A National University teacher has been indicted in a defamation case on charge of making derogatory comments about the prime minister and her family.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Harun-or-Rashid yesterday took the charges into cognisance against AKM Wahiduzzaman, the NU teacher of geography, rejecting a discharge petition.
If proved guilty, Wahiduzzaman may get simple or rigorous imprisonment for up to seven years or fined.
On August 22 last year, he allegedly made the remarks about PM Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul.
On October 8, AB Siddiqui, president of a pro-Awami League organisation, lodged the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka, which issued a warrant for Wahid’s arrest. Three days later, he secured a month’s bail from the High Court.
According to the case, on his Facebook page Wahid made oblique remarks on Joy who, he said, was a graduate in public administration but claimed himself to be an IT specialist.
Wahid was also sarcastic about Putul’s works with autistic children and the honorary doctorate degrees of Hasina.
