Saber files defamation suit against Sangram
Staff Correspondent
Awami League leader Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday filed a damage suit seeking compensation of Tk 50 crore against the editor, publisher of the daily Sangram and its Khulna correspondent for carrying a "false" news item.In his plaint with the Court of First Joint District Judge, Dhaka, Saber Chowdhury, political secretary to the Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina, accused the daily's Editor Mohammad Abul Asad, Publisher Shafi Uddin and reporter Sheikh Helaluddin of tainting his reputation in the political arena. "The report is false, fabricated and concocted," the plaint said. On November 8, the daily ran a report titled "Conspiracy to create fresh violence in the south-western region". The report claimed that three sophisticated M-16 rifles and 169 bullets were seized from sealiner MV Banga Lanka, a ship owned by Saber Chowdhury. However, Saber said the vessel is owned by HRC Group, headed by his elder brother Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury. Earlier, Saber filed a defamation case with the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka on November 17.
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