Shaon sues vlogger under ICT act

Actress Meher Afroz Shaon yesterday filed a case against Bunty Mir, the vlogger (video blogger), who allegedly made abusive comments on her through Facebook.

She filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act around 3:15pm, said OC Abdul Latif of the police station.

In the case, she said Bunty tarnished her reputation by saying ugly, false and baseless words and spreading rumours about her through social media sites including Facebook and YouTube, the OC said.

She filed a general diary against Bunty on February 24. Later, Bunty apologised to her by a Facebook post.

On his Facebook wall, Bunty, who is now in New York, yesterday posted: “All of you please forgive me, I was highly rebuked, please do not rebuke me more. May Allah forgive me.”

Bunty's remarks in the video following Shaon's concern about “Doob”, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, which according to her is made based on some incidents on Humayun Ahmed's life, drew huge criticism.

Shaon, wife of late Humayun Ahmed, alleged the film could portray the writer in a bad light and requested the censor board to review it for such instances and take action.

She issued an official letter to the Bangladesh Film Censor Board (BFCB) explaining her concerns about the film on February 13. BFDC suspended the film's no-objection certificate on February 16 upon request from the information ministry to temporarily halt the movie's release.