Khaleda gets 6-month bail in Narail defamation case

The High Court has granted bail for 6 months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed over her ‘derogatory remarks’ about freedom fighters and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hussain passed the order on Monday.

Barrister AKM Ehsanur Rahman confirmed the matter to Jago News. 

On December 21, 2015, Khaleda Zia at a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh raised questions about the actual number of Liberation War martyrs saying, “There’re controversies over how many were martyred in the Liberation War. There’re also many books and documents on the controversies.”

Reacting over the Khaleda’s remarks, Raihan Farooque Imam of Narail filed a case with the Cognisance Court on December 24, 2015.