Dhaka: A case been filed against barrister Mainul Hosein under the Digital Security Act over hurling abusive words at journalist Masuda Bhatti in a television talk-show on October 16.

Sumona Akhter Lily, Awami League Youth and Sports sub-committee member, filed the case with Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hussein  under sections 25 (2) and 29 of the act on Wednesday, reports the UNB.

After hearing the statement of the complainant, the court ordered Gulshan thana to list the case as FIR.

On Monday night, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested the former caretaker government adviser from the capital in a defamation case filed in Rangpur district.

On Tuesday morning, he was sent to jail by a Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

During the talk-show ‘Ekattorer Journal’ on private TV channel Ekattor TV, on September 16, Masuda Bhatti asked Mainul, ‘You say you’re there in the Jatiya Oikyafront as a citizen of the country but in social networking sites, many people are saying you’re there as a representative of Jamaat.’

Angered by the comment, Mainul said, ‘I’m thanking you for your audacity and I want to believe you as ‘characterless’. There’s no question about Jamaat link’s with me and what question you have asked is embarrassing for me.’