Manabzamin editor among 32 sued for ‘defamation’
Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Bangla daily Manabzamin, and 31 others have been sued under the Digital Security Act, on the charge of "publishing false news and circulating it on social media".
Saifuzzaman Shikhor, a ruling party lawmaker from Magura-1, filed the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station on Monday night, said Shujanur Islam, an SI of the police station.
Shikhor alleged that Manabzamin published a report on expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia with false information, without directly mentioning names but implicating several MPs.
When it was shared on social media, the other accused mentioned his name, the case said.
Shujanur, investigation officer of the case, said the lawmaker alleged that the accused published the story and shared it on social media, and thus defamed him to gain ill interests.
"We did not mention names of anyone in our report. So there is no scope of defaming anyone," Matiur Rahman Chowdhury told The Daily Star.
Al Amin, a reporter of the daily who wrote the report, was also accused.
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