bdnews24.com :
BNP leader Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul’s return as Rajshahi mayor is not imminent as a chamber judge has put in abeyance a High Court order staying his suspension.
He was temporarily removed from office by the government after police submitted a chargesheet accusing him of arson on May 7.
Bulbul then moved the High Court and secured a stay on his removal on May 28. Chamber Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, after hearing a prosecution plea on Thursday, put in abeyance the High Court order and forwarded the plea to
regular appellate bench for hearing on June 14, Bulbul’s lawyer Aminul Hoque Helal told bdnews24.com.
The High Court bench had also issued a rule asking why the Rajshahi mayor’s temporary suspension should not be declared illegal.
The order prompted the prosecution to move the apex court. Rajshahi City Corporation Councillor Md Nizam ul Azim has been functioning as an acting mayor since May 31, in the absence of two panel mayors, after Bulbul’s suspension. The BNP has accused the ruling Awami League of implicating the mayor in a ‘false case’ in its effort to remove elected representatives from their posts. Sylhet mayor Ariful Haque was also suspended after he was accused in a police case.
BNP leader Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul’s return as Rajshahi mayor is not imminent as a chamber judge has put in abeyance a High Court order staying his suspension.
He was temporarily removed from office by the government after police submitted a chargesheet accusing him of arson on May 7.
Bulbul then moved the High Court and secured a stay on his removal on May 28. Chamber Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, after hearing a prosecution plea on Thursday, put in abeyance the High Court order and forwarded the plea to
regular appellate bench for hearing on June 14, Bulbul’s lawyer Aminul Hoque Helal told bdnews24.com.
The High Court bench had also issued a rule asking why the Rajshahi mayor’s temporary suspension should not be declared illegal.
The order prompted the prosecution to move the apex court. Rajshahi City Corporation Councillor Md Nizam ul Azim has been functioning as an acting mayor since May 31, in the absence of two panel mayors, after Bulbul’s suspension. The BNP has accused the ruling Awami League of implicating the mayor in a ‘false case’ in its effort to remove elected representatives from their posts. Sylhet mayor Ariful Haque was also suspended after he was accused in a police case.
