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Download PDF Lawyers for detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will file writ petition with the High Court today challenging the legality of her arrest and the ‘extortion’ case filed against her under the emergency powers rules.
AL sources said a team of six senior lawyers led by Barrister Rafique ul Huq will file the writ petition for the former prime minister.
“We will move to the High Court tomorrow (Sunday) challenging the arrest of Sheikh Hasina and the case against her,” AL Law Secretary Advocate Sahara Khatun told reporters yesterday after a meeting with acting party President Zillur Rahman at his residence.
Tawfique Newaz, one of the counsels for Hasina who visited her at the special jail yesterday, AL leaders Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser, Shubid Ali Bhuyian, Dr Dipu Moni and Advocate Rahmat Ali were also present at the meeting.
Sahara Khatun, who is on the legal aide committee for freeing Hasina, said they have enough grounds to challenge the case. They have already received an approved copy of the power of attorney for Hasina’s lawyers to fight the case against her.
She noted, “Hasina was arrested under normal laws but later the case was put under the emergency powers rules.”
The joint forces arrested the AL chief in an extortion case on July 16 and produced her in a magistrate’s court that sent her to jail.
Azam J Chowdhury, managing director of Eastcoast Trading Pvt Ltd, filed the case against Hasina and Sheikh Selim on June 13 for extorting Tk 2.99 crore from him. And Sheikh Rehana’s name was included in the charge sheet as her ‘involvement’ in the extortion was found during investigation.
August 4th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
The arrest of Sheikh Hasina is one of the best things that has happened to the people of Bangladesh…both her and khaleda have done no good for the country other than fill their bank accounts..they are so corrupted that they have influenced almost all the people to live life without abiding the law..in a recent interview(by BBC) with some of the poorest peolple who gave their views about the currenmt government this is what they said
-the bus driver said he could not load his bus to the full(meaning overcrowd it) and he could not park anywhere to load passengers
-the ferrywala said he used to sit on the pavements to sell his goods but he is not allowed to do so now
-the rickshawala said he gets less passengers now as some roads are restricted for pedestrian use hence he can not drive through it
as you can see these people have lived their lives without any respect for the law and now that the new government are trying to implement the law pepople think the government is being unethical…the previous leaders have corrupted the minds and lifestyle so badly that unless one can break the law, they think they are not living a normal life