BNP Standing Committee member and former minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has been sued under the ICT and special power acts after a phone conversation allegedly between Khasru and a BNP activist was leaked.

The case was filed with Chittagong Kotwali Police Station under Section 57 (2) of Information and Communication Technology Act and Section 15 (3) of Special Power Act last night around 10:45pm, our Chittagong correspondent reports quoting Md Mohsin, officer-in-charge of the police station.

Jakaria Dastagir, general secretary of Chittagong Metropolitan unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), filed the case accusing Amir Khasru of attempting to create anarchy in the country.

Earlier last night, a phone conversation allegedly between Khasru and a  BNP activist was leaked, in which the BNP leader was heard giving instruction to infiltrate the ongoing nationwide student protests demanding safe roads with the party men.

In the case statement, the plaintiff said Amir Khasru was hatching a conspiracy to make the country unstable and instigate anarchy by carrying out subversive activities as he was heard giving instruction through an electronic device in this regard.

Students of schools and colleges have been staging demonstrations across the country demanding safety on roads for seven days since July 29 when two college students were killed and several others were injured in a tragic road accident on Airport Road in Dhaka’s Kurmitola area.