AK Khandaker gets anticipatory bail in defamation case

The High Court yesterday granted a six-week anticipatory bail to former Planning Minister AK Khandaker in a defamation case, reports UNB.
The case was filed for his ‘disparaging remarks’ about some ‘Mujib Bahini’ members in his book ‘1971: Bhetore Baire’.
An HC bench comprising Justice Nizamul Haque and Justice Farid Ahmed Shibli passed the order in presence of AK Khandaker after hearing a bail petition.
Adv Subroto Chowdhury, Zahedul Bari and Ramjan Ali Sikdar stood for Khandaker while deputy attorney general Sheikh AKM Moniruzzaman represented the state.
On September 10 last year, a case was filed against AK Khandaker on charge of ‘distorting’ the Liberation War history in his book ‘1971: Bhetore Baire’.

AK Khandaker gets anticipatory bail in defamation case

The High Court yesterday granted a six-week anticipatory bail to former Planning Minister AK Khandaker in a defamation case, reports UNB. The case was filed for his disparaging remarks about some Mujib Bahini members in his book 1971: Bhetore Baire. An HC bench comprising Justice Nizamul Haque and Justice Farid Ahmed Shibli passed the order in presence of AK Khandaker after hearing a bail petition. Adv Subroto Chowdhury, Zahedul Bari and Ramjan Ali Sikdar stood for Khandaker while deputy attorney general Sheikh AKM Moniruzzaman represented the state. On September 10 last year, a case was filed against AK Khandaker on charge of distorting the Liberation War history in his book 1971: Bhetore Baire.