DSA case against Naem Nizam, 6 others: CID asked to submit reports by May 10

A Dhaka tribunal today asked Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit by May 10 a report on a case filed against seven people, including Bangladesh Pratidin Editor Naem Nizam, over publishing and circulating false, defamatory and offensive information.

The other accused in the case filed under Digital Security Act are: Bangladesh Pratidin Publisher Moynal Hossain Chowdhury; news portal Bangla Insider's Chief Editor Syed Borhan Kabir; and the admin, narrator, video maker and technician of the Facebook page called Viral Protidin.

Judge (in charge) Mohammad Iqbal Hossain of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal passed the order after CID failed to submit their report today.

Earlier on February 15, Barrister M Sarwar Hossain filed the case with the Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka against the seven.

Upon hearing on the issue, Judge Mohammad Ash Sams Joglul Hossain had recorded the complainant's statements and directed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit a report by today.

According to case documents, Naem Nizam and Moynal Hossain Chowdhury on September 7 and 8 last year published two reports on Barrister M Sarwar Hossain in Bangladesh Pratidin which contained "false, defamatory, offensive and objectionable information".

Syed Borhan Kabir on September 8 that year published a report about the complainant on his online portal, containing the same information.

Eight videos, which contained false, defamatory, offensive and objectionable information about the complainant, were published and circulated by the Facebook page, according to the case statement.

The seven accused published false and offensive information against Sarwar as he took part in the no-confidence petition against the final report that cleared Bashundhara Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir from charges of abetting suicide of a college student, the case statement added.