Acting editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman on Thursday filed a case against 66 people including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, ex-IGP Mohammad Javed Patwary on charge of attacking him on a court premises in Kushtia around six years back.
Kushtia Model Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Mahfuzur Haque Chowdhury said 46 people including leaders and activists of Awami League, Chhatra League, Jubo League and Swechhasebak League were named in the case and 15 to 20 were unnamed.
Replying to a question, Mahmudur Rahman, who filed the case in person, said he demanded justice.
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According to the case statement, Mahmudur Rahman came under attack by the accused when he was coming out of the Kushtia court after securing bail in a defamation case on July 22, 2018. Later, he returned to Dhaka by an ambulance.
In 2018, then district unit of Chhatra League president Yeasir Arafat Tushar filed a case against Mahmdur Rahman bringing allegation of making derogatory remarks about Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and niece of Sheikh Hasina.