Case Against 4 ntv Men

Jatrabari OC asked to submit probe report by September 2

17 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Court Correspondent

A Dhaka court yesterday asked officer-in-charge (OC) of Jatrabari Police Station, who is also an accused in a defamation case, to submit a report by September 2 on an investigation into the case filed against four ntv officials and 11 others on Sunday. Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Emdadul Haque passed the order after scrutinising the documents submitted by the complainant of the case. Alhaj Golam Ali Imam Bhuiyan, a former Sonali Bank official and a resident of Gobinapur, filed the case against the accused on charges of broadcasting a programme titled 'Crime Watch' on the ntv calling him a land grabber on May 11. The accused are ntv news editor Khairul Anwar, Crime Watch producer and reporter Parvez Khan, cameramen Roni Raihan and Asaduzzaman, Jatrabari Police Station OC Maniruzzaman and ten others. In his complaint, Golam Ali said that the private satellite channel ntv on May 11 and 12 broadcast a 'Crime Watch' programme where the ntv reporters took interviews from the landowners. In the interview, landowners called the complainant a land grabber. The programme has tarnished his image in the society and hurt his name and fame, the complainant said.