Two cases filed against Iqbal Sobahan

Staff Correspondent: Two cases have been filed against Prime Minister’s Media Adviser and the Daily Observer Editor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury for publishing a report on January 23.

Rajshahi-4 constituency MP Enamul Haque filed the cases on Tuesday with the court of Justice Saifuzzaman Ansary of Dhaka Metropolitan Court and the court of Dhaka Joint District Judge Manowara Begum.

According to the case statement, a news item was published in 'The Daily Observer' on January 23 under the headline 'Police await PM's order to crack down on drug lords' which tarnished plaintiff's reputation.

Earlier, on Sunday, Awami League lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari from Feni- 2 constituency filed a Tk 10 crore defamation case against Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury in Feni for publishing the report.

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