Jugantor reporter sued under DSA in Chattogram

Staff Reporter :
A case has been filed against Bangla news daily Jugantor’s Special Correspondent Mahbub Alam under the Digital Security Act in Chattogram.
Helal Akbar Chowdhury Babar, former deputy financial affairs secretary of the central Jubo League, filed the case against Mahbubul Alam Bablu.
 Public Prosecutor (PP) of Chattogram Divisional Cyber Tribunal Advocate Mezbah Uddin confirmed the matter to the media saying that the case was filed at the court of Chattogram Divisional Cyber Tribunal Judge Mohammad Zahirul Kabir on Wednesday.
The plaintiff’s lawyer Mezbah Uddin said, the court took the case into cognizance and ordered the Counter Terrorism Unit to investigate.
According to the case details, Journalist Mahbub recently published a report in Jugantor titled, “Dubai-returnee top criminal of Chattogram Babar Bahini’s dominance, rail held hostage by Shah Alam Syndicate”.
He (Mahbub) shared the report from his personal Facebook ID. In the report, Helal Akbar was referred to as an extortionist, occupier and godfather of terrorist.
The Jubo League leader alleged in the case that he was defamed by the report with false information.
When asked about this, Helal told the media that, “I have no dispute with any journalist; I have good relations with everyone. This journalist of Jugantor has ruined my reputation by publishing false news about me. He wrote that I am a criminal” .
“I sent him a lawyer’s notice before the case. If necessary, I will file another defamation case,” he said.