Mahmudur files defamation case against HT Imam

Former energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman yesterday filed a defamation case against HT Imam, co-chairman of Awami League Election Steering Committee, for making defamatory statements against him.
Mahmudur, also chairman of Amar Desh Publications Ltd, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka seeking arrest warrant against the accused.
After hearing the case, Metropolitan Magistrate Dr Abdul Mazid recorded the statements of the complainant but did not pass any order.
In his complaint, Mahmudur Rahman said that HT Imam at a press conference on December 27 made defamatory statements against him.
Mahmudur also said the statements, which are baseless, were made with the intention to undermine his image.
At the press conference, HT Imam said, "We have come to know that Mahmudur Rahman and a deputy secretary of Bangladesh Government (BG) Press who also acted as the personal secretary to Jamaat secretary Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojahid and two former IGPs have trained up some 100 workers of BNP-Jamaat on making fake ballot papers and techniques of vote rigging."