October 20, 2003	Monday	Sha'aban 23, 1424

DHAKA, Oct 19: Bangladesh’s Deputy Minister for Land, Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu, has sued the Awami League general secretary, Abdul Jalil, and 13 others of the party on defamation charges for ‘derogatory comments’ claiming five crore taka as compensation.

Kuddus filed the case at the district judge’s court in Natore, some 250 kms north of capital Dhaka, on Saturday alleging that the defendants passed derogatory remarks about him during a public rally here to belittle him before the people.