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Social media personality Ashraful Alom, alias Hero Alom, has filed a defamation case of Tk 500 million against BNP’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Hero Alom filed the case with the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on Monday against Rizvi for making ‘defamatory’ remarks against him, according to bdnews24.com.
His lawyer, Abdullah Mansur Ripon, petitioned Magistrate Saiful Islam to file the case.
The court accepted the plaintiff’s statement and ordered the Detective Branch of police to investigate. The probe report must be submitted by September 13.
In a video posted on social media, Rizvi was seen describing Alom as 'crazy' and 'uneducated' during a speech at a BNP programme.