Fakhrul summoned for calling Hasina a “killer”
A Dhaka court today summoned BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a defamation case filed against him for terming the ruling Awami League a “killer party” and its chief Sheikh Hasina a “killer”.
Fakhrul will have to appear before the court on January 22.
Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Kumar Dey passed the order after Paltan police submitted a probe report saying that the BNP leader was found guilty of making derogatory comments about AL and its president.
Nur-e-Alam Siddique, vice president of Awami Matsyajibi League, a pro-AL organisation, filed the suit against Fakhrul with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka on September 1.
"The Awami League is a killer party and its president Sheikh Hasina is a killer too," Fakhrul told a press conference at BNP Nayapaltan headquarters on August 24.
The comments were published in several newspapers on the following day, which many AL leaders said tarnished the images of the prime minister and her party.
The BNP leader made the remark three days after the PM alleged BNP chief Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and her cabinet members were involved in the gruesome August 21, 2004, grenade attack on an AL rally in the capital.
Hasina made the allegation at a programme marking the 10th anniversary of the attack.
The grenade attack killed 24 AL leaders and activists and injured over 300 people. Hasina, who was the then opposition leader, narrowly escaped the assassination attempt.
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