Statement Against Mahfuzur
HC puts injunction on journos
The High Court imposed a four-month injunction on journalist leaders from making defamatory or prejudicial statements against ATN Bangla Chairman Mahfuzur Rahman over the murder of journalist couple Sagar-Runi.
The court passed the order on September 11 following an appeal filed by Mahfuzur seeking the injunction.
The injunction was issued on Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Ruhul Amin Gazi, Abdul Jalil Bhuyian, Omar Faruque, Shaban Mahmud, Shakhawat Hossain Badsha, Abdus Shahid, Muhammad Baker Hossain and Jatiya Press Club and Dhaka Reporters Unity leaders.
Barrister Khairul Alam Choudhury, a lawyer for Mahfuzur, said there was no lawyer representing the journalists before the court during the September 11 appeal hearing.
Journalists will hold a meeting in front of ATN Bangla's office in the capital at 11:00am today demanding arrest of Mahfuzur, for stating at a press briefing in London that he had evidence related to the murder, and also for trial of the murderers.
Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Union of Journalists, Jatiya Press Club and Dhaka Reporters Unity, in a joint statement yesterday, urged all journalists to join the programme.
On February 11, Sagar Sarowar, a news editor at Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter for ATN Bangla, were murdered in their West Rajabazar residence in the capital.
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