2 cases filed against Sayeed Khokon withdrawn

Two cases filed against former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon -- for making "defamatory remarks" against incumbent Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- were withdrawn today.

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Baki Billah passed the withdrawal order after the complainants submitted separate petitions seeking permission for withdrawal of the cases.

On January 11, two lawyers -- Md Sarwar Alam and Md Kazi Anisur Rahman -- filed the cases with the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury.

After hearings of the cases, the magistrate took them into cognisance and recorded statements of the complainants and set today for passing orders on the cases.

The next day, Taposh asked the lawyers to withdraw the cases against Sayeed Khokon.

The complainants alleged that Khokon made defamatory comments against Taposh at a human chain in front of the High Court premises on January 9.