DHAKA: A defamation suit was filed against Women and Children Affairs state minister Meher Afroz Chumki for making defamatory remarks against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman.

Advocate Sabina Yasmin Chudhury, law affairs secretary of BNP woman’s wing Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, filed the lawsuit with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka in the morning.

The hearing is scheduled to be held at the court of Metropolitan Magistrate SM Ashiqur Rahman later in the day.

On December 30, 2014, Chumki termed Khaleda as the ‘most-failed leader’ and Tarique as the ‘most stupid’ at a discussion in Kaliganj of Gazipur.

BDST: 1154 HRS, JAN 01, 2015