District correspondent : Suspended assistant commissioner and executive magistrate Tapashee Tabassum Urmi has been granted bail after surrendering to a Dhaka court in a defamation case.
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Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Imran Ahmed granted the bail following her application through her lawyer today.
Earlier, on October 8, Abu Hanif, a senior council member and media coordinator of the Gono Odhikar Parishad, filed a defamation case against Urmi, alleging defamatory remarks about Abu Sayeed and other martyrs. After recording the plaintiff's statement, Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain issued a summons requiring Urmi to appear in court on November 28.
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According to the case details, on October 5, Urmi, despite holding a responsible position, posted disparaging remarks on Facebook about Shaheed Abu Sayeed, as well as the government formed through the student-led mass movement and its chief adviser, Dr Muhammad Yunus.
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