A Chattogram court issued on Wednesday a warrant of arrest against BNP central Vice President Giash Uddin Quader Chowdhury on charges of offensive and defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahidullah Kaiser passed the order of arrest as he did not appear before the court on successive occasions.
Defense lawyer of Giash Quader Chowdhury Advocate Enamul Haque told the court that Chowdhury could not appear before the court as he is now under treatment in Singapore for heart problems.
But the court rejected his time petition and issued warrant of arrest against Giash, also younger brother of war criminal and executed Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
Nazim Uddin Muhury, General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Fatikchary upazila unit filed the case against Giash Uddin Quader Chowdhury for his derogatory and defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a function on May 31 last year.
