Defamatory remarks: Dinajpur mayor jailed for a month

A Dinajpur court sent the municipality mayor to jail for a month, after he surrendered yesterday, for making defamatory remarks about a senior judge of the Supreme Court.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Zulfikar Ullah passed the order when Syed Jahangir Alam, also assistant organising secretary of Rangpur division of BNP, appeared before it.

Earlier, he also paid Tk 1 lakh as a fine to the court through his lawyers, said ASM Liakat Ali, court inspector in Dinajpur.

On October 12, the SC sentenced the mayor to one month's imprisonment and fined him Tk 1 lakh for the remarks.

On August 18, the Appellate Division issued a contempt of court notice to Jahangir asking him to explain why he should not be punished for the remarks.

Earlier, Jahangir made such comments on a YouTube channel about Justice M Enayetur Rahim over judgement in a case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.