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Download PDF The government is likely to inform the High Court whether the former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, was illegally or improperly confined to or detained in her Dhaka Cantonment residence.
The High Court on Thursday asked the additional attorney general to inform the court on Sunday if Khaleda was illegally or improperly confined or detained.
A High Court bench of Justice MA Wahhab Mian and Justice M Emdadul Haque also asked the additional AG, Salahuddin Ahmed, to ensure that no restriction was imposed on Khaleda’s movement until Sunday.
The court’s queries came on a habeas corpus petition filed by Babul Chowdhury, who identified himself as a member of the executive committee of Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal, the freedom fighters’ wing of BNP.
The court did not pass any interim order. It adjourned the hearing of the petition till Sunday.
The petitioner’s counsel, Azizul Haque, told the court that Khaleda, chairperson of BNP, was illegally and improperly confined or detained in her cantonment residence. Former BNP leader barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah and barrister Mahbubuddin Khokan also appeared for the petitioner.
Meanwhile, Awami League was preparing to file a writ petition with the High Court against the government’s ban on Skeikh Hasina’s home-coming, former law minister of Hasina’s cabinet Abdul Matin Khashru told New Age on Saturday.
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