The High Court (HC) cancelled a defamation case against BNP standing committee member and former minister Dr Khandker Mosharraf Hossain.
HC bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain cancelled the case after hearing a petition moved by Dr Maruf Hossain, lawyer of Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday (27 November).
After hearing, the petitioner told the journalists that the HC in 2017 withheld the case and issued a rule in this regard. The High Court finally cancelled the case after dismissal of the rule.
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka on 27 October 2014, filed defamation charge against Dr Khandker Mosharraf Hossain.
AB Siddiq, president of Janonetri Parishad, on 20 January 2013 filed a defamation case against Dr Khadker Mosharraf following a derogatory statement against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
The complainant told the lower court that Dr Khandker Mosharraf at a rally in front of National Press Club in 2012 said, “Sheikh Hasina would have to face the fate like [other Awami League leaders faced] in 1975, if she tries to remain in power forcefully.”
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