A Dhaka court has summoned the editor and publisher, and the executive editor of Bangla national daily Jugantor; a reporter of daily Samakal, and the editor and publisher, and a reporter of daily Aparadh Kantha in three separate defamation cases.
Three metropolitan magistrates of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court issued the summons on Tuesday in response to three separate cases filed by Union Group chairman Rana Shafiullah.
The accused are Jugantor editor and publisher Salma Islam and executive editor Saiful Islam, Aparadh Kantha editor and publisher Rashedul Hasan, its reporter Delwar Hossain, and Samakal reporter Hakikat Jahan Haki.
Magistrate AGM Al-Masud directed the editor and the executive editor of Jugantor to appear before it on September 5.
Another magistrate Harun-or Rashid directed the editor and the reporter of Aparadh Kantha to appear before it on Aug 25, while magistrate Shamsul Islam directed the Samakal reporter to appear before it on September 5.
According to the case details, Jugantor and Samakal on July 20 published two separate news titled 'Billionaire from slum boy selling stolen wine: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to probe Rana's illegally earned wealth' and 'ACC asks Rana Shafiullah, his wife to submit wealth statements', respectively.
On the other hand, Aparadh Kantha on July 21 published another report titled 'At last Rana, his wife given notice by ACC'.
The plaintiff in his case said that the reports were completely false, defamatory and baseless.
Source : New Age
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