Desk Report
Published: 23 Nov 2021, 11:55 pm
Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Jahangir Alam || Photo: Collected
A case has been filed against Gazipur City Corporation Mayor
Jahangir Alam at Rajbari.
On Tuesday (November 23) at noon, the President of the
Rajbari Municipal Branch of the Manobik Bangladesh Society Shashi Akter
became the plaintiff, the Senior Judicial Magistrate of Rajbari No. 1 Amli
Court. Sumon Hossain filed the case in court.
The court took cognizance of the case and directed the Police
Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate and submit a report by February 13
next year.
According to the petition, the accused Mayor Jahangir is a
masked hybrid leader. He has distorted history by making provocative statements
on social media Facebook about Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman and the great liberation war and by spreading propaganda about
Bangabandhu. Besides, there is confusion over the number of martyrs. A case was
filed under sections 504 and 505 mentioning these issues.
Advocate Mehedi Hasan said the case was filed by Shashi
Akter, president of the Manobik Bangladesh Society of Rajbari municipal branch. I am
fighting the case on behalf of Shashi Akter. The court directed the PBI to
investigate the case and submit a report.
Recently, the Mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Jahangir Alam
gave a controversial speech about Bangabandhu and the martyrs of the liberation
war. When the video of his statement went viral on social media, Awami League’s
Central Executive Committee issued a show-cause notice to him. He also
responded to the show-cause notice. But as the Center was not satisfied with
this, at the recent meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Awami
League, he was expelled from the post of General Secretary of Gazipur
Metropolitan Awami League and from the post of a primary member of Awami League.