Dhaka, 15 Jan – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday fixed February 27 to record the depositions of the witnesses in sedition case filed against BNP’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and thee others for telecasting a ‘fabricated and provocative’ speech of BNP leader Tarique Rahman.Of the four accused of the case, accused Abdus Salam, who was the former chairman of the Ekushey Television, obtained bail in the case. While other three accused- Tareque Rahman, former employees of Ekushey Television- Mahathir Farooki Khan and Kanak went into hiding after they were granted bail by the court.
SI Borhanuddin and the Investigation Officer of the case filed the case with Tejgaon Model Police Station on January 8, 2015 against the accsed on the charges of telecasting a “false, fabricated and provocative” speech delivered by Tarique Rahman on January 5 of the same year. – Special Correspondent
