A hearing was held Sunday on the writ to stop the screening of the Indian movie 'Faraaz', made over the terrorist attack at Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery on 2016, in Bangladeshi cinema halls and other online platforms.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir fixed Monday morning to hear the writ petition after watching the movie.
The writ issued a ruling asking why the defendants' failure to take necessary steps on permanently bans the movie from being shown in Bangladeshi cinema halls and broadcasted on Netflix, Amazon Primes and other online platforms would not be invalid.
Besides, a request has been made to issue a rule seeking to know why the necessary steps will not be taken to stop the screening of the cinema.
Petitioner Advocate Ahsanul Karim told BSS, "The way that they have portrayed Abinta in the movie is derogatory and it's inconsistence with our culture.
Also, the movie degrades role of Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies during the attack... Due to these reasons, the movie should not be screened on any platform in Bangladesh."
Ruba Ahmed, mother of Abinta Kabir who was killed by militants in the Holey Artisan attack, filed the writ on February 12.
In the writ petition, secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, secretary of the Ministry of Home, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (BTRC) and Inspector General of Police have been made defendants (respondents).
Abinta Kabir, a student of Oxford College, Emory University in the USA, was killed along with his friend Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain in the Holey Artisan attack on July 1, 2016.
