Barrister Mainul Hosein has been shown arrested under the Digital Security Act for using abusive language against journalist Masuda Bhatti.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Noor issued the order and ordered him to go to jail on Thursday, following a petition.
Gulshan police station’s Sub-Inspector Ziaul Haque, also investigation officer in this case, submitted the petition to show the former caretaker government adviser arrested in the case.
An Awami League leader filed the case against Mainul with the Cyber Crime Tribunal in Dhaka on October 25.
Earlier in the day, police produced Mainul in the court during the hearing.
The court set November 29 for the next hearing in the case.
Mainul, who is now in Dhaka central jail in a defamation case, is facing scores of cases across the country, for his comments to Masuda Bhatti.
During a television talk show last month the former caretaker government adviser called Masuda Bhatti “characterless.”
