High Court orders removal of objectionable audios, videos of Murad from social media
Murad had recently drawn flak also by saying that the state religion provision should not remain in the constitution, even though the party’s senior leadership is not considering the matter Facebook/Md. Murad Hassan
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Publish : 07 Dec 2021, 10:24 AMUpdate : 07 Dec 2021, 04:36 PM
The High Court on Tuesday directed Bangladesh's telecom regulator to take necessary steps to remove all objectionable audios and videos of State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murad Hassan from social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Md Mostafizur Rahman gave the order to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and also asked Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar to submit an action-taken report by Wednesday morning, in the wake of a plea by a leading Supreme Court lawyer.
In his petition, Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman claimed that such "indecent, obscene audios and videos can have adverse effects on society”.
“The responsible agencies of the government should have removed these contents but as they did not, I have sought the High Court’s direction in public interest," he said in his plea.
During a recent social media interview, the state minister made some derogatory remarks on BNP acting chief Tarique Rahman and his daughter Zaima Rahman.
Meanwhile, a two-year-old phone conversation of the state minister with actor Mamnun Hasan Emon and actress Mahiya Mahi recently went viral on social media. In that audio clip, Murad made some derogatory remarks on the actress, threatened her and allegedly made her an indecent proposal.
On Monday night, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked Murad to resign from the cabinet by Tuesday over his recent derogatory remarks on social media, according to Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.
The BNP on Monday demanded that the state minister give a public apology and withdraw his “politically motivated, racial and derogatory” remarks against women and the Zia family.
High Court orders removal of objectionable audios, videos of Murad from social media
The High Court on Tuesday directed Bangladesh's telecom regulator to take necessary steps to remove all objectionable audios and videos of State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murad Hassan from social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Md Mostafizur Rahman gave the order to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and also asked Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar to submit an action-taken report by Wednesday morning, in the wake of a plea by a leading Supreme Court lawyer.
In his petition, Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman claimed that such "indecent, obscene audios and videos can have adverse effects on society”.
“The responsible agencies of the government should have removed these contents but as they did not, I have sought the High Court’s direction in public interest," he said in his plea.
During a recent social media interview, the state minister made some derogatory remarks on BNP acting chief Tarique Rahman and his daughter Zaima Rahman.
Meanwhile, a two-year-old phone conversation of the state minister with actor Mamnun Hasan Emon and actress Mahiya Mahi recently went viral on social media. In that audio clip, Murad made some derogatory remarks on the actress, threatened her and allegedly made her an indecent proposal.
On Monday night, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked Murad to resign from the cabinet by Tuesday over his recent derogatory remarks on social media, according to Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.
The BNP on Monday demanded that the state minister give a public apology and withdraw his “politically motivated, racial and derogatory” remarks against women and the Zia family.
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