State Minister for Labour Monnujan Sufian, who started the case, has been asked to respond to the rule. In July 2018, Monnujan sent a legal notice to Muntassir questioning the validity of the information and Muntassir responded. In that notice, Muntassir was asked to apologise for disclosing the information, withdraw it and provide detailed information of the essayist. Muntassir’s refusal to do so led State Minister Monnujan to file a defamation case in Dhaka’s Third District Judge’s Court in February last year claiming Tk 500 million in damages. State Minister Monnujan filed the case 14 years after the publication of the book.

Source: bd News24 August 31, 2020 12:33 UTC