Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Thursday summoned Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Md Mamunur Rashid for not complying with its order issued earlier.
The High Court bench of Justice J B M Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil summoned the Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar on charge of setting
up hundreds of shops on the Cox’s Bazar beach in violation of its directive to evict illegal occupation and establishments.
The Deputy Commissioner has been asked to appear before the court on October 19 this year to place his explanation over the issue.
The court also issued a rule asking the respondents to explain as to why a contempt of court proceeding should not be initiated against five persons including the DC of Cox’s Bazar on charge of setting up hundreds of shops on the Cox’s Bazar beach in violation of its directive to evict illegal occupation and establishments.
Cox’s Bazar Development Authority’s Chairman Lt Colonel (retd) Forkan Ahmed and Deputy Town Planner Md Tanvir Hasan Rezaul, Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Md Mamunur Rashid, Superintendent of Police Md Hasanuzzaman, and Pourashava Mayor Mujibur Rahman have been asked to comply with the rule.
Supreme Court lawyer Manzill Murshid, also the Chairman of the Rights organization Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), on February 7 this year sent a legal notice to the respondents to evict the illegal shops and establishments from the beach area.
In the notice the lawyer mentioned the High Court verdict delivered in 2011 asked the authorities to evict the illegal shops and establishments from the beach area. However, the authorities didn’t take any step to evict the illegal shops.
In this circumstance, Manzill Murshid filed a contempt of court petition against the respondents.
