A lawyer on Tuesday filed a case under the Digital Security Act (DSA) against seven people, including the editor of the daily Bangladesh Pratidin Naem Nizam.
Barrister M Sarwar Hossain filed the case with the court of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Jaglul Hossain for “spreading falsehood intentionally”.
Recording the testimony of the plaintiff, the court asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the allegations and submit a report on March 15.
The other accused in the case are- Bangladesh Pratidin publisher Moynal Hossain Chowdhury, Bangla Insider Chief Editor Syed Borhan Kabir, website ‘Viral Protidin’ admin, narrator, video editor and technician.
