Jugantor reporter sued under DSA
A journalist of the Bangla daily Jugantor was sued under the Digital Security Act yesterday.
Former deputy financial secretary of Jubo League Helal Akbar Chowdhury alias Babar filed the case against Mahbub Alam, special correspondent of the Jugantor, with the Cyber Tribunal in Chattogram, said the tribunal's Public Prosecutor Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury.
According to the case statement, the correspondent reported on March 14 that a syndicate controls everything -- tender, illegal occupation and lease -- in Central Railway Building (CRB), the zonal office of Bangladesh Railway, in Chattogram and the plaintiff is a part of the syndicate.
The plaintiff, who stands accused in a case filed over the double murder in Chattogram's CRB area on June 24, 2013, mentioned in the case statement that the report defamed him.
On March 15, the reporter shared his report on his Facebook page.
The court has directed the cyber unit of the Counter Terrorism Unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police to investigate the case, said Mezbah.
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