UNB, Dhaka :
Barrister Mahbub Hossain Khokon, a lawyer of tortured Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabbi, on Wednesday said now there is no bar to accept the complaint of his client over the incident of police torture on him as the first information report (FIR).
Mahbub Hossain claimed this at a press briefing at Law Reporters’ Forum (LRF) at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Barrister Khokon said the three-day stay order of the Supreme Court over the High Court order has expired on January 25 and the state counsel did not file any petition seeking the extension of time.
That is why the High Court order which had earlier asked the authorities concerned to take the complaint of Rabbi as FIR is being considered as effective after January 25.
On January 21, the Supreme Court stayed the High Court order for accepting the complaint of Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabbi, who was allegedly tortured by a policeman, as the first information report (FIR).
Chamber Judge Hazan Foyez Siddique stayed the HC order until January 25 following a petition moved by the state and sent it to appellate bench for full hearing.
The High Court on January 18 ordered the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to accept the complaint of Golam Rabbi against cops as the FIR following a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyers- Barrister Ehsanur Rahman, Advocate Julfikar Ali Junu and Jahid Hasan, a journalist of Radio Dhoni 91.2 FM.
The HC also issued a rule asking to explain why the police torture on Rabbi should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
On January 9, Golam Rabbi, 28, an assistant director of Bangladesh Bank, was allegedly tortured by Mohammadpur police sub-inspector Masud Shikder and some others in a police vehicle for refusing to pay a bribe of Tk 5 lakh.
Barrister Mahbub Hossain Khokon, a lawyer of tortured Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabbi, on Wednesday said now there is no bar to accept the complaint of his client over the incident of police torture on him as the first information report (FIR).
Mahbub Hossain claimed this at a press briefing at Law Reporters’ Forum (LRF) at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Barrister Khokon said the three-day stay order of the Supreme Court over the High Court order has expired on January 25 and the state counsel did not file any petition seeking the extension of time.
That is why the High Court order which had earlier asked the authorities concerned to take the complaint of Rabbi as FIR is being considered as effective after January 25.
On January 21, the Supreme Court stayed the High Court order for accepting the complaint of Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabbi, who was allegedly tortured by a policeman, as the first information report (FIR).
Chamber Judge Hazan Foyez Siddique stayed the HC order until January 25 following a petition moved by the state and sent it to appellate bench for full hearing.
The High Court on January 18 ordered the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to accept the complaint of Golam Rabbi against cops as the FIR following a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyers- Barrister Ehsanur Rahman, Advocate Julfikar Ali Junu and Jahid Hasan, a journalist of Radio Dhoni 91.2 FM.
The HC also issued a rule asking to explain why the police torture on Rabbi should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
On January 9, Golam Rabbi, 28, an assistant director of Bangladesh Bank, was allegedly tortured by Mohammadpur police sub-inspector Masud Shikder and some others in a police vehicle for refusing to pay a bribe of Tk 5 lakh.
