A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice to the police chief and the home secretary demanding the arrest of Brac University professor and journalist Afsan Chowdhury for his Facebook post on Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. The lawyer, SM Zulfikar Ali Zunu, served the notice on Monday which demands that Afsan be arrested within 24 hours, reports Bangla Tribune. According to the notice, Afsan posted false and slanderous comments on Facebook about the Chief Justice, the Judiciary and several prominent individuals, and misleading comments about Hefazat-e-Islam, which is a punishable offence under the ICT Act. Moreover, the veteran journalist posted derogatory comments about the ongoing trial of the 16th amendment of the constitution, which undermine and demean the Judiciary, the notice says. The lawyer also said he would file a writ with the High Court against Afsan if he is not arrested within the designated time.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 05, 2017 19:41 UTC