A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant against a National University (NU) teacher in a defamation case filed for his derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members on social media Facebook.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tarek Mainul Islam Bhuyun issued the warrant against AKM Wahiduzzaman, a teacher of Geography Department, after recording the complainant’s statement.
AB Siddiqui, president of pro-Awami League organisation Bangladesh Jononetri Parishad, on Tuesday lodged the defamation case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
In the case statement, the complainant mentioned that the accused made derogatory comments in Facebook about the premier, her son Sajieeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul on August 22. The complainant also included names of seven witnesses in the case.
Earlier on April 23 last year, the complainant filed a general diary with the Rampura police station against Hafizur Rahman Rana, a lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, alleging that the teacher made death threat to the prime minister on Facebook.
Hafizur was sentenced seven years imprisonment following the case on June 27.
