Khaleda, Tarique sued for ‘threatening PM’

A case was filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and a member of its central executive committee on charge of giving death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through a Facebook post.

Abdul Kader Sujan, Awami League’s information and research secretary of Chittagong (south) unit, filed the case with Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Chittagong under Information and Communication Technology (Amendment) Act-2013.

The member of BNP central executive committee, Irad Ahmed Siddqui, on September 15 and 25 gave two separate statuses on Facebook threatening the prime minister, the case statement said.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shahidullah Qaiser accepted the complaint.