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HC-OLI-BOOK
HC orders confiscation of Col Oli’s book
DHAKA, Dec 8, 2020 (BSS) – The High Court today ordered the
authorities concerned to confiscate a book titled ‘Rashtra Biplab
Samarik Bahinir Sadoysabinda Abong Bangladesher Muktijoddha’ written
by Liberal Democratic Party President Col (retd) Oli Ahmed.
The HC bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Mahmud Hasan
Talukder pronounced the order, lawyer Shah Manzurul Haque told BSS.
He said distorting the country’s history, Ziaur Rahman was mentioned
as the first president in the book and that is why the court ordered
confiscation of this book.
At the same time, the HC ordered to block the YouTube content of
Kanak Sarwar, a journalist living abroad, as it broadcast an interview
of Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed, distorting the country’s history.
The court orders came after hearing a writ petition filed by
Supreme Court lawyer Imtiaz Uddin Ahmed Asif.
Lawyer Shah Manzurul Haque stood for the writ petitioner.
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