Sylhet's deputy commissioner was sued on Tuesday on charge of making defamatory comments about the members of the committee of a Hindu temple in the city.
After holding the hearing at noon, the chief judicial magistrate court ordered the Kotwali thana's officer-in-charge to conduct an inquiry and submit his report.
Asit Bhattacharya, joint convener of the committee named the Committee to Resist Grabbing Land of Temple of Sri Sri Gopal Jeu, located in Gopaltila at Tilagar in the city, filed the case against deputy commissioner Abu Syed Md Hashim.
The plaintiff in his allegation stated that the accused, during an interview on April 30 broadcast by Desh TV, a private television channel, commented that 'the people who are waging a movement to protect the land were themselves involved in land-grabbing, as I have been informed.'
Advocate Abdul Mawdud Kaisar, Prashanta Kumar Pal, Biman Chandra Das, Nitu Kanta Das, Humayun Rashid Suyeb and Monit Uddin appeared for the plaintiff in the hearing.
Deputy commissioner Abu Syed Md Hashim denied the allegation brought against him.
'I did not make any such comment and if I did, I had no intention to hurt the sentiments of any persons or any organisation,' he claimed.
The members of the incumbent governing body of the Akhra of Gopal Jeu at Tilagar, in association with a section of the leaders of the ruling Awami League and its front organizations, reportedly leased out some 4 acres of the temple's land several months back, which has angered the Hindu community in the city.
Source : New Age
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