DHAKA: A senior police official of Bangladesh has been issued a show cause notice by a Dhaka court for obstructing judicial proceedings during the hearing on the recent arrest of former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, who delivered the historic verdict in the Bangabandhu assassination case, local media reported.
Citing court sources, Bangladesh’s leading Bengali newspaper, The Daily Ittefaq, reported Monday that Tarek Zubair, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Crime, Information and Prosecution Division, has been asked to submit an explanation for alleged non-cooperation by July 30. The order was issued by Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah.
According to the court order, Khairul Haque was arrested on July 24 on charges of a murder case filed at Jatrabari Police Station in Dhaka. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Chanaullah was assigned to conduct the hearing. In the evening on that day, DC Tarek Zubair reportedly called the judge from his mobile, insisting on conducting the hearing, while keeping the accused confined in a prison van below the court building.