Manna, Khoka sued for sedition

A sedition case was filed yesterday against BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna.

The case was filed with Gulshan Police Station in the evening, Nurul Alam, an assistant commissioner (Gulshan zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star.

The details about the case were not available immediately.

Manna was arrested on February 24, a day after the leak of his controversial phone conversations with Khoka, now in the US for treatment.

The next day a Dhaka court placed the Nagorik Oikya convener on a 10-day remand in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station for “trying to instigate revolt by the armed forces”.

In one of the conversations, Manna, also a former organising secretary of the Awami League, was heard talking to Khoka about strengthening the anti-government movement, among other issues.