The extortion case filed against five administrators of Channel i by its old employee Farzana Brownia is “beefy of false allegations”, the TV channel has mentioned.
In a state printed on its net residing at the moment time (25 September), Channel i also mentioned TV presenter Brownia may per chance well per chance occupy filed the case to “defame or harass” the accused, or with any “special motive”.
In the case filed with the court docket of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace, Brownia accused five Channel i administrators, including Shykh Seraj, of fraud and extortion.
The four other accused are Zahir Uddin Mahmud Mamun, Mukit Majumdar Babu, Abdur Rashid Majumdar Parvez, and Riaz Ahmed Khan.
Brownia alleged that she was once brushed off from Channel i without a formal watch following a dispute with authorities concerned after she expressed enhance to varsity students eager about the 2018 quota reform circulation.
She also claimed Channel i owes her Tk79 lakh in unpaid wages, holding the length from October 2018 to September 2024.
Despite sending a apt watch through her prison first fee, the accused did not acknowledge and instead allegedly threatened her, stressful Tk50 crore as extortion, she also alleged.
On the opposite hand, refuting the allegations, Channel i mentioned the allegations of extortion and not paying her dues are “ridiculous and complete of lies”.
“The injurious language former in the case state is extremely saddening,” the TV channel mentioned.
It also mentioned, “Farzana Rashid Brownia was once not employed on a permanent post at Channel i. She was once given the duty of directing a programme called Swarna Kishori which former to air on the channel and was once paid accordingly. In November 2018, the Swarna Kishori programme was once cancelled consistent with the option of the authorities. Hence, the concern of Channel i owing money to Farzana Rashid Brownia is incoherent.”
The TV channel also mentioned they were also conscious about the claims made by Farzana regarding the alleged unpaid dues made right throughout the length from 2018 till interpret.
“It looks that this case has been filed essentially to disguise her quite quite lots of affiliations. Channel i authorities mediate that this case may per chance well per chance additionally fair occupy been filed against the 5 administrators to harass, defame them over private enrage or with every other special motive. The five administrators occupy nothing to achieve with the allegations in the case.”
Channel i boom that they’ll fight the case legally.
