A local court here has asked Bangla Daily Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman to appear it on the fixed date in a case for bail hearing.
Matiur Rahman accompanied by his advocates appeared before a court of Barisal Metropolitan Magistrate Nusrat Jahan yesterday and sought bail in the case launched against him as well another journalist on charge of hurting religious sentiment of the countrymen.
The court opined that: “Lower court has no jurisdiction for bail petition hearing prior to the fixed date of the case and asked the accused to appear it on September 10 the date earlier fixed for the hearing.”
On October 9, 2014, Barisal city unit Awami Olema League Secretary Mawlana Bashirullah Atahari lodged the lawsuit against Matiur Rahman and freelance photographer Majid Khan for publishing a cartoon derogatory to Islam on its magazin “Alpin”.
And the court summoned the accused on September 10, 2015 for placing their their statement in the accusation.