Pori Moni insults journos, snatches phone

Actress Pori Moni allegedly snatched a journalist’s mobile phone and verbally abused reporters as she left a Dhaka court after securing bail in a case filed by businessman Nasir Uddin Mahmud over allegations of assault, vandalism and intimidation.

A visitor also sustained a head injury during a scuffle involving the actress’s security guards, while several journalists alleged that they were assaulted.

The incidents occurred on Thursday at the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, where Pori Moni appeared following an arrest warrant issued against her on Wednesday.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Mahfuzur Rahman granted her bail against a Tk 500 personal bond after she surrendered before the court and sought bail through her lawyer, Nilanjana Rifat (Surovi). The lawyer confirmed the development.

Pori Moni arrived at the court around 11:40am, accompanied by 11 security guards dressed in black and several others in plain clothes. Her guards allegedly shoved journalists who tried to take photographs and record videos.

When Samakal multimedia reporter Rabiul Hossain attempted to film the actress as she entered a lift, she allegedly snatched his mobile phone. Rabiul, however, managed to retrieve it.

After the bail hearing, the situation turned chaotic again as Pori Moni and her entourage left the courtroom. Her security guards allegedly pushed journalists during the scuffle, in which litigant Sujan Chandra Moni Das sustained a head injury and was seen bleeding.

Before getting into her car, the actress allegedly moved towards Rabiul and verbally abused him and other journalists. She then left the court premises.