Mon, Jan 7th, 2008 5:52 pm BdST
Dhaka, Jan 7 (bdnews24.com) – A Dhaka court Monday
dismissed sedition charges a freedom fighter had
pressed against Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali
Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and two others.
Chief metropolitan magistrate for Dhaka Md Emran
Hossain Chowdhury dismissed the case, which also
involves Jamaat's assistant secretary general Abdul
Kader Molla and former Islami Bank chairman Shah
Mohammad Abdul Hannan.
Fazlur Rahman, a freedom fighter from Keraniganj,
filed the case on Dec 5 against them for making
disparaging statements about the nation's War of
Independence and freedom fighters.
The same court had accepted the case and asked Tejgaon
Police Station to record the case. Police later
returned the case to the court, saying they did not
get approval from the government to do so.
On Dec 11, the magistrate set Dec 18 for a decision
about the fate of the case. But the court did not do
so and set Dec 22 for the decision. Again, it reset
the date for Jan 7.
The complainant and his lawyers rejected the court
decision Monday and said they would move the High
Court to challenge the order.
According to case details, Mujahid on Oct 25 said in
an interview aired on different TV channels that there
were no anti-liberation forces or war criminals in the
country.
On Oct 26, Hannan cited the liberation war as a 'civil
war' in an interview with a TV channel.
Kader Molla at a discussion on Oct 31 said the freedom
fighters joined the war to protect the interest of
India.
He also made other controversial statements about the
freedom fighters.
bdnews24.com/pb/su/jr/bd/1711hours
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