DHAKA, Feb 10, 2021 (BSS) – A special tribunal here today ordered further
probe in a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA) against 11 people
including Zulkarnain Shayer Khan alias Sami, who appeared in an allegedly
false and politically motivated report, telecast by Al Jazeera recently.
Judge As-Shams Jaglul Hossain of Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal passed the order
today and set February 23 to submit the report by Counter Terrorism and
Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit.
The court came up with the order, allowing a prosecution plea to further
investigate the case. The prosecution on February 9 also filed naraji (no
confidence) petition against the charge-sheet for dropping names of eight
accused including Sami.
Earlier on January 13, police filed the charge-sheet against cartoonist
Ahmed Kabir Kishore, Rashtrachinta coordinator Didarul Bhuiyan and writer
Mushtak Ahmed.
Police, however, excluded names of eight accused Minhaj Mannan, Tasnim
Khalil, Sahed Alam, Asif Mohiuddin, Sami, Ashik Imran, Swapan Wahid and
Philip Shumakher from the charge-sheet.
The investigation officer pleaded to acquit them of the charges, saying the
allegations brought against them have not been proved.
RAB filed the case against 11 people on May 5, 2020, on charges of
spreading anti-state falsehood to tarnish the image of Bangladesh and create
confusion from a Facebook page.