UNB, Dhaka :
The High Court on Sunday asked Awami League MP Mustafizur Rahman to surrender before the lower court, rejecting his anticipatory bail petition in connection with the case filed for assaulting Banshkhali Upazila election officer.
An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and
Justice Amir Hossain passed the order when he surrendered before the court and sought bail for him. Senior lawyer Abdul Baset Majumdar stood for the petitioner, while Deputy Attorney General Sheikh AKM Maniruzzaman Kabir represented the state.
Mustafizur Rahman, an MP from Chittagong-16, and his aides allegedly attacked Zahid at the UNO office on June 1 over the appointment of presiding officer and polling officers for the election.
Chittagong regional election officer M Abdul Baten said Mustafizur Rahman beat the upazila election officer after he refused to appoint the MP’s followers as presiding officer and polling officers.
The Election Commission on that day postponed election to 14 Union Parishads of Banshkhali after local Awami League MP Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury assaulted the election officer. On June 3, officer-in-charge of Banshkhali police station, Md Alamgir Hossain filed a case against MP Mustafizur Rahman.
The High Court on Sunday asked Awami League MP Mustafizur Rahman to surrender before the lower court, rejecting his anticipatory bail petition in connection with the case filed for assaulting Banshkhali Upazila election officer.
An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and
Justice Amir Hossain passed the order when he surrendered before the court and sought bail for him. Senior lawyer Abdul Baset Majumdar stood for the petitioner, while Deputy Attorney General Sheikh AKM Maniruzzaman Kabir represented the state.
Mustafizur Rahman, an MP from Chittagong-16, and his aides allegedly attacked Zahid at the UNO office on June 1 over the appointment of presiding officer and polling officers for the election.
Chittagong regional election officer M Abdul Baten said Mustafizur Rahman beat the upazila election officer after he refused to appoint the MP’s followers as presiding officer and polling officers.
The Election Commission on that day postponed election to 14 Union Parishads of Banshkhali after local Awami League MP Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury assaulted the election officer. On June 3, officer-in-charge of Banshkhali police station, Md Alamgir Hossain filed a case against MP Mustafizur Rahman.
