The High Court has fixed April 20 for delivering order on a writ petition filed over the disappearance of BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed.
The High Court bench of Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore deferred the judgement delivery date on Wednesday afternoon, responding to a time petition filed by the petitioner.
In the petition, Khandoker Mahbub Hossain, the counsel of Salahuddin’s wife, said: “We have some interesting information and data, and we believe that these will help the court in delivering a clear judgement. But, we need some more time to place the information.”
Earlier on April 9, the same HC bench had fixed April 15 for the hearing, responding to the time petition.
On March 12, the HC bench asked the government and the law enforcers to explain why they should not be directed to find Salahuddin and bring him before it by Sunday.
The order came following a petition filed by the wife of the BNP leader.
Following the order, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Special Branch (SB) of Police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Police Headquarters submitted reports to the attorney general’s office on March 15.
On March 10, BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed was allegedly picked up by law enforcement officials from his relative’s Uttara residence, his family claims.
Police filed a general dairy with Uttara police station on March 14 over the disappearance of the BNP leader.
Since his disappearance, law enforcement agencies including the police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have claimed ignorance of Salahuddin’s whereabouts.
Law enforcers earlier claimed that Salahuddin was not at the Uttara house that night.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
