The High Court has halted proceedings for three months and has summoned for case details
The High Court has halted proceedings of the case against Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director Nasir Uddin Elan for three months.
The bench of Justice Borhanuddin and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order moved by a petition filed under code of criminal procedure on Tuesday.
The petition called for discharging the duo from the case filed over providing distorted statistics regarding Hefazat-e-Islam’s May 5 rally.
Petition lawyer Mohammad Asaduzzaman confirmed the Dhaka Tribune of the status. “High Court has summoned the case details from trial court.”
On January 8, Cyber Crime Tribunal Judge KM Shamsul Alam indicted Adilur and Elan. The implicated duo appealed against the order with the HC.
They are both currently on bail secured from the High Court.
On May 5, law enforcers, in a late night drive, evicted Hefazat-e-Islam from Shapla Chattar premises in the capital’s Motijheel area during a rally.
Odhikar, a human rights watchdog, published a report claiming that more than 60 people were killed during the drive.
However, police binned the report and said that many of the victims listed did not exist in reality. A case was soon filed against the duo.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
