HC seeks footage on 2 BNP leaders' remarks

The High Court Thursday asked for compact disks (CDs) from nine private television channels on the statements of BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Moudud Ahmed about this court.

BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday at a meeting at Jatiya Press Club in the city said, "Now the court is governing the country as it is giving decisions on everything including the club, field and river."

Moudud Ahmed was present at the meeting and made a statement about the judiciary.

An HC bench in a suo moto move ordered the authorities concerned of the television channels to submit the video footage on the statements of Fakhrul and Moudud.

The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the order as Attorney General Mahbubey Alam brought the statements before it.

The television channels are ATN News, ATN Bangla, Channel i, Mohona TV, Diganta TV, NTV, Desh TV, My TV and Independent TV, which covered the meeting.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star that the court asked for CDs from the television channels to examine the statements of two BNP leaders about the court.

Source : The Daily Star

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