Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Sunday asked the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) authorities to give an opinion by next Thursday after analyzing the two Medical reports concerning Barrister Mainul Hosein prepared by his family physicians and Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
The court ordered the Attorney General Office to send the two reports to the BSMMU immediately.
The High Court Bench of Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the order yesterday after In response to another writ petition, the same High Court Bench asked the government to provide adequate security to Barrister Mainul Hosein if and when he is transferred.
On November 19, the High Court asked the government to ensure adequate security to Barrister Mainul Hosein if he is transferred to any court or any other jail from Rangpur, where he is being held.
The court fixed November 29 for further hearing on the matter.
Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain appeared in the court on behalf of Barrister Mainul Hosein. After the court order, he said, “The court asked the BSMMU authorities to give an opinion after analyzing the two Medical reports concerning Barrister Mainul Hosein. The court will pass further order after getting the opinion.”
Saju Hosein, wife of Barrister Mainul Hosein, filed two writ petitions on November 7 with the High Court.
In one petition, she sought order to admit Barrister Mainul to a specialised hospital in Dhaka, saying he is suffering from heart, diabetes, kidney ailments and some other diseases. In another separate petition, Saju Hosein challenged the government’s failure and inaction to prevent the recent attack on Barrister Mainul at Rangpur court compound.
She sought a rule from the court as to why the government’s failure to provide adequate security to Barrister Mainul should not be declared illegal, her lawyer Advocate M Masud Rana told The New Nation.
A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Police on October 22 arrested former Adviser to the Caretaker Government Barrister Mainul Hosein from Dhaka in a defamation case filed in Rangpur Court. But some other cases were filed against him before and after his arrest.
Barrister Mainul has been in Rangpur jail since November 3.
A Rangpur Court on November 4 rejected a bail petition filed by Barrister Mainul Hosein in a defamation case. But he was attacked in the courtyard by some ruling party men as he was being brought into the court on the day.
On October 16, Mainul Hosein was connected to a talk show programme, ‘Ekattorer Journal’, through a video conference aired on a private TV channel, Ekattor TV, hosted by Mithila Farzana, and made an ‘offensive comments’ against journalist Masuda Bhatti.
During the talk show, Masuda Bhatti told Mainul Hosein, “You say that you are with the Jatiya Oikyafront as a citizen of the country, but in social networking sites, many people are saying that you are there as a representative of Jamaat-e-Islami.”
Angered by the comment, Mainul Hosein said, “I’m thanking you for your audacity and I want to believe you as ‘characterless’. There’s no question about Jamaat link’s with me and what question you have asked is embarrassing for me.”
After such comments, there was a storm of criticism in the social media.
At least 22 cases have been filed so far in different parts of the country against Barrister Mainul Hosein on the charge of using indecent language against journalist Masuda Bhatti on a live television talk show on October 16.
Advocate Bipul Bagmar, Advocate Abdur Rahim, Advocate M Masud Rana and Advocate A K Khan Uzzal were also present in the court on behalf of the petitioner.
