UNB, Habiganj :
The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court order that stayed the suspension of Habiganj Municipality Mayor GK Gaus.
Chamber Judge of the SC’s Appellate Division Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after
hearing a petition filed by the government against the HC stay order. On April 4, the High Court stayed the government order suspending GK Gaus following a writ petition filed by him. Talking to reporters after the SC order, Gaus voiced his satisfaction, saying he got justice from the apex court. The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives suspended Gaus in 2014 as he was an accused in a criminal case over killing of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria.
A local court sent him to jail as he surrendered before it seeking bail on December 28 the same year.
On 30 December, 2015, Gaus was elected the Habiganj municipality mayor again for the third time contesting the polls from jail, but he could not join the office due to the suspension order.
He took charge of his office on March 23 last over three years after he had been suspended from the mayoral position. On April 2 last, the LGRD Ministry suspended him again as a local court accepted a chargesheet in a case in connection with an attack on late Awami league leader Suranjit Sengupta.
The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court order that stayed the suspension of Habiganj Municipality Mayor GK Gaus.
Chamber Judge of the SC’s Appellate Division Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after
hearing a petition filed by the government against the HC stay order. On April 4, the High Court stayed the government order suspending GK Gaus following a writ petition filed by him. Talking to reporters after the SC order, Gaus voiced his satisfaction, saying he got justice from the apex court. The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives suspended Gaus in 2014 as he was an accused in a criminal case over killing of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria.
A local court sent him to jail as he surrendered before it seeking bail on December 28 the same year.
On 30 December, 2015, Gaus was elected the Habiganj municipality mayor again for the third time contesting the polls from jail, but he could not join the office due to the suspension order.
He took charge of his office on March 23 last over three years after he had been suspended from the mayoral position. On April 2 last, the LGRD Ministry suspended him again as a local court accepted a chargesheet in a case in connection with an attack on late Awami league leader Suranjit Sengupta.
