A court in Jamalpur issued an arrest warrant against Mainul Hosein, a former adviser to the military-installed caretaker administration, in a Tk 200 billion defamation suit.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Soleiman Kabir passed the order on Sunday (Oct 21).
Convener of Jamalpur Jubo Mohila League Farzana Yasmin Lita filed the case with the court for hurling abusive words at journalist Masuda Bhatti on live television.
On Oct 16, Hosein called Bhatti ‘debauchee’ at the talk show -- Ekattor Journal -- hosted by Mithila Farzana on Ekattor TV.
There has been an outpouring of anger on the social media about Hosein, one of the sponsors of the Dr Kamal Hossain-led new alliance with the BNP.
Oct 17, over 100 female journalists and rights activists demanded a public apology from Hosein and 55 senior journalists made the same demand on Sunday (Oct 20).