Provocative comment
Cnawabganj SP acquitted
UNB
The High Court (HC) yesterday acquitted the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Chapainawabganj, Mujahidul Islam, of his reported comment provoking people to take law into their own hands, reports UNB.
An HC bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order as the Chapainawabganj SP offered his unconditional apology after appearing before the bench.
Earlier on November 27, the HC ordered the SP to appear before it on Sunday to explain his reported comment provoking people to take law into their hands.
The same bench passed the suo moto order following a report published in the daily Amader Somoy on Saturday.
The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why legal steps would not be taken against SP Mujahidul Islam for his comment.
Cabinet secretary, Home Affairs secretary, secretary of the Ministry of Law, Inspector General of Police, SP and deputy commissioner of Chapainawabganj, have been made respondents to the rule.
The court also asked the editor of the vernacular daily to attend before the court with necessary evidence of the claim published in the report.
A report was published in the daily on Saturday that said that the SP asked people to kill robbers if caught red handed.
Md Ashrafuzzaman, a lawyer of the High Court, produced the report before the court in the morning.
