, said, “There are controversies over how many were martyred in the Liberation War.”
Four days later, Goyeshwar termed the 1971 martyred intellectuals “anti-liberation elements” who “died like fools” and drew salaries and allowances from Pakistan till the end of the war.
Two more cases were also filed against Khaleda for her comments on the same issue.
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