Defamation suit filed against 3 editors

22 December 2011, 18:00 PM

Court Correspondent

Ashiyan Land Development Ltd yesterday filed a defamation case against the editors of three national dailies for publishing a news item this November, which, the company says, was "false and fabricated." The company's Managing Director NI Maksud filed the case against Dr Syed Anwar Husain, editor of the Daily Sun; Imdadul Haque Milon, acting editor of the daily Kaler Kantho; and Naim Nizam, acting editor of the daily Bangladesh Protidin; with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka. After the hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Keshob Roy Chowdhury recorded statement of the plaintiff and issued summons upon the editors asking them to appear before it on February 17. In the complaint, Maksud said the three dailies on November 22 this year published a news item titled “Ashiyan Land Development Ltd was caught while it attempted to get loan of Tk 10 crore showing forged FDR”. The news was false and fabricated, and it tarnished the company's image, he said.