Another standing committee member Selima Rehman faces 4 cases. Recently, allegations have been made in a case of setting fire to a bus. ACC case is going on against Amir Khasru Mahmood Chaudhary.
The ACC case against party vice president Abdullah Al Noman is in the final stages. Seven of his eight witnesses have given their testimony in this case under the Divisional Special Judge Court of Dhaka.
A date has been set for the verdict in the case of sabotage charges against BNP vice-president Mohammad Shahjahan, chairperson’s advisor Habibur Rahman and Oikya Front candidate (under paddy symbol) Ahsan Habib in the 2018 elections. 27 September.
The hearing of witnesses in 10 cases against Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shimul Biswas is going on at a fast pace. He has to appear in court almost every day. He was last seen going to court on Thursday and Sunday also. The testimony of witnesses in the case against BNP joint general secretary Khairul Kabir is in the final stages. Organizing Secretary (Rajshahi) Ruhul Quddus Talukdar has 50 cases against him and the testimony of witnesses in 10 is in the final stages.
There are 80 cases against Dhaka City South BNP coordinator Abdus Salam and statements of witnesses have been taken in 10. Tanveer Ahmed, acting member secretary of the same committee, has 127 cases against him. His lawyer Abdur Razzaq said that the testimony of Prothom Alo witness is going on in at least 50 of these cases. There are about 150 cases against Tanveer’s father, former MP Salahuddin Ahmed. Of these, witnesses are being heard in 60 cases. Both of them are regularly brought from jail to court.
Sources say more than 200 cases have been registered in the state from 2013 to 2015 on various charges including setting fire to buses and detonating crude bombs in Dhaka. In order to dispose of the cases expeditiously, witnesses in these cases are being brought to give statements regularly.
Speaking to Prothom Alo, Zainul Abedin, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and vice-president of the BNP, said, “In 50 years of my legal profession, I have never seen a government registering 300 to 400 cases against a political leader. ” He alleged that the government was using the court to disqualify BNP leaders from contesting the elections. In recent times, testimony of witnesses is being taken even after dark.
However, Attorney General AM Amin Uddin told Prothom Alo, “What the BNP leaders are saying is not true. The state prosecution has been bringing forward witnesses to settle cases pending for some years. The state prosecution is not working to prosecute any cases against BNP leaders.