An application has been submitted to a Dhaka court seeking permission to file a defamation case against suspended assistant commissioner Tapashee Tabassum Urmi for her defamatory remarks about Abu Sayed and others who were killed during July-August mass uprising. The application was submitted on Tuesday at the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain by Abu Hanif, a member of the Gonaodhikar Parishad and its media coordinator. After recording the complainant's statement, the court said that it would pass an order on the matter at a later date, said complainant's lawyer Md. Khademul Islam. Travel ban imposed on former NSI DG, his wife According to the case statement, October 5, Tapashee she allegedly made defamatory remarks not only about martyr Abu Sayed but also targeting the government established through the student-people’s movement and its Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Her statements were disrespectful and undermined the legitimacy of a constitutionally formed government. Her comments could create public fear by threatening the stability of the government and damaging the reputation of its officials, it said.

Tapashee Tabassum Urmi, an assistant commissioner in Lalmonirhat district, has been suspended following her controversial remark regarding the interim government on Facebook. She was suspended and disciplinary proceeding has been initiated against her, according to the PRO of the Ministry of Public Administration on Monday. Earlier on Sunday evening, she was made Officer on-Special Duty (OSD) and was attached to the Ministry of Public Administration, according to agazette notification, signed by Nilufa Yeasmin, senior assistant secretary of the ministry. In a Facebook post, Tapashee wrote, “The chief adviser of the interim government which has no constitutional base told a push has been made on reset button, history got erased. He has removed all histories of the county by clicking the reset button. Is it too easy! your (Yunus) countdown has started, Sir.” When asked about the post, she said, “I gave a post and it is enough. I made it only me. Transfer can be on several grounds and I don’t want to make any comment in this regard.” She also said, “There is no problem if I am terminated for this. Our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu is a settled true. Erasing history by pressing reset button, what stands for it? Therefore I assume the anti-liberation forces are in power in the country. It has been termed as July genocide, these all are upon investigation, not settled true. It hasn’t been proven yet.” It was found in her Facebook that she took a strong position against the mass upsurge and uploaded several posts in favour of the then Awami League government.