Defamation suit
A case was filed against Ekushey Television (ETV) Chairman Abdus Salam and five others yesterday with a court here, accusing them of false reporting. Mayor Khan Habibur Rahman filed the case. The other accused include news editor Selim Khan, cameraman SI Sumon, staff correspondent Zia Khan, district correspondent Sunil Das and Shahajan Fakir of Khardar area. The court set November 11 for the hearing of the case. In the case, the city mayor mentioned that they (ETV) intentionally ran a report from 1-3 November on an eviction to depict him (the city mayor) as 'godfather'. But the report was false, fabricated and concocted and it was run to defame him in the society as well as in the political arena, said the complainant.
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