Tapasi Tabassum Urmi, the suspended assistant commissioner of Lalmonirhat, was summoned by a court today in a defamation case, asking her to appear before the court on November 28, reports BSS.
Zakir Hossain, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate, has passed the order. The defamation case was filed against Urmi for making derogatory remarks about Abu Sayed, considered the first martyr of the anti-discrimination movement.
Abu Hanif, Gono Adhikar Parishad higher council member, filed the case today.
According to the case documents, the accused, a government official, posted derogatory comments on her Facebook account about Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and the martyrs of the anti-discrimination movement. She harshly criticized the current government’s leader and even threatened to overthrow the administration, as stated by the complainant.
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