The application was submitted this morning by Mohammad Ashraful Islam, the current president of Ramna Thana BNP, to the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasan Shahadat.
A collage of BNP’s Mirza Abbas and NCP’s Nasiruddin Patwary speaking to media after casting votes on Thursday (12 February 2026). Photo: TBS
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A collage of BNP’s Mirza Abbas and NCP’s Nasiruddin Patwary speaking to media after casting votes on Thursday (12 February 2026). Photo: TBS
An application has been filed with a Dhaka court seeking permission to lodge a case against National Citizen Party Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary over allegations of criminal intimidation and defamation involving the Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed.
The application was submitted this morning (8 March) by Mohammad Ashraful Islam, the current president of Ramna Thana BNP, to the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasan Shahadat.
Md Amirul Islam Amir, the lawyer representing the plaintiff, confirmed the development.
“We have already submitted the application for the case. A hearing on the application will be held around 11am,” he said.
According to the application, Patwary made false and defamatory statements at various times during the campaign of the 13th parliamentary election last month, in which he had lost to Mirza Abbas.
It further claims that after losing the election, he continued to spread defamatory remarks and threats through social media platforms and online news outlets.
The petitioner said he recently saw posts on Facebook on 5 March in which Patwary’s alleged remarks were quoted by several online news portals.
Among the statements cited in the petition is the claim that “Mirza Abbas is the number one godfather in the Bangladesh criminal ranking”, which the petitioner described as defamatory and damaging to Abbas’s reputation.
The application also alleges that such remarks were circulated widely on platforms including Facebook and YouTube, tarnishing Abbas’s honour.
It further states that both the petitioner and Mirza Abbas were shocked by the statements shared on social media, adding that millions of people in Bangladesh had seen the remarks.
According to the complaint, Patwary intentionally published false and fabricated statements on social media to harm the reputation and political career of both the petitioner and Mirza Abbas.
The application also requests the court to issue an arrest warrant against Nasiruddin Patwary.
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