National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari has been sued for allegedly making defamatory comments about BNP and one of the senior leaders of its youth front, Jubo Dal.
Kazi Mukituzzaman, a Jubo Dal leader, filed the defamation case with the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain, said Mahadi Hasan Jewel, a lawyer for the complainant.
After recording the complainant's statement, the magistrate directed the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to investigate the case and submit a report to the court, the lawyer added.
According to the case documents, Nasiruddin made the remarks while addressing a programme held at Shaheed Shamsul Alam Hall of BMA Auditorium in Dhaka around 6:22pm on November 1.
Quoting Nasiruddin, the case statement reads: "A major party is acting like a bully over the July charter."
The statement goes on to quote Nasiruddin saying that there's a leader in Dhaka city named Nayon (belonging to BNP's youth front) has made so much money through extortion and corruption that he alone could fund a referendum.
The statement quotes the NCP leader further: "We have tried to cleanse them with the waters of Zamzam for some time. But neither their minds nor their bodies have been cleansed. Now I think they must be washed with the waters of the Buriganga river."