By Staff Reporter on 30/10/2022
Recent media reports around the case of sedition brought by a member of the Bangabandhu Lawyers’ Association against the controversial The Daily Nobojug and some of its comment-contributors/readers on issues such as the Al-Jazeera’s hour-long documentary “All the Prime-Minister’s Men” and the controversial death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in prison suggest that the investigation against the accused is in full flow and details are emerging as to their motive behind their actions leading to the charges. The offending article was published on The Daily Nobojug on 27 March 2021.
On the condition of anonymity, a reliable source from PBI (Police Bureau of Invesitagtion), which has been tasked with the investigation of the charges by the Additional Chief Magistrate Md. Hasibul Haque of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court – 05 by way of an order issued on 25 August 2021, has confirmed to TheBDNews24 that, on preliminary investigation, most of the accused appear to be based overseas, mainly in Europe and the US and it is clear that they are working closely, covertly and sometimes explicitly, with the dominant parts of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party which is currently being led by exiled BNP leader Tarique Rahman, to upset the harmony within the country and to create chaos and disorder by spreading confusion and misinformation about the government, armed forces and the judiciary.
Some identities have now been uncovered – Md Razim Hossain, Md Rukon Miah, Md Sabbir Hossain, Md Al Amin Kaisar, Md Masum Sajjad, Mohammad Shahidul Islam Jaigirdar, Md Ashif Hossain, and Ahsanul Huda Sarker. The responsible PBI team are tracking the whereabouts of these individuals and investigating these individuals’ local addresses. It is expected further progress will be made.
The investigation continues in this case (CR-120/2021).
