An action for sedition can only be pursued with the permission of the government, the magistrates reasoned, before throwing out the cases as neither was filed with the requisite approval. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syedul Haque Suman and Dhaka Bar Association’s executive council member Advocate Ibrahim Khalil filed the cases with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Sunday morning. Magistrate Ziaul Hasan will hear Suman’s case while Khalil’s case will be conducted in Magistrate Abu Sufiyan Md Noman’s court. Arrest warrants have also been sought against Priya Saha in these cases filed under Section 124 (Ka) of the penal code. Saha, organising secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, attended a meeting at the White House in Washington on Jul 17.

Source: bd News24 July 21, 2019 11:37 UTC