Do not call anyone ‘fake freedom fighter’: HC
The High Court yesterday observed that the word “fake” cannot be used before the term “freedom fighter”.
The court also warned that if any government official or media person uses the term “fake” before the name of a freedom fighter, it will summon them if deemed necessary, Deputy Attorney General ABM Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar and Assistant Attorney General M Saiful Alam told The Daily Star.
The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order yesterday after hearing a petition on issuing freedom fighter certificates. The petition was filed by a freedom fighter, Md Abdul Aziz Khandaker, challenging the legality of a notice issued by Jatiya Muktijoddha Council for scrutinising his freedom fighter certificate.
DAG Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar told this newspaper that freedom fighters are the greatest sons of the nation and using the word “fake” before the name of a “freedom fighter” is an insult to them.
The HC bench said if any person claiming to be a freedom fighter has fake certificate, legal action can be taken against them as per law. Freedom fighters cannot be addressed as “fake” as a whole, the court said.
Abdul Aziz Khandaker, a freedom fighter from Homna Upazila in Cumilla, submitted the writ petition to the HC challenging the legality of a notice issued by Jatiya Muktijoddha Council on October 24 last year, asking him to appear before its chairman on November 4 for scrutiny of his freedom fighter certificate.
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