An arrest warrant has been issued against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and its standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in two separate cases filed in Narail district.
Narail Sadar Sub-ordinate Court judge Amatul Morsheda issued the arrest warrant on Wednesday.
One Sheikh Ashik Billah on December 29, 2015 lodged a Tk 1 crore defamation case in Narail Sadar Sub-ordinate Court against Khaleda Zia accusing her of making derogatory comments on the number of the Liberation War martyrs, 30 lakh, and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a rally in the capital on December 21, 2015.
The same person filed a case in the same court against Gayeshwar Chandra Roy for making derogatory remarks on the martyred intellectuals in a programme in the capita on December 25.