A complaint registered case has been filed against three people, including Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury for allegedly making derogatory comments in an article about Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The case was filed with the Chittagong Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Nazim Uddin Sujon, 60, of Agrabad in Chattogram filed the case alleging that the three had insulted Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Petitioner's lawyer Shahida Nur confirmed the information.
Two others accused in the case are Rashed Rauf, associate editor of the Daily Azadi, and writer Neshar Ahmed.
Regarding the matter, Serajul Islam said he had no idea why he was made an accused in this case.
"The article that he has been sued is in his collection of essays published in 2006, he said adding that “There will be no room to for writing if old writings are dug up and get sued."
