Mainul Hosein sent to jail

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Tuesday sent former army-backed caretaker government adviser Mainul Hosein to jail in a defamation suit which was filed in Rangpur.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Kaisarul Islam passed the order Tuesday afternoon.

Mainul Hosein, also an organiser of newly-floated opposition political alliance Jatiya Oikya Front,  was produced before court around 1:45pm.

Earlier, Detective Branch of police on Monday night picked up Mainul Hosein from the residence of the Front’s top leader ASM Abdur Rob in a case filed against him in Rangpur.

Several cases were filed against Mainul at places, including in Dhaka, Rangpur, Jamalpur and Brahmanbaria, for making ‘defamatory remark’ on journalist Masuda Bhatti during a TV talk-show on Tuesday last. 

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net