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Court summons Shajahan Khan over defamation suit

| Updated: February 13, 2020 20:48:05


Court summons Shajahan Khan over defamation suit

A Dhaka court has summoned former shipping minister Shajahan Khan in a defamation case filed by Nirapad Sarak Chai founder Ilias Kanchan.

Joint District and Sessions Judge Utpal Bhattyacharya passed the order without fixing any date on Thursday, reports UNB.

Supreme Court lawyer Md Rezaul Karim filed the case on Wednesday against the former minister on behalf Ilias Kanchan.

According to the case statement, on December 8 last year, Shajahan Khan at a programme in Rupganj made offensive and abusive remarks about Ilias Kanchan.

“I’d disclose it to the people how Ilias Kanchan gets money and for what purpose, how much money he takes for himself and how much for his son and daughter-in-law,” Shajahan, also transport workers’ leader, said.

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