The state yesterday filed an appeal with the apex court challenging the April 3 High Court order that recently stayed a government notice suspending Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury. “Chamber Judge Court of the Appellate Division passed ‘not today’ order as it came up for hearing, leaving the matter to be heard on another day,” a court official said.
Ministry of LGRD and Cooperatives on April 2 suspended Ariful for second consecutive time as he was accused in two criminal cases. The High Court however, stated the government order the very next day.
A Habiganj court on December 30, 2014, sent Ariful to jail in a case lodged over murder of former finance minister AMS Kibria. He was also shown arrested in the case lodged over bomb attack on a rally of Awami League leader Suranjeet Sengupta in Sunamganj on June 21, 2004.
