Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order asking Shahabagh police to submit a report on execution of the warrant by February 10.
The warrant came as Malik was obligated to appear before the court today in line with a December 9 order when the magistrate took into cognizance the defamation case.
Golam Rabbani, international affairs deputy secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central committee, filed the case with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka on December 9.
In the case statement Rabbani alleged that Malik made derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu and the Constitution as he spoke at a discussion held in Water Lily Garden Auditorium in East London on November 30 last year.