Derogatory Remarks

State minister Qamrul sued

26 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Sirajganj

A defamation case was filed yesterday against State Minister for Law Advocate Qamrul Islam for making derogatory remarks against late president Ziaur Rahman. Lodging the case with the First Judicial Magistrate's Court, Advocate Ruhul Amin Babu, general secretary of District Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, claimed Tk. 5,000 crore in compensation. Babu in his case statement said Qamrul addressing a meeting in the capital recently termed Ziaur Rahman, the former president and Sector Commander of Liberation War, as a spy of the then Pakistani occupation forces. He said that he filed the case as the remarks made by the state minister tarnished the image of Ziaur Rahman. Senior Judicial Magistrate Pradip Kumar Roy took the case into cognizance.