The court docket has suspended the lawsuits of two ongoing legal cases in opposition to BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed.
The suspension show turned into as soon as issued by Senior Mediate Akhtar Javed’s court docket in Cox’s Bazar right this moment (26 September), confirmed the defence lawyer, Touhidul Anwar, moreover the regular secretary of the District Lawyers’ Affiliation.
Salahuddin Ahmed arrived at the court docket premises spherical 2pm, accompanied by event leaders, activists, and supporters.
Rapidly after, he looked in court docket alongside his proper crew.
At some level of the listening to, Salahuddin Ahmed’s attorneys requested that their client be exempted from physically acting in court docket for the cases.
Touhidul Anwar, representing Salahuddin, argued, “In spite of the incident taking place in 2001, the cases were filed in 2007 purely to center of attention on him politically,” adding that Salahuddin Ahmed is a respected citizen of the country.
The defence requested the court docket to push apart the cases altogether.
“After listening to the arguments, the court docket has suspended the judicial lawsuits of both cases,” Anwar acknowledged.
Following the court docket show, Salahuddin Ahmed addressed the waiting journalists outside the courtroom, asserting, “The honourable court docket has dismissed the cases in opposition to me after a lengthy listening to. Nowadays, justice has been served.”
The 2 cases were filed by Mahamudul Haq at Chakaria police net page, accusing Salahuddin Ahmed, who turned into as soon as the then MP Cox’s Bazar-1, of looting fish enclosures all the device by his tenure as a utter minister in 2001.
