Traffic inspector summoned

A Chittagong court yesterday summoned a traffic inspector of Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a case filed for allegedly sharing a “derogatory remark” on Facebook about the  prime minister.

The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Al Imran issued the summon in connection with the case filed yesterday with the court by Sheikh Ahmed, assistant office secretary of Jubo League's ward 37 unit in port city.

According to the case statement, allegations were brought against the accused -- Abul Kashem, traffic inspector (admin) of Bandar Traffic Division -- under sections 500, 501 and 505 of the Penal Code.

Nirmalendu Bikash Chawakrabarty, additional deputy commissioner (prosecution) of CMP, said, “The court took the complaint into cognisance and asked the traffic inspector to appear before it on September 9 for providing his explanation.”

The Jubo League leader alleged that on August 4, in a report run by a local newspaper, he took notice that Abul Kashem had shared a Facebook post, uploaded by one Habib Bin Islam on July 5 in 2012, containing derogatory remarks about the PM and her family.