Nasir sues 16 AL leaders on godfather issue
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin filed a defamation suit yesterday against 16 Awami League (AL) leaders including the AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil for listing him as a 'godfather'. Nasiruddin, also Chittagong city unit president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, appeared before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Monwarul Islam at noon and filed the suit under the Section 500/501. The other accused AL leaders are Abdus Samad Azad, Abdur Razzak, Sajeda Chowdhury, Suranjit Sengupta, Tofail Ahmed, Amir Hossain Amu, Obaidul Kader, Abdul Mannan, Mukul Bose, Asim Kumar Ukil, Abdur Rahman, Ishaq Ali Khan Panna, Abu Shaheed, Faruk Khan and BM Mozammel Hoque. The leaders were summoned to appear before court by January 7, 2004. Later, the state minister addressed a brief rally at the court premises. The AL published a list of alleged godfathers in an October 16 press briefing that prompted some leaders of the ruling alliance to file defamation cases against the AL leaders.
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