Six more cases were filed against acting editor of Daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman in different districts.
These cases were filed over his alleged derogatory remarks about Bangladesh's independence and sovereignty, and Bangabandhu and his family, reports UNB.
In Comilla, former Chhatra League leader Advocate Md Ziaul Hasan Chowdhury Shohag filed a Tk 10.00 billion defamation case with the Comilla Judicial Magistrate Court-1 on Tuesday.
Justice Md Mostain Billah ordered the officer-in-charge of Comilla Detective Branch (DB) to investigate the allegation.
In Narail, a Tk 10 billion defamation case was filed against the Mahmudur Rahman, BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and Bangladesh Democratic Council president MA Halim on Tuesday.
Former district BCL president Mostafa Kamal filed the case with a court here.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Jahidul Azad ordered the OC of Narail Sadar Police Station to accept the allegation as case.
In Chapainawabganj, district Jubo Mahila League President Advocate Yeasmin Sultana Ruma filed a defamation case with Senior Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday.
In Tangail, district Awami League leader Saifuzzaman Sohel on Tuesday filed yet another defamation case with the Tangail Judicial Magistrate Court.
In Sunamganj, a district BCL leader filed a complaint against Mahmudur Rahman under the ICT Act with Sunamganj Sadar Model Police Station on Tuesday.
In Satkhira, Additional Public Prosecutor of Satkhira Judge Court Azharul Islam filed a case on Monday night under the ICT Act.
According to the case statements, Mahmudur Rahman at a programme at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on December 1 claimed that Bangladesh is not an independent country as it has no sovereignty although it has land and population.
"Bangladesh is now 'a colony of India'. According to the political science, Bangladesh can't be considered as a state. Sheikh Mujib had killed country's democracy and independence of mass media and buried it," he had said, according to the statement.
He also demanded that the mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman should not be on the premise of the Jatiya Press Club and claimed that the current government is illegal.
In the last several days, a number of defamation cases were filed against the Amar Desh acting editor across the country.
An Awami League leader of Natore filed a case on November 7 seeking Tk 10.00 billion in damages. A general diary was also filed in Manikganj in this regard on Friday.
Two more sedition cases were filed against Mahmudur Rahman in Dinajpur and Kurigram on December 10.