Ex-BCL leader's mother sues AL lawmaker in Sylhet
The Awami League lawmaker of Sylhet-3 constituency was sued yesterday by mother of a former president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Fenchuganj upazila for allegedly issuing death threats against her son.
Monwara Begum, mother of former Fenchuganj upazila BCL president Ashraful Islam Sabbir, filed the case with Sylhet Judicial Magistrate's Court-5, accusing Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, MP, for making defamatory remarks and issuing death threats against her son, said Syed Mohsin Ali, lawyer for Monwara.
“Judicial Magistrate Farzana Yeasmin accepted the case and ordered police to investigate into the matter,” Mohsin added.
According to the case statement, Mahmud made the threats against Ashraful during a programme at a primary school in Fenchuganj upazila on September 15.
When contacted, Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury denied the accusations, saying that in the programme, he only requested the local police to act against the people whose names were mentioned in a confession by a man who had been arrested over a murder in the upazila.
“All I wanted was [to ensure] justice. And as a parliamentarian it is my moral duty to seek justice. But now I am being accused in a case for my speech,” said Mahmud.
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