A Dhaka court has framed charges against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a defamation case filed for making disparaging remarks about the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nurnabi Mirza framed the charges on Sunday, rejecting the discharge petition filed by the BNP leader. As the charges were read out before Fakhrul, he pleaded not guilty and sought justice from the court. There is no difference between the Awami League and the Pakistani Hanadar Bahini,” Fakhrul added. Following the incident, Nur-E-Alam Siddique, vice-president of the central committee of Bangladesh Awami Motshojibi League, filed a case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Rani Chakrabarti on September 1.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 09, 2017 09:22 UTC