A court in Dhaka has re-fixed the submission date of Investigation report on singer Asif’s case to Dec 17.
The case was filed under Information and Communication Technology Act by musician Shafiq Tuhin on Jun 6.
The investigation officer has failed to submit the report to the court as it was scheduled on Wednesday (Oct 31).
Dhaka Metropolitan sessions court judge Nibana Khaer Jessie passed the order on Wednesday (Oct 31).
The case alleges that through an investigative tv show ‘Searchlight’, aired on Jun 1 at Channel 24, Tuhin came to know that Asif Akbar, without any prior permission, sold 617 songs — written composed and sung by various lyricists and artists, including himself (Shafiq).
The case statement also states, as the chairman of ARB Entertainment, Asif earned a huge amount of money through various illegal commercial uses of those songs. Tuhin further mentioned that several hours after seeing the TV report, he highlighted the alleged unauthorised use of songs by other artistes, in a Facebook post.
In response, Asif Akbar reportedly threatened him using abusive language in a comment thread under his post.
“Moreover, on Jun 2, Asif again used profanity during a Facebook live event at his verified FB page, making indecent and slanderous accusations,” the case statement read.
Saying that he would punish Tuhin, Asif provoked his FB followers to resist Tuhin wherever he can be found.
Incited, Asif’s fans and followers gave death threats to Tuhin via social media, the statement alleged.