DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed November 2 for indictment hearing in a defamation case against Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Janata League (BKSJL) President Abdul Kader Siddiqui.

Dhaka Additional CMM court judge Ali Masud Sheikh on Sunday fixed the date.

Earlier on November 11 in 2014, a Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against him for in a case filed for calling former home minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir Alamgir a ‘razakar’.

The warrant was issued due to KSJL president's failure to appear in court on the scheduled day.

On February 19, 2013, FF Ruhul Amin Majumder filed a defamation case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

According to the case statement, Kader Siddique, at a party conference on February 9, told that the war crimes trial could not be possible when the home minister himself was a ‘razakar’.

BDST: 1430 HRS, JULY 26, 2015
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