Editor Inquilab sued

AMM Bahauddin, editor of the daily Inquilab, and one other were sued in a defamation case yesterday.

Former shipping minister Shajahan Khan, also a presidium member of the ruling Awami League, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan  Magistrate Abu Sayeed.

Abdul Quader, director of Quaderia Publications and Products Limited, was the other accused in the case.

Following a hearing, the magistrate took cognisance of the case, recorded the complainant's statement and instructed the Police Bureau of  Investigation to investigate the case and submit a report by September 16.

In his complaint, Shajahan Khan stated that editor AMM Bahauddin on July 28 published a report in his paper "the daily Inquilab" regarding his  daughter Oaishe Khan's Covid-19 report which defamed him, his daughter  as well as his family.