Dhaka, Oct 23 (Just News): Another arrest warrant has been issued against Barrister Mainul Hosein by a court in Cox’s Bazar in connection with a case filed on charges of defaming Journalist Masuda Bhatti.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Tamanna Farah issued the warrant after a brief hearing on the case filed with the court by Fakhrul Islam Gundu, a lawyer and former general secretary of Cox’s Bazar unit Awami League, reports our local correspondent.
In the case statement, the plaintiff claimed that by calling Masuda Bhatti a person of “loose character” at the talk show, Barrister Mainul has insulted the women journalists as well as the whole women community.
"Mainul has made such remarks with an intention of creating anarchy in the country," the statement read.
With the case, Maniul is now facing at least seven cases so far.
Masuda Bhatti filed the case in Dhaka with the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Noor. Besides, Jamalpur Jubo Mohila League Convener Farzana Yasmin Lita filed in Jamalpur with the Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Soleiman Kabir.
Mainul got an ad interim bail on Sunday in the two defamation cases.
Other cases were filed in Rangpur, Cumilla, Bhola and Brahmanbaria in connection with the same issue. A court in Brahmanbaria issued arrest warrant against Mainul yesterday afternoon.
Barrister Mainul Hosein was sent to jail this afternoon in the defamation suit filed in Rangpur.
Detectives produced him before court around 1:00pm. The accused, pleaded for bail but his plea was turned down.
He was arrested last night from the Uttara residence of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rab) chief ASM Abdur Rab.
