Charges against Amar Desh acting editor dropped

A Dhaka court yesterday discharged Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed against him for illegally using Alhaj Md Hasmat Ali's name as the publisher of the daily and damaging his social image.
Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order after Hasmat Ali submitted a petition to the court seeking permission from it for withdrawal of the case.
In the petition, Hasmat Ali told the court that they had amicably settled the matter out of court.
During yesterday's hearing, Mahmudur Rahman was present at court.
Police arrested Mahmudur Rahman in June of 2010 after Hasmat Ali filed a case against him.
In the case, Hasmat accused Mahmudur Rahman of using his name illegally as the publisher even though he submitted an application to the Dhaka deputy commissioner for excluding his name.