A Rangpur court has fixed January 10 to frame charges against Jatiya Oikyafront leader Barrister Mainul Hossain in a case filed under the Digital Security ACT for defaming journalist Masuda Bhatti.
Rangpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Arifa Yesmeen Mukta on Thursday fixed the date in absence of Barrister Mainul.
Earlier on October 22, the same court issued a warrant for Mainul’s arrest after a local human rights activist, Mili Maya, filed a defamation case with it.
According to the case statement filed by Masuda Bhatti, Mainul who was connected to a talk show programme, ‘Ekattorer Journal’, through a videoconference aired on a private TV channel, Ekattor TV, hosted by Mithila Farzana, made an ‘offensive comments’ against her on October 16.
He tarnished the image of Masuda Bhatti, the statement said.