Pro-govt lawyers blame SC Bar for parallel probe

Similarly, the association is not authorised to carry out another parallel investigation into the massacre, they said at the conference organised under the banner of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad.

The judicial inquiry committee was constituted under the law of the land and it acted like a civil court. There is no question to reject the report of this committee, said Advocate Mahbubur Rahman MP.

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Lawyers in general have not empowered the Bar association to accept or reject the commission report, he added.

The probe committee, formed by a section of lawyers in the name of the bar association, is motivated by a certain political party and has no legal basis, said Advocate Zainul Abedin, legal affairs secretary of the ruling BNP's central committee while reading out a written statement.

"Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina refused to give an interview to the judicial probe committee on the grenade attack with a view to protect those responsible," he said replying to a question.

Bar association's action of forming inquiry committee has not only tarnished the image of the country's highest court but also has gone against the fundamental spirit of upholding the unity of lawyers community and facilitating their professional duties, Abedin added.

The parishad leaders said they will launch greater movement against what they said 'Association's politically motivated activities once the court resumes after the vacation

Advocates Golam Arshad, Golam Mohammad Chowdhury, Akbar Ameen, Badruddoza and Helal Uddin were present on the occasion.